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Warning to stay off beaches due to risk of rogue waves, big surges
Rogue waves could be strong enough to knock someone over and sweep them out to sea.
Live: SH1 closed; Cyclone Hale heads south; House buried by storm debris
The fierce storm is being described as a one-in-20 year event.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers react to what first-home buyers can expect in 2023
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.
Money Year in Review: July to September 2022
Weaker house prices, fewer home loans and millions of dollars for research projects.
Clean your boats to keep pests out of lakes
The team has seen a positive shift in the behaviour of boaties.
Live: Coromandel cut off - wild weather as Hale hits hard, Gisborne declares emergency
The fierce storm is being described as a one-in-20 year event.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: High time we let young people take the lead
OPINION: We shouldn't dismiss young people so easily.
Opinion: The trainer behind the athletes
OPINION: Trainer has a unique approach to training and adapts programmes to suit.
Surf, sand and summer injuries: $14 million in ACC claims
The leading causes of summer injuries don't come as a surprise.
'Worst' summer in 19 years: Campgrounds, farmers brace for even more wet weather
Already the amount of rainfall in Tauranga is five times more than what it was last year.
Local state of emergency declared as major river nears breach levels
Civil Defence warning ex-cyclone is “potentially one of the worst ones they have seen”.
‘Overwhelming’: Bay Olympian Mike Dawson reaches South Pole
The Bay athlete was part of an Inspiring Explorers team.
'Very gnarly': Boaties, surfers do battle with Cyclone Hale amid choppy, messy waves
Bay of Plenty coastal areas are being battered by rough seas.
Cyclone Hale tracking as '1-in-20 year storm' for Coromandel
Cyclone Hale's brunt is being felt.
A pipeline of plumbing plaudits at regional awards
Taupō plumbers have mopped up five different categories.
Table tennis and quiz champ: Convicted saboteur 'having a great time in prison'
'I’m having a great time. I’m the table tennis champion.'
Astronaut’s visit inspires locals to reach for the stars
Nasa astronaut and molecular biologist Dr Kate Rubins visited Rotorua Library.
‘Exceeding Cyclone Bola’: East Coast hammered, 'prepare to evacuate'
Cyclone Hale's brunt is being felt.
WorkSafe confirms notification of Ōpōtiki workplace death
They have said it is not an investigation at this stage.
Taupō's newest BMX superstar taking on the world at eight years old
Taupō is set to be represented on the BMX world stage - by 8-year-old rider Micah Wallace.
Three people hurt in two-vehicle crash near Rotorua
Police attended the crash in Dalbeth Rd about 9.50am.
Covid-19 update: Find out the latest local case numbers
Before Christmas, Te Whatu Ora Lakes reported its highest case numbers since July.
2022 Money Year in Review: April to June
More apprenticeships and young people heading overseas.
Cyclone Hale lashes North Island, rescuers pluck trio from surging river
Cyclone Hale will hit the North Island tonight - earlier than previously forecasted.
Three generations, one instrument: Meet St Faith’s new 14yo organist
There has been a Bennett behind St Faith's organ for more than 80 years.
Jo Raphael: Drenching puts dampener on holidays
OPINION: It’s time to break out the wet-weather contingencies.
Stay out: Lifeguards warn they won't rescue as Cyclone Hale hits
People are warned to stay out of the water because they might not get rescued.
One person dead after workplace accident in Bay of Plenty
WorkSafe has been advised of the death.
No excuse for being bored
Stuck for something to do over the school holidays? Here are a few ideas.
Ropes and Thrills Rotorua plans progress
Ropes and Thrills Rotorua founder Alex Schmid speaks about the planned high ropes course. Video / Laura Smith
Weather summary: Wet and mild 2022 for Taupō
Taupō recorded record rainfall in 2022, but at least it was a mild winter.