Bay Of Plenty
$400k grant cements multi-million dollar restoration of landmark
Building work to restore Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa will begin this month.
Tauranga council elections put spotlight on taller buildings plan
Mount Business Association has invited all mayoral and council candidates to a meeting to inform voters on their position. Audio
New World’s closing store call in Māori caught on video goes viral
A staff member from a supermarket store in Ōpōtiki has gone viral on social media after he did a store closing call in Māori.
Turning the Tide | Trailer
Turning the Tide highlights the work of researchers, kaitiaki, and communities as they collaborate to improve the health of Aotearoa New Zealand’s moana. Video
Weather: Thunderstorm and heavy rain watches for North Island
Residents in the Wellington and Wairarapa regions are being warned to stay inside and away from windows due to heavy thunderstorms, MetService says.
SH2 in Bay of Plenty reopens after large slip cleared
The road was closed by a large slip at Pikowai and contractors worked overnight to clear it.
Fall from grace: Rugby star bought guns to supply, faked burglary
Former international rugby star Matua Parkinson has admitted purchasing guns to on-sell to someone without a licence, faking a burglary and then making a false insurance claim.
Two charged with manslaughter over separate crashes in Bay of Plenty
The crashes, which occurred in 2023, have been investigated for several months.
Packhouse invests in AI, donates to amputee charity after forklift accident
The country's largest kiwifruit packhouse has committed to installing AI to sense pedestrians around forklifts, after a worker was run over in 2022.
New bid for seven Rotorua motels to continue as emergency housing
Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell says seeing motels being used for emergency housing beyond the current consent period would be "disappointing".
Ōpōtiki gang memorial sparks extra police presence
Senior Sergeant Richard Miller said extra officers were being brought in and would monitor the memorial motorbike ride.
Magnitude 5.1 quake rattles North Island
It has provided an early wakeup call for some with more than 2200 'felt it' reports to Geonet.
Child hit by vehicle in rural Western Bay of Plenty crash
The child was taken to hospital in a serious condition.
One seriously injured in Ngongotahā crash
State Highway 36 north of Rotorua has reopened after an earlier crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian.
'They arrived too late': Asthmatic teen died after ambulance sent on break
A recently released Health and Disability Commission report found the ambulance was not sent as urgently as it should have been the night 17-year-old Tayla died.
Elderly man charged with trespass after council bomb scare
A disgruntled ratepayer who police believe may be behind a bomb scare that saw a council's offices evacuated has appeared in court.
Commuter ferry could set sail in Tauranga
A ferry service between Mount Maunganui and Tauranga could be on the way in 2025.
Years of complaints over school teacher's actions
A Tauranga teacher, who resigned citing ill health after he was accused of propositioning a student, faced decades of complaints.
Experts fly over Whakaari / White Island amid volcanic activity
Cloud cover has impacted monitoring of the island following a number of small eruptions, so a plane will fly over so experts can observe the volcanic activity. Audio
Boaties urged to avoid waters around Whakaari/ White Island
GNS Science said another minor eruption happened on Saturday morning and the aviation colour code had been raised to orange.
