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Quake rattles Bay of Plenty
More than 20 people have reported feeling this morning's quake.
More than 20 people have reported feeling this morning's quake.
Police and Coastguard started a search with the assistance of a helicopter after being advised by family members at about 1pm.
Three men are facing assault charges after allegedly stabbing two people and breaking another man's hand in Kawerau on Friday.
John Waenga can see the funny side of a fishy tale which cost him more than $700 after he lost a rental car key in Bay of Plenty surf.
Bay of Plenty Maori say they have been offered thousands of dollars to withdraw their opposition to leaving the Rena on Astrolabe Reef.
A stolen motorbike is believed to have been involved in a crash that left one person dead, and another seriously injured.
Michael Brown and his family test-drive some of the city's 21st century attractions.
A teenager has been flown for specialist treatment after being injured in a crash in the Bay of Plenty yesterday.
An abandoned yacht is still transmitting its position at sea in the Bay of Plenty after a dramatic helicopter rescue in which its two crew were winched to safety.
Gale force winds blowing across Auckland have forced the cancellation of some ferry services and have made driving conditions hazardous.
Wild weather has continued to batter the Bay of Plenty region with high winds flipping a plane on the runway at Tauranga Airport. Plus: Aerial photos of the devastation.
Drivers are heeding official advice and keeping away from Wellington highways today after torrential rain closed main routes with flooding.
Police said Dr Paul Hill's car was found underwater in Bracken St, Petone, with the keys still in the ignition.
Tornadoes smashed through Mt Maunganui last night, damaging homes, ripping roofs from buildings and sending trampolines and outdoor furniture flying. ASB Baypark Stadium also lost parts of its grandstand roof. Firefighters responded to numerous calls about roofs being ripped of houses around Lodge Ave and Links Ave. Mount Maunganui Intermediate is closed after announcing that it had suffered "considerable damage".
Emergency services in Tauranga responded to multiple calls about a tornado. The New Zealand Herald understands up to 15 roofs have been damaged or lifted off after the area at Mount Maunganui was hit at 8.45pm. Firefighters responded to numerous calls about roofs being ripped of houses around Lodge Ave and Links Ave.
The Bay of Plenty accounts for 5.7 per cent of the national GDP and 6.6 per cent of employment. But its economic growth has been slightly behind the national average.
The deaths of 10 people on New Zealand roads this weekend, including in a pair of triple-fatality crashes, have been lamented by police as a “preventable tragedy”.
The Bay of Plenty crash took the weekend's road toll to seven after three other fatal crashes.
Twenty-one tonnes of oiled debris has been collected from the Tauranga Harbour following last week’s oil spill.
About 1500 litres of heavy fuel oil was leaked into Tauranga Harbour on Monday, Mobil has revealed.
Open Kasey and Karena Bird's new cookbook and you'll find recipes that owe much to the fresh-caught fish of their home town, writes Elisabeth Easther.
Mobil isn't saying how much oil has been spilled because they are trying to spin it to make it sound like it’s not a major deal, an MP says.
A 25-year-old man is being worked on by paramedics after he was hit by a car in Whakatane this evening.
A male pedestrian is in serious condition after he was hit by a car as he crossed the road in Tauranga tonight.
A Bay of Plenty man has been sentenced to almost a year of home detention after he used backpackers' and other tourists' IRD numbers to file false tax returns.
A hitchhiker has been seriously injured after being hit by a car in the western Bay of Plenty this morning.