A 45-year-old man is facing various charges following a police raid in Matamata. Matamata Police executed a search warrant at a Gladstone Road address and... Read More

The 2024 Yamaha New Zealand Cross-country Championships wrap up with back-to-back races at different venues in the south-east of the North Island over the Easter... Read More

Whakatāne District Council is looking at ways it could spend money from its harbour fund on costs other than the harbour. At a Green Drinks event, held by... Read More

Twenty eateries are putting their culinary flair to the test, entering the 11-day Plates of Plenty Challenge which is starting this Thursday. The Challenge... Read More

Would you like to challenge yourself to stay active this autumn? For most of us a marathon feels out of reach. But what if you could walk or run it over... Read More

Bay of Plenty's Callum Dudson has been crowned the New Zealand cross-country motorcycling champion for 2024 after a busy weekend of racing in the south-east... Read More

Rotorua's gardeners and grave diggers, who went on strike for five days, will soon receive a living wage. Seventy-five employees of Rotorua Lakes Council-controlled... Read More

A search is under way for descendants of hundreds of British boys sent out for farming training in New Zealand a century ago. Dressed in military-style 'lemon-squeezer”... Read More

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says he has no plans to limit the powers of Tauranga's Government-appointed commission, despite growing calls to demote... Read More

Authorities have intercepted 50kg of cocaine at the Port of Tauranga and arrested a group of men, including a former New Zealand sports champion. Police say... Read More

It is impossible to tell if a 13-year-old boy died from his Covid-19 vaccine or a virus, a coroner has ruled. The teenager had his second Pfizer vaccine 10... Read More

After a cool and settled end to the Easter weekend, MetService is forecasting fair weather for most of the first week of April - the main exception being a band... Read More