Bay Of Plenty
Commemorations for New Zealand wars this weekend
New Zealand War commemorations are being held this weekend to remember those who died and acknowledge how those battles throughout the country shaped our history. Video, Audio
Rotorua eagerly anticipates new Forestry headquarters
Rotorua is poised to become one of the first centres to benefit from the new government's regional economic development plans. The Ministry for Primary Industries is being dismantled and split into… Audio
Weavers' hui focuses on teaching tikanga
Organisers hope a lack of wi-fi at the hui venue will be a change for the younger generation of weavers to slow down and listen.
Commemorations for the Te Kupenga Pā battle are underway
Commemorations for the 152nd anniversary of the Te Kupenga Pā battle are underway today in the Bay of Plenty settlement of Te Teko.
Heli crash likely human manufacturing error
A helicopter crash in Rotorua last year was caused by an event so rare it has no implications for aircraft safety, the Transport Accident Investigation Commission has found.
Phil Jarratt: 'Every wave I catch feels like a whole new vibrant experience'
Phil Jarratt has a life many of us only dream of – beautiful beaches, cool parties and plenty of time off to catch waves. The Australian writer and filmmaker looks back at 50 years on a surfboard in… Video, Audio, Gallery
One dead in Waihi crash
A driver has died in a crash between a car and a truck in Waihi this afternoon.
Sick man says social housing provider turfed him out
A seriously ill man has been evicted from his Tauranga home by the city's main social housing provider and is now living in emergency accommodation in a motel. Jo O'Brien reports. Audio
Fatal accident at Bay of Plenty quarry
The driver of a truck and trailer unit has died after it rolled at a quarry near Tauranga this afternoon.
Seriously ill man says Tauranga social housing provider threw him out
Tauranga man Timothy Dalton-Edwards says he's been "kicked in the side" by the city's main social housing provider.
Tuhoe Iwi: Moving on from the Urewera Raids
Te Ahi Kaa visits Taneatua in the Tuhoe Valley to get a sense of how the locals have moved since the Tuhoe Raids a decade ago. Audio
Wairere Iti: Tuhoe raids 10 years on
Today marks 10 years since police swooped on the people of Tuhoe on a Monday morning in the Urewera raids. None of the 17 people arrested ended up facing charges under the Terrorism Suppression act… Audio
Taupō crash victims named
Police have released the names of all four people who died in a head-on smash just north of Taupō on Tuesday.
Farm 'looks like a duck pond'
A Bay of Plenty farmer says this has been the toughest year of farming in his 35 years on the land.
Rain warning for Bay of Plenty
Heavy rain is on the way to Bay of Plenty, with 90mm to 110mm expected within 15 hours as far west as Ōpōtiki, MetService warns.
Fatality after truck collides with train in Whakatane
A person has died after their truck collided with a train in Whakatane this morning.
Edgecumbe floods: 'Moving target' to re-house residents - mayor
Whakatāne District Council mayor Tony Bonne tells Guyon Espiner they had hoped to get all Edgecumbe residents back in their repaired homes after the Edgecumbe flood, but now they're hoping to get… Audio
After the flood, still high and dry
Edgecumbe residents are unlikely to be back home for Christmas, six months on from the stopbank failure and devastating flood, the local mayor says.
Edgecumbe floods: Residents still waiting after 6 months
Tom Furley is in Edgecumbe to check on progress with repairs, six months after the town was flooded. It had been hoped most of the residents would be back in their homes by Christmas but now only half… Audio
Report leaves Edgecumbe locals without answers
Edgecumbe residents say a new independent report into the town's disastrous flood has not answered their questions - including who is to blame.
