A prostate cancer screening programme which could save hundreds of lives a year has won conditional backing from an influential Parliamentary committee. In a report presented to Parliament, the ...

Public submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill close tonight, Tuesday, January 7, despite complaints people have had trouble with the website accepting their submissions. An unprecedented number ...

Sustainable Backyards will run throughout the entire month of March, 2025 with plenty of activities, workshops, concerts, tours, walks, and film screenings. Photo: Envirohub. Sustainable Backyards ...

Inland Revenue is changing the interest rates paid by and to taxpayers who over and underpay their tax - but the rate it pays is dropping by more than the rate it charges. From 16 January people ...

Mayhem ensued on January 6 as a vegetation fire brought traffic to a standstill along State Highway 2. At the same time, a power outage affected more 200 properties in the area. A power outage ...

The new year has started with some good news for supermarket shoppers. Warm weather has provided favourable growing conditions for many parts of the country, and suppliers and shops say that means ...

Volunteer lifeguards have aided in a number of rescues over the weekend, including a dislocated shoulder and a dolphin rescue. Surf Life Saving New Zealand CEO Steve Fisher personally praised the ...

When Katarina Ngatai did a summer internship with a Tauranga iwi, she had no idea the move would change the trajectory of her life and career. Now she is a manager at Ngāi Te Rangi, running the ...

In Loving memory of Melva Ethel Allan, loving wife of the late John Kenward Allan, mother of Alvin and Suzanne Allan, and Maxine Beetham. Grandmother of eight and great-grandmother of seven.

Thames-Coromandel Deputy Mayor Terry Walker has attributed holiday hotspot troubles to “rich little s***s”. Walker said Pāuanui was of particular concern over the holiday period, with a ...

The cool temperatures that have characterised January so far are set to continue, according to MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane who said southerly winds will be prevailing for much ...

Bay of Plenty schools are grappling with low attendance rates with one principal saying they are having to “reform habits” students have made since Covid-19 to teach young people to “get up ...