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

A witness has described seeing a caravan tossed into a pool and widespread damage after a 'massive” landslide destroyed parts of the Mount Maunganui... Read More

Residents in Ōmokoroa, Western Bay of Plenty, have been evacuated after a landslide overnight. Harbour View Rd resident, who lives across the road from the... 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

Motorists are being urged to drive cautiously this morning after heavy rain and strong winds ripped through the Bay of Plenty overnight. A number of roads... Read More