4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (929+ words) Tauranga City Council elected representatives will be provided with the option to apply for a home security allowance, but most say they do not plan to use it. The Remuneration Authority introduced the allowance after reports of public figures experiencing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (162+ words) Emergency services were called to each crash scene around 6.30am. One person has been taken to hospital following a crash near P'p'moa. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 6.40am after reports that a vehicle had crashed on Gloucester Rd....

2+ week, 11+ hour ago  (753+ words) A train carriage turned house, racks of clown costumes, tools from decades past, plates and teacup-lined walls. These are the reminders of history you can find in Paeroa. With a population of 4600, the town markets itself as the "antique capital…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1220+ words) A former bakery owner is alleged to have deliberately run down a "rough little guy, who often slept on the tables in front of their store, after he threw a metal bin liner at his wife's ute. The incident that…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (291+ words) An example of a queen Asian yellow-legged hornet in the early stages of nest building. The Ministry for Primary Industries has refuted concerns of yellow-legged hornets reaching the Bay of Plenty. This follows a social media post of a suspected…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (478+ words) A Western Bay of Plenty sporting identity has been elected to his sports top volunteer administrative position. Mount Maunganui Academy of Wrestling founder, Mark Grayling, has recently been selected as the New Zealand Olympic Wrestling Union president. Modern Olympic-style wrestling…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (513+ words) Communication barriers in the response to the Whakaari White Island disaster have been highlighted in a coroner's court. The coronial inquest into the disaster has also heard about the doubling up of emergency response centres and senior police officers directing…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (615+ words) The Whakaari-White Island volcano, off the coast of Whakat'ne in the Bay of Plenty, erupted on December 9, 2019, killing 22 people and seriously injuring 25. A bereaved family member who lost a loved one in the Whakaari White Island disaster said part of…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (403+ words) Air Chathams chief executive Duane Emeny says Government support will allow the airline to resume operating early-morning and late-afternoon flights to and from Auckland. Air Chathams has announced that recent Government support will allow it to dedicate an aircraft to…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (622+ words) Another productive kiwi breeding season (Q4 2024 - Q2 2025) saw a leading conservation trust return 75 juvenile kiwis to the bush, bringing its total tally to 769 since 2006. Hawke's Bay-based Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust delivered 84 viable eggs this season to the National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua,…...