As long as our tīpuna are happy, we will carry on,” says Rapata Kopae, one of the Ōpihi Whanaungakore trustees battling to stop development of land they say is wāhi tapu.

A screenshot from drone footage shows several cars engulfed in flames at a car wreckers yard near Rotorua. Photo / @danilotravel A major blaze that destroyed about 48 cars at Direct Auto Dismantlers ...

A Tauranga robotics team is gearing up for the world stage after clinching silver at the 2026 VEX Robotics National Championship. Ōtūmoetai College’s OATs robotics team, Mecha Squad 2941H, has ...

All communications to The Family of Ray Graham, C/- Elliotts Funerals, 25 Ninth Avenue, Tauranga or [email protected] ...

Swimmers often did not realise how quickly conditions could change, he said, and survival could depend on how they reacted in those first unexpected moments. Training focuses on skills that help build ...

The sound of jazz will once again fill the streets, venues and public spaces of Katikati, Tauranga and Mount Maunganui when the Port of Tauranga National Jazz Festival returns to celebrate its ...

While kiwifruit orchards were battered in summer storms, a bumper season is still predicted. New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI) chief executive Colin Bond says despite periods of rough ...

Two people appeared in court today charged in relation to the death of a Katikati boy attacked by dogs last year. The man and woman appeared together in the Tauranga District Court before deputy ...

A forgettable homecoming for the Black Caps who returned from a runner-up finish at the T20 World Cup in India to be handed a seven-wicket defeat by South Africa at Bay Oval tonight. With the Black ...

In his words "an ordinary man surrounded by extraordinary love", and also "cancer 1, Lindsay nil”. A celebration of Lindsay's life will be held at the Tauranga Yacht Club, 90 Keith Allen Drive on ...

If Lioness Jo Hurne has her way, Katikati’s memorial hall will become a sea of feathers, glitter and architectural headgear on Easter Saturday, April 4, as her club’s newest community event gets ...

A service for Allan will be held at Pyes Pa Memorial Park Chapel, 403 Pyes Pa Road Tauranga, on Wednesday 18 th March at 2pm. Messages to the Baldock family C/- PO Box 650 Tauranga 3144.