Just the ticket: Ollie's train dream comes true
Sitting in the driver’s seat of a train is a dream come true for Ollie.
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Preliminary results in for two local byelections
The byelections were prompted due to a death and resignations.
Reviving a city’s heart: Tauranga’s commissioners on their big wins
The trials and triumphs of the commission's time in Tauranga.
New host announced for The Hits Tauranga
Sam Western joins The Hits Tauranga after a successful stint as Sun FM breakfast host.
From the regional to the world stage: Waikato building projects in for global honours
The nomination comes after their success at the Waikato Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards.
Dave Mollard: Farewell Judith 'if it is about us, let’s make a fuss' Lacy
OPINION: Her words have been our voice in the community.
Farming for the future
Hawke's Bay's Thomsen family rise from the mud after Cyclone Gabrielle
Half-finished home on elite street sells for $2m-plus at mortgagee sale
Buyer plans to complete previous owner's vision for riverside property.
'Big shortfall': One family's insurance lesson after severe weather destruction
'Don’t just pay your bill and move on,' a previously under-insured farming family says.
Rubbish removal business donating useful kerbside items to charity
'One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.'
'Never going to accept it': Paralysed mum-to-be's mission to walk again
'I just knew it was serious. I didn’t move - I’d never felt like that before.'
Poverty Bay champs v students set to be a cracker
Students expected to push champs 'all the way'.
Enterprise swimmers good to go thanks to new starting blocks
'A hard work, dedicated, do-whatever-it-takes attitude means the sky’s the limit.'
Balance critical: East Coast MP responds to draft Emissions Reduction Plan concerns
'The priority for this plan is to meet the first and second emissions budgets.'
Gisborne Council wins $27,000 in legal battle over earthworks
Court rejects Wallis Rd man's bid to cancel earthwork notice.
Disco night, midwinter swim, running and walking events in Gisborne this weekend
Disco night, midwinter swim, running and walking events in Gisborne this weekend.
Midweek premier clash no holiday camp for Girls' High
Whāngārā OG fend off clubmates to take derby honours.
Casey Brady is determined to walk again after paralysing 2017 accident
Bay of Plenty woman Casey Brady's story of resilience and determination to walk again after a motocross accident left her paralysed.
Gisborne letters on support for Govt land use plans, a potholed road, Great Barrier Reef
Gisborne letters on Govt land use plans, potholed road, Great Barrier Reef.
Second Gisborne store in a month struck by armed offenders
'He was totally shocked by it and went to the back of the shop for safety.'
Desert rock revival: Troy Kingi's nationwide tour starts this September
Troy Kingi returns to his rock roots with a new album and a nationwide tour.
Glamour and moves to hit dancefloor at Gisborne's hottest fundraiser
Dancers battling nerves ahead of Life Education Trust event next weekend.
Retirement village issues highlighted in push for law reform
The Act 'has to change': Retirement Village Residents Assoc president.
Why portable office cabins are being stored on a cyclone-hit property near Napier
The row of portable office cabins has been piquing the curiosity of passing motorists.
Abrupt end to an arson trial centred on a man's unrequited love
A man set fire to his ex's house after discovering she was seeing someone else.
‘I’m a gangster. I can get any woman I want’: Witness claims in murder trial
Wiremu Birch was stabbed to death 11 years ago during a street fight in Taupō.
'Ratepayers hit hard' with Whangārei increasing rates 17.2%
More could have been done to keep the rates lower, critics say.
Call for food safety officials to apologise to cheesed off shopper
Officials should apologise over handling of pensioner's complaint, says concerned reader.
Neighbours fed up with piles of illegal rubbish dumped in their street
Peachgrove Rd has become a popular dumping ground.
The fine-sweeper: Hastings’ new warden on wheels armed with $73k of technology
Mobile Licence Plate Recognition technology implemented to lower parking warden abuse.
Mike Lane was diagnosed with prostate cancer eight years ago
The Tauranga man participates in weekly Prost-FIT classes - organised and funded by the Prostate Cancer Foundation of NZ. Video / Megan Wilson
More information sought after Napier property shot at; car damaged
Police were alerted to the incident on June 30.
Proposed subdivision entrance disappoints locals
The Ōtaki subdivision entrance has irked locals.
Back at the park – international cricket in Napier this summer
McLean Park has been staging one-day international cricket matches for more than 40 years.