Bay Of Plenty

Residents are being warned to brace for heavy rain and gale-force winds as a subtropical low sweeps down from Northland.

There is a high chance of the heavy rain watch upgrading to a warning in Northland.

Five people have been taken to hospital after a crash that has closed SH2 near Waihi.

Council CCTV camera operators have helped nab a group of young people police say were trying to burgle a shop.

Roads have reopened after serious crashes earlier today.

An application to extend the contracts has been approved - with conditions requiring a definite end to the homeless accommodation.

Rotting flooring, sagging ceiling panels and a hole in the roof - tenants were left in a leaky property for more than a year.

A regional council believes it will cost this amount to litigate claims brought against it over the flood eight years ago.

The death of the 45-year-old, who went missing last month, is not being regarded as suspicious.

Casey Paul has had a perfect attendance record since her first day of school at age five - even turning down a family trip to Hawaii.

It is unclear what kind, or how many sharks have been seen.

The person was pulled from the water at Pilot Bay Beach, near Mt Maunganui

The owner has been fined and agreed to surrender the dogs, who have since been put down.

Rotorua Lakes Council will introduce weekly food and green waste kerbside collection from July 2026, while its general rubbish collection will reduce to one fortnightly pick-up.

Fire and Emergency says the scrub fire in the Whakamārama area in Bay of Plenty has now been extinguished.

Swimmers in Dunedin and Tauranga are paying top dollar, with pool entrance fees in the cities the priciest for the country.

Heritage tiles were revealed during building strengthening works.

A woman says she was rushed and bailed up by a pack of dogs in the latest in a spate of dog incidents on Ford Street.

The beach was closed as the near metre-long shark swam by.