Bay Of Plenty
All Blacks to play Samoa at Eden Park
All Blacks vs Samoa will be the first international fixture before next week's British and Irish Lions series starts. Matt Chatterton is at Eden Park for the double header. Video, Audio
Edgecumbe residents forced to sell homes to council
Twelve Edgecumbe homeowners are being forced to sell their properties to make way for a new stopbank. Audio
Māori All Blacks chase history and winning sendoff
The Māori All Blacks have the chance to repeat their historic 2005 win over the Lions tomorrow night, and send off long serving loose forward Liam Messam. Video, Audio
Tauranga iwi blockade port in protest against treaty deal
Tauranga iwi are furious after the Crown agreed to give the Hauraki Collective some control in Tauranga as part of their Treaty settlement. Video, Audio
Protesters block Tauranga Harbour's port
Members of Ngāi te Rangi have been blocking commercial ships from leaving Tauranga Harbour to protest what they say is a secret deal between the Crown and Hauraki iwi.
Hundreds protest axing of Lakes DHB cultural unit
More than 200 members of Ngāti Whakaue iwi have marched up Pukeroa Hill and to Rotorua Hospital to protest the axing of their cultural team, Te Hunga Manaaki.
Myrtle rust found in Bay of Plenty
The plant disease has been confirmed in Te Puke, in the first find outside the main infection area in Taranaki in weeks.
Māori healers share their work
Te Ahi Kaa visits a spiritual healing expo in Whakatane to learn about the healing power of mirimiri (massage), spiritual guidance and natural tonics. Audio
One dead in Tauranga house fire
A person has died in a house fire in the suburb of Maungatapu this afternoon.
The Spring of Hangarua
Te Ahi Kaa joins Te Rangikaheke Bidois on a visit to the Hamurana and Taniwha Springs to get an insight into the local stories and history. Audio
500 new social houses planned for BOP
The government plans to build more than 500 new social and temporary homes in Bay of Plenty over the next three years.
Second arrest in Te Kaha Tribesmen death case
A second man has been arrested in relation to the death of a motorcyclist in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in November.
Edgecumbe rates bump unfair - resident
A resident of flood-hit Edgecumbe is furious rates in the town are likely to go up to pay for the damage.
Cars trapped in Tauranga flood waters
Several properties have been flooded in the Bay of Plenty after heavy rain early this morning.
Tears as plug pulled on school rebuild
An internal investigation has been launched after the Education Ministry pulled the plug on a school rebuild it had promised two years earlier.
Govt flooding support missing the mark - BoP farmers
Bay of Plenty farmers are criticising the government's response to rural flooding from Cyclone Debbie.
Edgecumbe flood victims deserve answers - investigator
The head of the investigation into the catastrophic failure of Edgecumbe's stopbank says the flood-stricken community deserve answers.
Shanghai Pengxin Go It Alone
This week the state owned farming company Landcorp came to the end of its four year sharemilking agreement to run 16 central and southern North Island farms for the Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin… Audio
Shanghai Pengxin Go It Alone
This week the state owned farming company Landcorp came to the end of its four year sharemilking agreement to run 16 central and southern North Island farms for the Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin…
AudioTransforming Taneatua
Transforming spaces is a trend in the Bay of Plenty township of Taneatua. Local Māori business owners – including gallery owner Tame Iti and his son Toi, a barber – are optimistic about the future of… Audio
