The Coalition Government has ended the 'Ute Tax' and Clean Car Discount for all vehicles registered after December 31 2023, marking a New Year's... Read More

A pensioner's battle for new windows, raw sewage overflowing in backyards, a rates bill blunder and devastating floods across the motu. Editor Marika Hill... Read More

Dairy farmers, sheep and beef farmers, iwi and other community members are working together to create an ecological corridor in the Waipā district and have... Read More

Creating maps, taking water samples and filming TikToks with the Mayor are just some of the tasks Western Bay of Plenty District Council's Summer Students have... Read More

When a person in mental distress calls 111 for help, they may be surprised to find the New Zealand Police is the organisation that responds. Mental health... Read More

When the Procter brothers and their wives verbalised an intent to build a bach together, the naysayers were ready with warnings aplenty. But years of harmonious... Read More

11.20pm: Police have located the man they were seeking in Te Puke this evening. "The man has been taken into custody," says a police spokesperson. "Police... Read More

It is just a few weeks away now to the 'greatest show on turf” - the biggest dirt bike race in the Southern Hemisphere - the annual New Zealand Motocross... Read More

One lucky Lotto player from Gisborne will be starting the year on a high after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in Wednesday night's live Lotto draw. The... Read More

Seen a lot of jellies on the beach so-far this summer? Never fear, Niwa emeritus researcher and jellyfish expert Dr Dennis Gordon says it's just that time... Read More

As the final weekend of the holidays rolls around, MetService is forecasting wet weather at times in many places, before things fine up and summer emerges again... Read More

The fisherman who spent 23.5 hours lost at sea after falling overboard while game fishing says the three young men who spotted the glint of his watch and plucked... Read More