Businesses are hurting and have "run out of grit", the Employers and Manufacturers Association says. The official unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent... Read More

A new report by New Zealand Food Safety identifies Salmonella in imported sesame seed-based products as the most significant food safety event of 2023, resulting... Read More

Homeowners are being encouraged to make some simple checks on their homes, and to take actions that will help keep their whānau and properties safe. 'There... Read More

Waikato Police will undertake further searches for a fisherman who went missing off the coast of Raglan, Tuesday 23 April, says Waikato west area commander Will... Read More

Tauranga City Council is celebrating the start of the main construction phase of the new Pāpāmoa East Interchange, which will provide a long-awaited connection... Read More

Millions in extra funding for councils would be welcomed by Western Bay of Plenty leaders, but it wouldn't be enough to ease the pressures they face. Local... Read More

Update 5.25pm: State Highway 29 is now reopened since the car fire this afternoon. Original report, 3.59pm: State Highway 29 over the Kaimai Range is closed... Read More

An instantly recognisable beach in the Coromandel coast has been named as one of the world's best. The sole Kiwi inclusion on the 50 Best Beach List, the... Read More

The adrenaline-fuelled chaos of roaring engines and the blur of passing vehicles never distracts the precise choreography of the pit crew. In the world of... Read More

El Niño may be technically gone but the weather pattern it created is still with our part of the world. "By that we mean more high pressure south... Read More

The Government says there will be no more emergency housing motels in Rotorua after the end of next year and it will scrap the Rotorua Housing Accord and re-write... Read More

Police are working to reunite tools with their owners following a Western Bay of Plenty search warrant where a man was taken into custody and a wide range of... Read More