The MetService has issued a heavy rain warning for the West Coast.

Te Ariki has bronchiectasis, a life-altering disease. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

It'll be a warm, wet spring across the country, forecaster says.

Despite recent political shake-ups, most voters are not about to change their votes.

A day ahead of Labour's freshwater announcement, National has made its own.

The men were rescued off Port Jackson at the top of the Coromandel Peninsula.

It takes culture to get through dark times. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

An auto-electrician workshop has been damaged by fire in the Bay of Plenty this morning.

An innocent meal of McDonald's turned into a nightmare for three men in Tauranga

Five Tongan men died in Katikati last year. The pain for their families is still raw.

A lucky Auckland Lotto player scooped a $1 million win tonight.

Tradies say subdivision's curving path a bit of a joke but not everyone is laughing.

Median rent in Tauranga drops to $460 after four years of increases.

Local charities in the Bay of Plenty received support. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local charities in the Bay of Plenty received support. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Tauranga charities are $300,000 richer thanks to generosity of $10.3m Lotto winner.

A wonky footpath in the Bay of Plenty has become a laughing stock of tradies working near.

Lotto winner Lou Te Keeti talks to Gareth Morgan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The voting public gets to decide on the billboard and the promises made on it.

Bay politicians were quick off the mark to erect their election billboards.

NZ's 5th largest city still without a museum. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

NZ's 5th largest city still without a museum. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The man who died of a gunshot wound on Thursday has been identified by police.

Tauranga is host of a silent film festival. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Tauranga is host of a silent film festival. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Motion Entertainment is going gangbusters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Cop suffers head injuries in 'unacceptable act of violence'.

The North Island is in for a pounding tonight before the wild weather strikes the south.

Winter storm with damaging gales is set to hit the country in a matter of hours.

Doctors warn a crisis is looming with the dwindling numbers of GPs around the country.