A man who made online threats to hang former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says he’s “horrified” to be in jail and finding it ...

Roads and properties can be seen completely submerged, with vehicles attempting to negotiate the floodwaters. Several ...

Roads are reopening in the Eastern Bay of Plenty this morning after floodwaters inundated the region, cutting off access. The ...

Dangerous driving reports from motorists on State Highway 29 led police to arrest a man allegedly more than four times over ...

NEMA said tsunami activity had already reached NZ. It said the threat “must be regarded as real” and the first currents and ...

The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter, which serves the Coastal Bay of Plenty region, carried out 43 life-saving missions throughout June. These missions included 21 inter-hospital transfers, three medical ...

Passed away peacefully at Tauranga Hospital on July 27, 2025, after a short illness, aged 70. Adored husband of Julie. Loved son of the late Jim and Joan Thomson and brother of Gail, and the late ...

About 1700 Tauranga New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) union members were among 37,000 nationally who began a 24-hour ...

Once a high-performance netball player for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic development squad, she’s now turning heads in ...

Dearly loved daughter of the late Gordon and Una Henriksen, much loved sister and sister-in-law of Alister and Coral, Malcolm ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) earlier said a magnitude 8.0 quake struck off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia ...

A large armed police operation is under way in the Bay of Plenty town of Maketū. Police have cordoned off Maketū Rd and there ...