Firefighters extinguishing 'flare-ups' on Matakana Island
Firefighters expected to stay on Matakana Island until the end of the week.
Firefighters expected to stay on Matakana Island until the end of the week.
A single vehicle collided with a power pole and lines came down across the road.
'It’s just the best thing that could have ever happened to him.'
'There is a lot of unknown in the ocean,' shark expert Dr Riley Elliott says.
Some opted for a Kiwi classic.
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North Island will be under a moist and humid northerly air flow.
'It’s looking like it’s going to be a great summer.'
The band is set to part ways next year.
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Locals are asked to expect delays while gang farewells members.
NZTA boss worries for industry's future as half of staff quit within a year amid abuse.
Victim David Kuka was 'simply in the wrong place at the wrong time', a judge says.
"It is one of New Zealand’s official languages ... We will continue to support that."
'A dismissal of the reo is essentially a dismissal of the whole idea of Māori itself.'
A Rotorua teenager has avoided prison after he forged banknotes and distributed them wide
More than 1750 cans were collected for the local foodbank.
'These people are sharing the roads with our family, our friends, and our colleagues.'
His family say he was well-known in his local community of Paeroa, in Hauraki.
'My daughter and I will be couch surfing yet again.'
One vet says pet owners should not “reward the waistline” with treats.
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A 21yo man appeared in Tauranga District Court today, facing kidnapping and other charges.
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Council says collecting its own rates has been mostly positive - despite some criticism.
The growers are among five prosecuted by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council this year.
Tauranga is to host the NZ Festival of Squash - and some of the world's best players.
Kids aged 11-13 grapple with issues previously not faced until 15 or 16, says principal.
With throat and mouth swelling, head pounding and painkillers useless, he needed 'relief'.