Bay Of Plenty

Surfing for Farmers was set up by a Gisborne based farm consultant turned rural real estate agent, Stephen Thomson, in spring 2018. He'd seen a Netflix doco about surfing helping United States war…

A Rotorua Lakes councillor claims homeless people moved out of a central-city park were "doing nothing wrong".

The east coast of the North Island was rattled by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake, offshore from the Bay of Plenty, last night.

The harvest of New Zealand's largest horticultural export crop has just begun. Nikki Johnson from NZKGI says, with Covid-19 restricting travel, growers are hoping there will be enough backpackers…

Whakatāne has become the latest district in the Eastern Bay of Plenty to benefit from the Provincial Growth Fund, after major announcements in both Kawerau and Ōpōtiki.

Health officials are working to decontaminate the Rotorua District Court because a man arrested there yesterday reported feeling unwell after travelling overseas.

The mother of a teenage boy who was told to shave his moustache or be suspended from school will call for a review of the rule.

A Bay of Plenty man accused of drowning his two-year old daughter in July 2018 intended to take her life and possibly his own, the Crown says.

No one, including Whakatāne District Council staff, know what options there might be for Awatarariki residents who have not opted into the council's managed retreat.

Tauranga residents are facing a hefty rates increase of 12.6 percent to help keep the city's head above water as it struggles with the increasing costs of growth.

New details of the Whakaari/White Island recovery mission shed light on the planning and bravery of the special forces team who searched the island just days after its eruption.

Seven people on board a cruise ship docked in Tauranga have the flu or gastroenteritis, not the Covid-19 coronavirus, the Ministry of Health says.

Tauranga residents have been warned they may face big rate rises if the city cannot find new ways to pay for its rapid growth.

The Port of Tauranga's first half result is flat, despite a drop in cargo handled through the country's biggest port.

A man charged with killing two men near Tauranga earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to their murders.

Plans to discharge 20 million litres of sewage into Lake Rotorua has prompted a call for the lake to be given personhood to protect it.

Ngāi Te Rangi chief executive Paora Stanley says local iwi can play a crucial role in reducing gang violence in the Western Bay of Plenty.