"One person has died following a crash on State Highway 5, Tapapa yesterday," says a police spokesperson. "Police were called to the two-vehicle crash at... Read More

A New Zealand ultra-runner is attempting to become one of just five people to run across America and Australia in their lifetime. Nick Ashill is planning... Read More

A month's worth of road rebuilding and resurfacing is being planned for State Highway 2/Hewletts Road in Mount Maunganui Work gets underway on Sunday, April... Read More

Mount Maunganui will host the country's premier surf lifeguard training school this year. National Lifeguard School is a three-day programme for the country's... Read More

New Zealand is coming to the end of El Niño but as we go through April there may not be any sudden changes, warns WeatherWatch.co.nz. The weather... Read More

Despite over a month of pre-season friendlies, Te Puke Utd open their season on Saturday heading into the unknown. After winning the Bay 1 title last season,... Read More

The current weather system is forecast to clear the country in time for the weekend, but MetService meteorologists are keeping an eye on the next frontal system... Read More

Entries for New Zealand's richest short-story competition, the Sargeson Prize, are open and last year's winner is encouraging others to 'go for it". Fiction... Read More

Overhead there are four lanes of State Highway 2 traffic thundering by at 50 km/hr. But just below, in a quite a different world, in the dimness of a pedestrian... Read More

Diversions are in place on State Highway 1 at Ātiamuri after a truck and trailer unit rolled overnight. Emergency services were called shortly after midnight. The... Read More

Latest housing figures show a soft start to the New Zealand housing market in the March quarter. CoreLogic's House Price Index rose 0.5 per cent in... Read More

ACC turns 50 years old this week - and while some say it is something to celebrate, others are calling for change. A brief history In the 1960s, workers'... Read More