A graduate of Rotorua's famous carving school and a Taupo-based iwi representative and orator are two of 10 people honoured at the

SWIMMER WINNER: Whakatane's Tarquin Magner with his medal haul from the NZCT AIMS Games swimming finals. Photo by Jamie Troughton/Dscribe

Eight gold medals and a silver were nice but it was a new national record Whakatane swimmer Tarquin Magner was especially proud of

Aftershocks have continued to shake the North Island after it was hit by one of its biggest earthquakes in decades.

A pregnant woman has been flown to hospital after a car crash in the Eastern Bay of Plenty today. The 21-year-old was involved in

The New Zealand Transport Agency is asking motorists in the Eastern Bay of Plenty to be aware of the risk of rock-falls and slips after the earthquake and aftershocks this morning.

This morning's M7.1 quake is the biggest to hit the north of the North Island in more than 20 years, when a M7.2 quake struck in a similar spot in 1995.

Locals wanting to help care for land, air, water, or wildlife are can apply to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Environmental Enhancement

There is a severe wind watch for Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty tonight. MetService issued the watch saying west to northwest winds

Bay of Plenty-based Surtees Boats is undergoing a major expansion of its production facility with the addition of a 900sq m building

Police are appealing for information following three suspicious fires in the Te Kaha and Waihau Bay area. Detective Sergeant Darren

A newborn baby has been flown to hospital with serious head injuries.

Lisa Carrington has today been sharply reminded how difficult a challenge she'll face tomorrow if she's to complete a golden Rio Olympic kayak double.

A Whakatane bank has celebrated Lisa Carrington's Olympic victory this morning by wrapping their ATM in gold. ANZ's Whakatane branch

WATCH: Kiwi kayak queen Lisa Carrington 'stoked' as she powers her way to back-to-back Olympic gold medals.

A young woman has been seriously hurt and trapped for more than an hour in her car after it crashed this morning. The woman had been

A shipping container has been airlifted to White Island to provide visitors an emergency shelter in case of an eruption. The New

There's not a lot of negatives, even though gifts and golf balls were stolen from charity fundraisers Keri and Ryan Topperwien's Dream

Whakatane band Made Alive has made it to the Smokefree Rockquest finals. The band, made up of Whakatane High School and Trident High

The young star of the New Zealand hit film Boy has been seriously injured in a car crash. James Rolleston, 19, was in a car near

Two motorbikes have crashed causing moderate injuries to two people. The crash happened about 4pm on State Highway 30 near Thornton

A moderate earthquake has been recorded in the Bay of Plenty. At 11.29pm last night, a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded near

UPDATE: A section of Golf Links Road remains closed as the Serious Crash Unit investigates a fatal single-motorcycle crash in Whakatane. The

A person armed with a knife has robbed a dairy in Whakatane. Police were called to the dairy on the corner of King and Bridge streets

Waiariki Bay of Plenty Polytechnic has appointed its fourth community appointee to the council. Council chairwoman Cathy Cooney announced

A distraught mother screamed in fear as a man stole her car with her infant son asleep in the back, a court has heard.

A Bay of Plenty mum is using her son as motivation to quit as a free stop smoking service is launched regionally. Drue Harawira

Eastern Bay Police and St John Ambulance staff are being supported from the air by a helicopter crew as a search for a crashed car

Icy conditions have been blamed for at least three crashes between Rotorua and Whakatane this morning.