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Heavy rain warning issued for BoP

People are being warned to prepare for heavy rain in the Bay of Plenty tomorrow. The MetService has issued a heavy rain warning for the region. In it's... Read More

Tauranga women’s basketball team make history

Tauranga women's basketball team the Whai have made history by reaching their first grand final since joining the national professional Tauihi League three years... Read More

Medical 'mistakes': Widower wants answers

Jayden Whyman met his future wife, Tasha, at a bus stop in Rotorua when they were just teenagers. She loved painting, walking their dog, spending time... Read More

Christmas tradition lights up Tauranga street

Every year, Kevin Baird installs an incredible display of Christmas lights around his house in Maungatapu as part of a family tradition. Each... Read More

Tauranga teen runner breaks multiple NZ records

Tauranga runner Sam Ruthe is proving his skills on the athletics stage. The 15-year-old Tauranga Boys' College student is one of many runners in his family,... Read More

Two rescued from Coromandel beach

Two people have been rescued after being reported missing at a Coromandel beach. Emergency services were called to a multiple missing person report at Pokohino... Read More

Women charged over boy's violent death named

The two women charged in relation to the death of 8-year-old Te Teko boy Rickah'Shae Keefe-Haerewa can now be named. They are 25-year-old Maya Hati... Read More

Police backtrack on plan for new road spikes

Police have backtracked on replacing their old road spikes - which have injured dozens of officers - despite testing new, safer spikes. But because so few... Read More

'Mind-blowing' amounts of stolen ponamu recovered

Stolen pounamu ranks as the commodity second most traded for drugs, after cash, according to a West Coast hapū. Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae Chair Francois... Read More

Boy's ordeal after beetle crawl into his ear

A young Whitianga boy was terrified after feeling an insect crawl inside his ear and wriggle around inside. Mother Rozemarije de Ronde told the Herald... Read More

Police arrest four youths for aggravated robbery

Taupō Police have arrested and charged four youths in relation to an aggravated robbery at a jewellery store earlier today. The aggravated robbery occurred... Read More

Body located in Waikato River

Police can confirm that a body was located in the Waikato River on Tuesday 17 December and, while formal identification procedures are still to be completed,... Read More