Rotorua detective Sarah Bishop is used to pushing herself to her limits. It's just part and parcel of 29 years in the police, including being one of the country's... Read More

The Tauranga Community Foodbank has received more than $265,000 worth of cash and food donations from the 2025 Bay of Plenty Times Christmas Appeal, a final... Read More

Tauranga children have notched an impressive result in the 2025 Daltons Sunflowers in Kindergartens Project, with two Tauranga centres taking top honours in... Read More

Tauranga's streets will come alive with music, colour and celebration on Sunday, when the city's Sikh community hosts its annual Nagar Kirtan parade. The... Read More

A man has described the moment a Whakatāne house went up in flames 'so quickly”, with witnesses alerted by exploding windows as the fire consumed the... Read More

Independent bookstores across the Bay of Plenty are turning a new page and remaining optimistic for summer, despite a tough retail climate. With automatic... Read More

Christmas is barely behind us, but Woolworths New Zealand is already in Easter mode, with hot cross buns on shelves nationwide from today. Back by popular... Read More

The Wednesday Challenge has celebrated a milestone year, with participants in schools and businesses across the country logging more than 954,000 journeys, saving... Read More

From easing cost-of-living pressures to building healthier, more resilient communities, Bay of Plenty leaders have high hopes for their region. Reporter Annabel... Read More

Police say New Year's celebrations around the country passed without major incident, with 41 arrests, including 17 in the Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty... Read More

The Walk Without Fear Trust is calling on New Zealanders to look after one another and make responsible choices as communities across the country. Chairman... Read More

Katharine Milford does not measure the success of her work in speech and language therapy through numbers; her most important goal is that the people she... Read More