Construction of the geothermal power plant Te Ahi O Maui, near Kawerau, can now begin after the completion of the drilling stage. Project

A Kawerau school has won its designer the supreme award in this year's Resene Total Colour Awards, announced in Wellington tonight. For

Parents are insisting their tamariki get a Maori education and immersion schools are feeling the pressure.

Name suppression has been lifted on four police officers who received gunshot injuries in a Bay of Plenty stand-off.

The Bay man accused of attempting to kill two police officers and also allegedly shot at four others is heading to trial.

Two fires overnight kept Eastern Bay emergency services busy. A woman died in a house fire in Taneatua this morning. Last night a lightning storm may have been the cause of scrub fires in Kawerau.

Pupils and staff at Kawerau kura kaupapa Maori school Te Whata Tau o Putauaki were told to stay indoors while armed police descended on two nearby houses after a shooting in the town this morning.