A new optometry graduate who is moving back to Tauranga is encouraging other students to take part in the Rural Health Immersion Programme. Grace Su will... Read More

After Hastings turned up the heat with sunshine, big energy, and even bigger bombs at the Havelock North Village Pool, it's Tauranga's turn to shine. The... Read More

A Christmas Eve swimming and fishing trip turned to a bloody disaster in 2022, when two women were struck by a spinning boat propeller. Both were seriously... Read More

Rat numbers could double by 2090 if climate change gets really bad, says the Department of Conservation (DoC) as it hunts urgently for $150 million in extra... Read More

A roving parking camera is out and about in Te Puke and Katikati this week for training, before ticketing starts on Monday, December 15. The use of licence-plate... Read More

Half of New Zealand's small and medium sized businesses have responded to a scam attempt in the last year while nearly 50% admit they struggle to prioritise... Read More

Pharmacists across Bay of Plenty and Manawatū are spending large amounts of time correcting prescription errors, according to the region's first comprehensive... Read More

Each day, Jacob Hamlin measures his life in four-hour windows - the amount of time he can manage before his brain 'stops working”. It has been this... Read More

Whakatāne District Council has thrown its support behind residents of a country lane distressed about Genesis Energy's plans to axe their trees. However,... Read More

Christmas dinner is supposed to be joyful, celebratory - yet seems to have quietly become one of the season's more stressful undertakings. Even households... Read More

Fireworks are being blamed for a fire at a kiwifruit orchard in the Coromandel town of Pāuanui. Fire and Emergency New Zealand said the blaze started just... Read More

A public health warning urging people not to gather or consume shellfish along the Bay of Plenty coastline has been updated this week to a smaller area. The... Read More