Bay Of Plenty
Polaris Big Four Hunting Competition_ Part two
Day three of the competition and it was time to try trout fishing on Lake Rotoiti. Four hours of bobbing around didn't net a thing. Over most of the week it poured with rain but luckily Friday morning… Audio
Polaris Big Four Hunting Competition - Part One
Every June the Polaris Te Puna Big Four hunting competition is held in Bay of Plenty. It's an event where four people hunt for four days to collect four species: a boar, stag, trout and pheasant. The… Audio, Gallery
Two dead after highway crash near Tauranga
Two people have now died after a crash near Tauranga, which police say appears to have involved five vehicles.
Winners of kapa haka festival named
Te Rōpū Raukura, from Rotorua Boys' and Rotorua Girls' High School, has won the national secondary schools' kapa haka competition in Napier. Audio
Tauranga WINZ staff threatened
A man has been arrested and charged after a verbal threat closed Tauranga's Work and Income office this morning.
'Boy' star James Rolleston still in hospital
The star of the hit New Zealand film Boy, is now in a stable condition in hospital after being seriously injured in a car crash.
Police identify person who threatened ACC staff
A person whose threat to an ACC staff member forced the agency's Tauranga office to close has been identified, the agency says.
Matakana Island dispute likely to return to court
Mediation to resolve a dispute over a proposed housing development on Matakana Island has, so far, failed.
Tauranga Māori say they'll throw barriers in water skiing lane
Residents living on an island in Tauranga Harbour are fed up with a ski lane and say they are ready to take matters into their own hands. Audio
Rangiwaea Islanders fed up with arrogant, reckless waterskiers
Tauranga Maori say they're fed up with reckless waterskiiers in the harbour and are warning they'll put barriers in place if behaviour doesn't improve. Audio
Brewer criticised for using Māori images on bottles
An Auckland brewery has apologised for using imagery of Māori ancestors on its range of beers.
Te Urewera missing 'were unlikely to survive the night'
A woman and four young children rescued from Te Urewera bush country after two days might not have survived the night, a search and rescue expert says.
Group lost in Te Urewera recovering in hospital
A woman and four children lost in rugged Te Urewera bush are recovering in hospital, with rescue crew saying they probably wouldn't have survived another night in the open. RNZ reporter Edward Gay has… Audio
Rescue pilot says lost Urewera group lucky to be alive
A woman and four children lost in Te Urewera have been found and winched to safety by a rescue helicopter. The pilot says he doubts they would have survived another night in the cold. Audio
Missing group in Te Urewera winched to safety
There's been a happy end to a 24-hour search for a woman and four young children missing in Te Urewera for two days. Audio
Woman convicted of Moko's killing to appeal
The woman convicted with her partner of the manslaughter of three-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri is to appeal against her sentence.
Police name man found dead on Mt Maunganui beach
A 45-year-old Tauranga man's body has washed up on a beach at Mt Maunganui.
Introducing: Tin Kudos
Tin Kudos introduces his song 'Certainty On Visceral Planes.' Audio
Hopes exhibition will show the real Opotiki to city slickers
A new exhibition in Ponsonby will be showcasing the best art Opotiki has to offer. More than 20 established and emerging artists are featured and they hope their work will give Aucklanders a more… Audio
Opotiki art heads for the Big Smoke
The people of Opotiki are bringing their art to a Ponsonby gallery in an attempt to change how their small town is perceived.
