Bay Of Plenty

The government plans to build more than 500 new social and temporary homes in Bay of Plenty over the next three years.

A second man has been arrested in relation to the death of a motorcyclist in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in November.

A resident of flood-hit Edgecumbe is furious rates in the town are likely to go up to pay for the damage.

Several properties have been flooded in the Bay of Plenty after heavy rain early this morning.

An internal investigation has been launched after the Education Ministry pulled the plug on a school rebuild it had promised two years earlier.

Bay of Plenty farmers are criticising the government's response to rural flooding from Cyclone Debbie.

The head of the investigation into the catastrophic failure of Edgecumbe's stopbank says the flood-stricken community deserve answers.

This week the state owned farming company Landcorp came to the end of its four year sharemilking agreement to run 16 central and southern North Island farms for the Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin…

Several roads are closed as wild wet weather moves across the North Island.

Heavy rain and gale-force winds are expected in the North Island in the next 48 hours, with local authorities warning people to be prepared.

Edgecumbe's primary school says its roll may drop as flood-affected families are forced out of town.

A group of farmers near Whakatāne are working with the regional council to try and improve water quality by changing the way they farm.

The government has announced it will foot the bill for the clean-up of flood-damaged houses in Edgecumbe, including for home-owners without insurance.

A mother and two children from an Opotiki family of five are still in hospital after a two-car crash near Whakatāne last night.

A school in flood-hit Edgecumbe has been given a month's extension for handing in its NCEA assessments.