Bay Of Plenty
One dead, one critically injured after Tauranga crash
One person has died after a two vehicle crash in Tauranga on Wednesday evening.
Stallions and loose horses a risk to safety
The subject of risks to the safety of both horses and people caused by stallions in the town was discussed at an Ōpōtiki District Council meeting on Tuesday.
Errors in car park building design cost council $19m
Now, three engineers are facing negligence allegations at a disciplinary hearing.
Tauranga's council's only woman elected to become deputy mayor
A councillor let the news slip just before mayor-elect Mahé Drysdale was able to officially announce it.
Police name man who died after falling overboard off Whakatāne coast
Police have named the man who died after falling overboard from a vessel off the coast of Whakatāne last week.
Tauranga’s voter turnout 'disappointing' – Mahé Drysdale
Just 38.7 per cent of people voted in the Tauranga City Council election on Saturday.
Hospital could lose training licence over doctor shortage
Losing its accreditation could be disastrous for the whole hospital, a doctors' union says.
Public forums could be 'weaponised' – Mayor
Rotorua is considering adding public forums to meetings for what may be the first time.
Netball: Mystics hold on in tense finish to advance
The Mystics have knocked the Magic out of third spot.
Tauranga by-election: Runner-up ex-mayor congratulates winner
Tauranga's former mayor, Greg Brownless, has congratulated the winners of the city council election, in which he was runner-up.
Former Olympic champion Mahé Drysdale to become new Tauranga mayor
Only one of the six candidates from the council sacked by the government in 2021 has returned to council.
Tauranga election: A guide for voters
Tauranga will choose who will be running their city for the first time in five years on Saturday.
Tauranga votes in first local body election in four years
The community is divided ahead of the polls closing, Local Democracy Reporter Alisha Evans says. Audio
Two injured and highway closed after two-truck crash in heavy fog
A crash between two trucks has left two people injured and blocked part of State Highway 36, the road between Rotorua and Tauranga.
'Lives are at stake': Police, councils may lose access to NZTA cameras
One mayor is warning of "disastrous consequences" if police and councils lose access to the country's network of more than 1000 highway CCTV cameras.
Tauranga election: Mayoral hopefuls want to rewrite city plan
Candidates at a public meeting raised concerns about the plan's $4.9 billion proposed spend and its affordability.
One dead after crash on State Highway 2 in Bay of Plenty
Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash on Monday afternoon.
Whakaari owners want to grant scientists access
The family wants to allow monitoring of the volcano, but feels stymied by the court case over the explosion, lawyer says.
The mayoral candidate who lives 100km from the city he hopes to run
But Mahé Drysdale says he has worked in the city, grew up there and, if elected, will move at the end of the year.
Real or myth? Young scientists seek truth in legendary love story
A group of Rotorua children have used science to prove whether the basis of the legendary love story of Hinemoa and Tūtānekai is true.