A cancer recovery centre near Whakatāne has been given the green light, despite opposition from neighbouring landowners. After a hearing, Whakatāne District... Read More

Tauranga Living Without Violence, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating safer homes and communities, is pleased to announce the appointment of... Read More

One in four New Zealanders has been born overseas and new migrants are ahead of other Kiwis when it comes to vaccinating their babies. Migrant families are... Read More

Roller derby players often have a reputation for creating a blood bath on the track but Tauranga's local league is giving this a whole new meaning. Moana... Read More

Aotearoa New Zealand is falling behind in protecting children from online harm, says a group wanting wider and tougher restrictions on illegal sexual content... Read More

About 1000 people who die of cancer every year in New Zealand would have survived if they lived in Australia. That is the stark conclusion of Auckland University... Read More

A chronically-ill Rotorua woman suspects some GPs are reluctant to enrol her because she needs a lot of care, as new research shows under-funding is forcing... Read More

A Rotorua woman says she is forced to shut herself inside her home as "millions" of wasps from a neighbouring property swarm around her house. Lynne Coutts... Read More

A black market for vapes has sprung up in schools, while toddlers are getting their hands on their older siblings' vapes. These are just some of the shocking... Read More

Two men who met in the Burwood Spinal Unit, and were told they would likely never walk again, are taking on the unthinkable this month. Tetraplegics and... Read More

The Hope Home project, pioneered by Fowler Homes in support of New Zealand's leading youth mental health charity I Am Hope charity, is making 'great” progress... Read More

A new health clinic is set to open in Pāpāmoa following the news that another is set to close. The directors of Pāpāmoa Pines Medical Group announced... Read More