Celebrity chef’s Bay of Plenty lifestyle property contained her dream kitchen.

Thirty years ago, it changed hands for just $415,000.

About $500,000 has been shaved off the lifestyle property price since it was first listed.

The Oceanbeach Rd property sold for almost double its $5.96m rateable value.

Suppliers, growers, manufacturers feeling pinch, Countdown says.

Could the country be moving to phase 2 as Covid-19 cases are expected to rise further?

The teen's mother and a teacher were just metres away when he was stabbed by a student.

Schools are being hit by new Covid-19 cases within days of opening this year.

The arty zebra crossing has caused a stir in the district and will be removed.

The person who died was being cared for at Tauranga Hospital.

The South Island is expected to get drenched today.

Marchers have been told they are not welcome in Waitangi by local Māori leaders.

Coromandel politicians question whether mayor's own anti-Pfizer stance is rubbing off.

Thames Coromandel mayor says she won't be forced into having the Pfizer jab.

Fallen trees have damaged houses and cars and brought down power lines.

A Napier mum is terrified of losing her four-month-old daughter who is in ICU with RSV.

Batten down the hatches - it's a windy day in the north.

Man was in the community for 12 days before being told to self-isolate.

The Government must intervene to protect sick patients, Waikato cancer doctor warns.

Waikato DHB has called in external experts and the government's spy agency to help.

Girl in tears after being told she couldn't play rugby league with her male teammates.

It will be wet in most of the North Island over the next two days.

Dunedin City Council spent $42,714 investigating complaints about elected members.

Shipping delays expected to continue through to 2021.

Auckland could get falls of 25mm of rain an hour today.

The man died after a tree fell on him this morning.

Laken Rose is defending 61 child sex act charges.

Andrew Williams has pleaded guilty to 56 charges of sex offences against children.

Can you go and visit your boyfriend at level 3? We tell you how.

New mental health patients will be diverted to other hospitals away from Tauranga.

The driver was too scared to move so she yelled for help to be pulled out.

The ship involved in the White Island eruptions has been linked to another tragedy.

Major changes to competitions and development opportunities in kids sport on the way.

The first landlords to breach the new insulation laws have been pinged.

Kids playing too much sport can be just as harmful as too little, experts warn.

Rival mayors say people are going to Hamilton for the events, and not much else.

The Waiho Bridge has been destroyed as a major autumn storm edges north.

Kiwis have been feeling the heat - and some places had a heatwave.

Petrol prices could continue to fall below $2 - just in time for the summer road trip

36-year-old appears at Hamilton District Court charged with the murder of Ngaruawahia man.

Torrential rain that flooded parts of the North Island is expected to ease.

A Tauranga mother-of-six will move anywhere to stop her family being homeless again.

Slim chance of more destruction to the coast when the next king tide comes: Scientist

Lauren Letford woke to her husband shouting "F***en hold on" as a car hurtled towards them

The latest proposal would see 18m litres of NZ water a day sent offshore.

A transgender pioneer and author died last week when his car collided with a train.

A Tauranga artist has completed his most challenging portrait yet on a steep hill.

Crown prosecutor Aaron Perkins gave his opening address today.

The trial for Rhys Warren continues with just 11 jurors after one was discharged.

Rhys Richard Ngahiwi Warren denies charges relating to an armed stand-off in Kawerau.

The only survivor of a Hamilton crash which killed four others is home and on the road to recovery.

A skipper has been fined and received a formal warning after his boat capsized leaving him and his two passengers floating in the water.

A 62-year-old man is accused of stabbing to death a friend after they shared a roast dinner and sank a couple of bottles of wine and whiskey at his home.

Three vessels came to grief in bar crossings during Easter - leading a regional authority to warn that crossing bars is the most dangerous activity.

Silvio Kors' first concern after hearing a loud bang and seeing his windscreen crack while driving was that he'd hit someone.