08:30am Fri 04 Oct, 2024
Census data has revealed one in 20 New Zealand adults identify as LGBTIQ+ - or part of the rainbow communities. For the first time ever, the 2023 Census collected... Read More
08:00am Fri 04 Oct, 2024
It came out of the blue, leaving one Mount Maunganui family in the dark. Now Ella Weatherall, a local lifeguard and teenager at Mount Maunganui College,... Read More
05:00pm Thu 03 Oct, 2024
New data shows despite a 35% fall in the total number of meningococcal disease cases compared to the same period the previous year, Māori infants and toddlers... Read More
01:00pm Thu 03 Oct, 2024
A 6-year-old from Rotorua living in Australia faces relearning to walk and a potential hip replacement after developing sepsis, his mum says. Kiwi friends... Read More
10:45am Thu 03 Oct, 2024
ACC received this year's Te Tohu mō Whai Ratonga, Maori Crowd Award at the Te Hāpai Hapori, the Spirit of Service Awards, for establishing its Rongoā Māori... Read More
06:00pm Wed 02 Oct, 2024
Western Bay of Plenty District Council's Heron Cres elder housing redevelopment in Katikati is starting to take shape and is on target to be completed by the... Read More
11:15am Wed 02 Oct, 2024
Colourful artwork and improved treatment rooms will greet sick young people in Rotorua Hospital's newly upgraded children's ward. Health minister Dr Shane... Read More
09:15am Wed 02 Oct, 2024
Loneliness and isolation are some of the major impacts a dementia diagnosis can have on families around the world, new research shows. Alzheimer's Disease... Read More
08:00am Wed 02 Oct, 2024
People in the Bay of Plenty are being encouraged to sign up as a volunteers for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ's Pink Ribbon Street Appeal this October. Volunteer... Read More
02:54pm Tue 01 Oct, 2024
New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Tokyo Foods in its recall of specific seaweed products due to elevated levels of arsenic. 'The concern with these products... Read More
02:00pm Tue 01 Oct, 2024
Bay Paediatrics, the first and only private paediatric clinic specialising in ADHD diagnosis and treatment in the Bay of Plenty region, has opened its doors,... Read More
11:45am Tue 01 Oct, 2024
Rotorua woman Megan Rumble says she would not be alive if not for the more than 111 bags of donated plasma she has received in a week. The 27-year-old... Read More