The results of a nationwide poll ranking the country’s mayors have proved a “pleasant surprise” for one Bay of Plenty leader ...

Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell had the highest ranking for mayors in the Bay of Plenty region. She said it was a pleasant ...

Te Arawa Kapa Haka has made history taking out the top two spots at Te Matatini — a first for a region in the 52 years of the national Kapa Haka o Ngatī ...

The Tauranga-based Aerocool Rescue Helicopter carried out a record-breaking 66 life-saving missions within the coastal Bay of ...

Profits from Kawerau’s electronic gambling machines continue to rise year by year in spite of a drop in the number of ...

I’ll start this week’s column with a quote from New Zealand Rugby’s general manager of professional rugby and performance, ...

Winter transforms vistas as the skies darken, mountains rising from the horizon are dusted in snow and the seasonal passing ...

The new lunch in schools programme has been riddled with problems, with delayed and poor quality meals, wastage - and most recently MPI investigations into halal meals and melted plastic packaging.

The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) for wasting taxpayer money after revelations that $85 ...

The prime minister's comment that parents who are dissatisfied with the new school lunch programme should pack the lunches ...

Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey today visited Wellington City Mission’s Whakamaru Crisis Café where he announced they are the latest recipient of the Government’s Mental Health and Addiction ...

Poppy Crouch, a Western Bay of Plenty Surf Lifesaving Search and Rescue Squad volunteer, responded to the 111 call from her Pāpāmoa East home with a rescue tube and fins, arriving just as the woman ...