09:30am Sat 05 Sep, 2020
Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Kia harikoa. Kaua e manukanuka. Kia hari to whanau me o hoa. Today the weather is expected to be fine with westerlies with... Read More
07:30am Sat 05 Sep, 2020
On the brink of lockdown, Whakamarama‘s Billy ‘Mushroom' Roy launched Marama's Mushrooms, a business that sells grow-your-own oyster mushroom blocks... Read More
06:32am Thu 03 Sep, 2020
A Rotorua man's charitable trust is renting motels to house people after the COVID-19 pandemic forced him to shut his shelters for the homeless. Tiny Deane,... Read More
11:15am Wed 02 Sep, 2020
The property market is holding its own in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with rural and provincial areas faring better than the main cities. CoreLogic's... Read More
06:47am Tue 01 Sep, 2020
The number of lifestyle properties sold across the country was the highest ever for the month of July as people look to reassess their living situations as... Read More
03:30pm Sun 30 Aug, 2020
The MetService advises that an active front, preceded by strong northwesterlies is expected to move northeast over the South Island during Tuesday, then over the... Read More
02:30pm Sat 29 Aug, 2020
Tairua and Whitianga's new water treatment plants have been upgraded, marking an important milestone in their drinking water standards project - Tautiaki Wai... Read More
06:50am Sat 29 Aug, 2020
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck off the coast of the Bay of Plenty early this morning. The quake hit 120km north-east of Whangamata at 3.47am. It was... Read More
11:45am Fri 28 Aug, 2020
It started as a simple request by Garry and Luanne Bettelheim, the owners of a property in 13th Ave, to remove a tree. They are knocking down the existing house... Read More
09:15pm Sun 23 Aug, 2020
A power box catching alight in Welcome Bay has caused a power outage this evening. Welcome Bay resident Blayze Waddicor says that power went out to most of Forrester... Read More
09:00am Sat 22 Aug, 2020
The public is invited to provide feedback today on the future of a section of land on Matakana Island, being held at the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club... Read More
06:50am Sat 22 Aug, 2020
Mount Maunganui residents are being invited to design their ‘town of the future'. A presentation by local businessman Scott Brundell to the Tauranga... Read More