06:30am Thu 11 Dec, 2025
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
06:00pm Wed 10 Dec, 2025
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
05:00pm Wed 10 Dec, 2025
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
03:52pm Wed 10 Dec, 2025
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
02:01pm Wed 10 Dec, 2025
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
12:44pm Wed 10 Dec, 2025
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
11:45am Wed 10 Dec, 2025
Almost $122,000 in food and funds has been donated to the Tauranga Community Foodbank as the Bay of Plenty Times' Christmas Appeal hits the halfway mark. Week... Read More
11:23am Wed 10 Dec, 2025
An accidental 'mishap” with a vehicle is believed to have started the fire in the central plateau, which is now fully contained. Fire and Emergency... Read More
11:00am Wed 10 Dec, 2025
Built up debris was being cleared from underneath Whakatāne Bridge this week. Heavy rain events over past weeks have left woody debris piled up against the... Read More
09:00am Wed 10 Dec, 2025
Fonterra is increasing its support for young people entering the dairy industry with a new two-year programme delivered in partnership with Growing Future Farmers... Read More
08:04am Wed 10 Dec, 2025
New Zealand Food Safety is urgently recalling two Akaroa King Salmon products because of a risk of listeria. The affected products are Mānuka Cold Smoked... Read More
07:34am Wed 10 Dec, 2025
A rāhui has been placed over key coastal and harbour areas around Mount Maunganui to allow the natural replenishment of kaimoana species. Tauranga Moana... Read More