A crash overnight has closed State Highway 2 near Paeora. NZ Transport Agency said SH2 Karangahake was closed between SH26 and Rahu Rd. The detour is through Matamata. Police have ...

Fire crews are battling a large 1-2 hectare blaze in difficult Bay of Plenty terrain. Fire and Emergency shift manager Ryan Green said crews responded to reports of a vegetation f ...

Mawera Karetai didn’t erect a single billboard or spend a cent on her Māori ward election campaign in the Bay of Plenty, so it came as a shock when she actually won. Dr Karetai had even quipped she’d ...

James Denyer has officially started his second term as Western Bay of Plenty Mayor, after being sworn in at the council’s inaugural meeting of the new term on Wednesday. Denyer ...

Despite recent challenges, the avocado sector is working hard to improve outcomes. NZ Avocado CEO Brad Siebert says spring storms devastated some Bay of Plenty crops, while the export arm of the ...

Bell, spent nearly $500,000 on takeaways, at cafes and supermarkets, and a trip through Air NZ. Photo / 123RF A pregnant Waikato mother of five, jailed after siphoning nearly $500,000 out of her ...

A person has been airlifted off Mauao after reports of someone falling near one of the walking tracks. A SunLive reader said a rescue helicopter arrived on scene between 12.35pm a ...

Maureen Ferguson and family.

New drugs targeting weight loss and diabetes management such as Ozempic/Wegovy can help lower the number of young people impacted by type 2 diabetes, a paediatrician says. Diabete ...

Tonight’s Guy Fawkes celebrations have not started yet, but fireworks complaints and damage reports are already rolling in. As authorities plead for caution in dry, windy conditions, two Bay of Plenty ...

At least two newly elected councillors in the Eastern Bay of Plenty will be accessing newly available support to have security systems installed in their homes after facing harassment and threats ...

A man who claimed he had child exploitation material for “research” has been found guilty of serious sexual offending against children. Coromandel man Barry Ramsey was tried before Judge Joanne ...