An injured mountain biker rescued by the Aerocool Rescue Helicopter from the Summerhill Mountain Bike Trails on Sunday morning was flown to Tauranga Hospital. Rodney... Read More

Lake Waikaremoana's Great Walk combines incredible scenery with a rich cultural history. Curving 46km around the North Island's deepest lake, it is the only... Read More

A group of undergraduate science students from America are participating in the University of Waikato's Marine Science for Conservation programme - a six-week... Read More

Earth Sciences say they are monitoring a cluster of earthquakes centred off the east coast of the lower North Island this week. At least 34 quakes have been... Read More

A 4.7 earthquake has rattled the Bay of Plenty in the North Island this afternoon. GeoNet registered the shake 25km north of Whakatane at 4.56pm and at a... Read More

A health warning sign in place in Welcome Bay is expected to be removed this week after water quality testing. On July 10, a wastewater overflow in Hammond... Read More

'It looked like it was on fire.” 'Absolutely stunning.” These are the comments from Tauranga residents following the sunrise this morning. One... Read More

Unleashing economic growth on one third of New Zealand's land will create jobs and increase wages across the country, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and... Read More

A veteran rescuer says he 'became the rescuee” when floodwaters swallowed his truck during a mission to save a stranded woman. Motu and Rangitaiki Jet... Read More

'Don't go to the beach. Don't go surfing,” warned Eastern Region Lifesaving Manager Chaz Gibbons-Campbell this morning, as strong sea currents continue... Read More

Hundreds of thousands of unscratched Instant Kiwi tickets are being given a new lease of life as egg cartons, fruit trays, and cup holders thanks to a new recycling... Read More

Coastal parts of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, are under a beach and marine threat from the magnitude 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake,... Read More