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

With wagging tails and finely tuned noses, two dogs are joining the fight against the gold clam, an invasive freshwater pest lurking in Lake Karāpiro. Cino,... 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

Two people have been confirmed dead in a landslide, including a Chinese citizen, according to Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong. We are sad... 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 search continues for people trapped after a massive landslide at a Mount Maunganui campground. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers said it could take... 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

Two people reported missing after a landslide in Welcome Bay have been found, Police said they were recovered from a house on Welcome Bay Road, Papamoa, this... 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