Te Puke kiwifruit growers Blair Dyer and Steve Atkinson have won the Regional Supreme Award at the Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards in Tauranga. Blair... Read More

Zespri's first charter shipment of the 2025 New Zealand kiwifruit season has set sail from Tauranga bound for Shanghai. The vessel, Kowhai - which was named... Read More

NZ Mountain Safety Council is reminding hunters to 'have a hmmm” and make careful route choices to stay safe, as this year's Roar hunting season kicks... Read More

Harry Horman was in tears describing the devastation of a mystery fire that destroyed his caravan and all but one of his nine classic cars. Horman, a classic... Read More

Witnesses to the fire in Minden say it was a like an apocalyptic scene with clouds of billowing smoke and a sound of 'a couple of explosions”. Emergency... Read More

Firefighters from Tauranga and the surrounding area are responding to a large garage fire on a Minden property in western Bay of Plenty. A nearby resident... Read More

The Government's City and Regional Deals initiative has received a great response from regions across New Zealand, and is now into the assessment stage... Read More

It's the horses that do the teaching at Ōropi's Equine Dynamics. Inspired by the experience of her own battle with anxiety and depression, Leanne Benjamin... Read More

Waikato Police have confirmed the reported sightings of a man matching the description of missing man Travis Langford on Sunday were not him. Police received... Read More

The North Island weka population is booming in the Bay of Plenty. Numbers are growing and the birds are becoming more common, spreading towards Rotorua and... Read More

Orchards are buzzing around the country with much of the last stonefruit picked and packed, and the wine grape harvest getting under way. There were close... Read More

Two new awards will help New Zealand dairy farmers overcome financial barriers and progress towards farm ownership, strengthening the industry's future. The... Read More