In spite of red heavy rain warnings and a region-wide state of emergency, Eastern Bay of Plenty districts got off lightly during the storm that struck overnight... Read More

Visitors to the Bay of Plenty are being asked to check access to tracks and campsites before heading out this weekend, after extensive storm damage and a continued... Read More

A Tauranga homeowner was 'shocked” when he got an early morning visit from his neighbour saying his retaining wall was on their roof. Philip Raath,... Read More

A power outage has occurred in the rural community of Te Puna on Tauranga's city fringe, cutting off a further 613 properties from the grid. Powerco, the... Read More

Crews continue to make steady progress at the Goldsmith slip site on State Highway 2 through the Waioeka Gorge. The slip was the first from the Ōpōtiki... Read More

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says it could take 'days” for rescue teams to reach the 'multiple” missing beneath the rubble at the Mount Maunganui... Read More

The Herald understands from a source involved in the Mount Maunganui rescue efforts that as many as nine people are unaccounted for under the landslide. Police... Read More

A rural Pāpāmoa resident has described 'climbing through the mud” to find his neighbour's house had been flattened by a landslide. Lindsay Putt... Read More

Two people are missing following a slip in Welcome Bay, Tauranga. Police were called to the incident around 4.15am; one other person was seriously injured... Read More

The Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Festival returns to The Historic Village on Friday, February 6, with the event shaping up to be its biggest and most interactive... Read More

New Department of Conservation initiatives aim to encourage people to take up the challenge to walk. The Hauraki Department of Conservation (DoC) team's new... Read More

A Coromandel teen diver was left fizzing after an 'epic” up-close encounter with a pod of orca. Lexi Henderson came face-to-face with the majestic... Read More