After months of traffic delays due to works in Greerton, the traffic lights near the Chadwick Road roundabout are now live. The lights were due to be switched... Read More

Who says money doesn't grow on trees? They might be empty just now, but the Breast Cancer Support Service Tauranga Trust hopes these pink gumboots will be filled... Read More

After 12 years, Judy Coenen's interest in clivias has grown into somewhat of an obsession - she now has thousands of plants. 'It starts as a hobby, then it's... Read More

They're beautiful, unique and talented - and ready to prove it across two international runways. Or three, if you count the flight it takes to get there. Papamoa... Read More

In 1893 there was no such thing as lycra. Probably a good thing some would say. Women of that era rode their bicycles in their everyday clothing - ankle length... Read More

A Welcome Bay resident is rallying his community in a bid to reclaim a public waterfront reserve that has been encroached by fences, plantings and other structures... Read More

A national ratepayers' report has found the Western Bay of Plenty District Council's rates to be the highest in New Zealand, with an average residential rates... Read More

It was a haunting accident scene - a vehicle wedged beneath the cab of a big transporter and both engulfed in flames. And another statistic, another life lost... Read More

Shona knew as soon as she finished her offering for the World of Wearable Art extravaganza that she had nailed it, that she had captured that special WOW factor. 'I... Read More

Bomber, Spitfire and Chester have lucked it. They've gone from sleazy alley cats with a potentially life-threatening disease, to fat cats living the high life... Read More

Eleanor Taylor can recall her daughter crying just three times. This was one of those occasions, and the deeply saddest. 'Amelia was distraught, absolutely distraught,”... Read More

Te Puke artist Bridget Reweti will be among 10 of New Zealand's leading contemporary visual artists to have their work featured in the United Kingdom's first major... Read More