Bay Of Plenty

The new National Party leader has made his pitch to voters for the position of prime minister in a speech in Bay of Plenty today, in the rural community of Te Puna where he grew up.

More than 50 people who had a tough time during the Covid-19 lockdown are getting a free weekend of respite at Waihi Beach's two Top 10 Holiday Parks.

Thousands of new homes could be built in Rotorua as a result of a proposed new strategy for housing in the city.

A bid for free parking in Rotorua's central business district has been quashed.

New Zealand First MP Clayton Mitchell will leave Parliament after the general election.

Rotorua is set to lose more than 3700 jobs in the fallout of Covid-19, resulting in $186 million in lost earnings, according to a new report.

Speed limits on State Highway 33 and State Highway 30 in Bay of Plenty will be reduced.

Bookworms are back in their element and browsing the stacks at the Whakatāne library.

With the large number of people losing their jobs because of Covid-19, Dairy NZ has launched a publicity campaign to encourage people to consider changing careers and get into dairy farming. On June 8…

Kawerau District Council is banning smoking at its events, but vaping is not covered by the new restrictions.

A street in the Bay of Plenty town of Mamaku has been closed off by police after reports of gunshots early this morning.

A cyclist has died after colliding with a truck in the Tauranga suburb of Mt Maunganui.

All eight of Rotorua's bids for 'shovel-ready' projects have beaten 1098 other applications to reach a 'long shortlist' of 802.

A 59-year-old man is to appear in court charged with murder over the death of a man in Rotorua.

The police have launched a homicide investigation after a man was found dead in Rotorua this afternoon.

The triple crises of the Edgecumbe floods, the Whakaari / White Island eruption and Covid-19 have cost Whakatāne ratepayers millions of dollars.