It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of David John Franks, 88 years old, on April 18 2025. Cherished husband of Beverly and adored father of Sonya, Wayne and Paul and their families.

A man has appeared in the Rotorua District Court charged with abducting a 3-year-old girl from a Rotorua early childhood ...

Health New Zealand and senior doctors are in mediation, before a strike planned for next week. Pay negotiations between the ...

Rain, shine or howling gales, runner Janet Baird is out training for her first time entering the iconic Mauao King & Queen of ...

A person has died and another was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Owhata overnight. The collision occurred about ...

A Pāpāmoa couple became $500,000 richer after an article about an unclaimed Lotto prize prompted them to check their stashed ...

A resident using the cycle path that runs between the beach and State Highway 2, from Ōpōtiki to Waiotahe, discovered the two ...

On the cusp of dawn, a large crowd gathered outside the Mount Maunganui cenotaph in Marine Parade for the 2025 Anzac dawn ...

Tauranga RSA (Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association) president Morton Anderson cited “shrinking income” from ...

The Barrel Room general manager Liam Jackson said the competition will feature some of the hottest chillies in the world – ...

So, every hour of every day for 41 years – more or less. That makes 14,965 days and 134,685 hours of listening – more or less ...

Tauranga mural artist Sam Allen is set to leave his mark on Japan — literally — with a large-scale mural as part of an ...