Bay Of Plenty

Massey said there were no current proposals to close the degree programme but described it as "unsustainable".

The mysterious appearance of a metal pole concreted into a teacher's driveway is gripping a Bay of Plenty community, who desperately want to know who left it there.

Coromandel has seen the biggest drop in visitor spending of any region, and locals say the lack of sun is largely to blame. Audio

Whakatāne police are rostering on extra staff to cope with any disturbances caused by the Stop Co-Governance Tour, expected to visit Whakatāne on Tuesday night.

White Island Tours told a court it paid $500,000 a year for access to Whakaari - and helicopter companies also paid to conduct tours on the island.

Bay of Plenty kiwifruit growers are staring down the barrel of another difficult growing season.

The head of Whakatāne's paper mill is urging big brands to cut their reliance on cardboard imports.

A woman found with serious injuries on a Rotorua road was probably injured elsewhere before she taken there, police say.

A dog attack at the Whakatāne Heads on Monday has left a Whakatāne widower without his best mate, Buddy.

Fans have come out in force to welcome the Netherlands football team to Bay of Plenty, just days before the FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off.

Rotorua Lakes Council has come up with a potential way to pay the nearly $28 million needed to complete the troubled project, but uncertainties in the funding plan are making some elected officials…

Five people are now facing charges relating to the death of Claude Te Rangiatahua Takao.

Teenage tourist Jesse Langford says he was unaware of how dangerous the island was before setting foot on it.

A man whose disappearance sparked a major search late last year has been found dead.

Bay of Plenty police believe there are video recordings of violent incidents in Ōpōtiki, on the day Mongrel Mob Barbarians boss Steven Taiatini was fatally run over.

Cemetery reserve land could be returned to iwi and developed to help address a housing shortage.

Two people accused of manufacturing counterfeit bank notes have been arrested in Rotorua.

More than three and a half years after the horror of the Whakaari-White Island eruption, signs identifying Whakatāne as the gateway to the volcano are still in place.