Bay Of Plenty

Engineers expect to find out tomorrow what has caused the water supply in a small Bay of Plenty town of Mamaku to fail. Audio

A Bay of Plenty man's journey home took an unexpected turn when he had to rescue a seal from a busy highway.

Large areas of the North Island's coast are off-limits for shellfish gathering, with high levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning found.

The Crown repeatedly breached the Treaty of Waitangi and wrongly confiscated Tuhoe's best land during its dealings with the people of Te Urewera, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.

The latest housing data show sales have been strong almost all year, with the median sale price up 7 percent nationally.

Local iwi are being given the right to vote in committee meetings at the Rotorua Lakes Council.

Workers at AFFCO's Rangiuru and Horotiu plants have been told they are not allowed to wear union t-shirts to work, the Meat Workers Union says.

The Crown has agreed to settle its historical Treaty of Waitangi claims with a Tainui iwi, in principle.

Rotorua's civic leaders say figures showing the region is leading the country in economic growth is evidence it is on a roll.

Five young men with links to Opotiki College have appeared in court charged with sex offences against underage girls.