A 60-year-old man “violently” bashed his older sister over the head multiple times with a bag full of baked beans cans after ...

Kiwis are in for a special show tonight, as a rare total lunar eclipse is set to be seen across the entire country, including ...

A Kiwi living in Dubai is caught up in the escalating conflict involving US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Mare Haimona-Riki ...

A Pāpāmoa dad is cycling 346km in March - one kilometre for every night his son spent fighting cancer at Starship Children’s ...

A four‑vehicle crash is blocking one of the main roads in Pāpāmoa this morning. Emergency services were notified just after 9 ...

These are the reminders of history you can find in Paeroa. With a population of 4600, the town markets itself as the “antique capital of New Zealand”. In 1993, Vivien Leonard set up her first antique ...

Verna passed away peacefully in her sleep and went to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday 25 February 2026, aged 96. Verna was born Mambasa Belgium Congo in 1929 to Missionary parents Bennet and ...

The Wish4Fish charity in Tauranga is launching a new community group fund powered by the Acorn Foundation, and the public is ...

Afternoon highs should lift from the mid-teens into the mid‑twenties by week’s end, bringing a welcome return to more summery ...

Diving has been temporarily banned at most public pools in Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty after a teen suffered a spinal injury. The accident has sparked a review of pool diving safety that could ...

Mount Maunganui’s Tyler Stenzel and Piha local Kyra Wallis capped off the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge with standout performances at Piha over the weekend, claiming the premier Under ...