For locals who have grown up around the rich marine Bay of Plenty environment, seeing seals, dolphins, orca, little blue penguins, stingrays and sharks can... Read More

UPDATE: There are seven new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand today, including one community case and six at the border. The Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris... Read More

A tattoo artist who owns a studio in Mount Maunganui has been awarded a full sponsorship from California-based Raw Ink. Norton Hollows spoke to SunLive about... Read More

An Auckland woman has been sentenced to Intensive Supervision for 12 months and 100 hours' community work for smuggling succulents and endangered cacti into New... Read More

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has welcomed Medsafe's provisional approval of New Zealand's first COVID-19 vaccine. 'The provisional approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech... Read More

UPDATE 2.43PM: There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand. One previously reported case has now recovered. In addition, yesterday's confirmed... Read More

A busted toe and limited training couldn't stop Joe Wilson breaking through for his maiden ironman win at surf lifesaving's Eastern Regional championships. The... Read More

7.30pm Update: The fire that has been burning in scrub and pines in Hairini has now been contained. Fire Emergency NZ shift manager Paul Radden says that a helicopter... Read More

Emotion ran high at a public meeting discussing the implementation of Maori wards in Tauranga this afternoon, with opposing views on racism and approaches that... Read More

There have been no new community cases of COVID-19 reported in New Zealand today, but there are two more possible cases at the Pullman Hotel. COVID-19 Response... Read More

All returnees in managed isolation will stay in their rooms after receiving their day 12 test until the end of their stay in quarantine, COVID-19 Response Minister... Read More

Ecological and ground investigations required for Stage Two of the Takitimu North Link project, between Te Puna and Omokoroa, are now underway. Starting in late... Read More