A yacht has grounded at Mount Maunganui. Police have been called to the end of Tay St, where the yacht, which they said was called Heloise, has beached. “It does not appear that there is anyone with ...

David passed away peacefully on Monday 9th of March 2026 at the Tauranga Hospital surrounded by his whanau. David is the much-loved Father of Candice, Ruby and Tiaki. A funeral Service for David will ...

Police have been called to the end of Tay St, where the yacht has beached. “It does not appear that there is anyone with the vessel,” police said.

Some flights out of Tauranga have been cancelled because of ash from the Whakaari/White Island volcano. Air New Zealand told the Herald it cancelled 19 services in and out of Tauranga this morning due ...

Food insecurity has become a widespread issue impacting every region and income bracket in New Zealand, a new report has found. One in three households have experienced some level of food insecurity ...

Kawerau District Council is asking the community to be patient as it works through ongoing problems with the geothermal steam bore that heats water for the pool complex. Potential solutions have been ...

Housing affordability is at the best level in almost a decade, but the effect is not being felt evenly. Cotality has released data that shows the national median house value had fallen to 7.2 times ...

For the Fairbairn family, holiday means being helicoptered into a remote piece of private land in the Ahimanawa Range, between Taupō and Napier, to live off-grid in the bush for a few days to ...

New Zealand will be squeezed between two weather systems at the end of the week, bringing strong winds and heavy showers to both ends of the country. MetService said the strongest winds were forecast ...

His rapid rise in speed climbing mirrors the sport itself, where athletes race each other up a 15m wall in just seconds. But despite a growing profile, it is missing from the Commonwealth Games, ...

Wiremu Curtis, one of two brothers jailed for murdering Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie, lost his prison laundry job after he bullied and threatened a worker, a Parole Board decision ...

Traffic delays are being reported on Te Puke Highway following a two-vehicle crash. Emergency services were called to the crash on the highway, near Collins Lane at 2.30pm. Two pe ...