“This was my first ever competition,” says speed climbing champion Julian David.

"I feel like lots of people don’t really know the true extent of it."

Charitable trust helps young people leave their troubled pasts behind.

'It’s been a huge shock for all of us and we’ve shed many tears.'

'But we liked the place, it suits us and there’s a lot more to do over there.'

Community support helped secure the mini-golf course's future.

They will perform on the four-stop concert series, A Summer's Day Live.

Taupō's new town centre is about to get a whole lot brighter.

There are five categories, ranging from large city to tiny town, each with two finalists.

Tauranga City Council weighs variable road pricing.

Tauranga's Mae Cunningham, 16, and her family share her adoption story.

Ngai Tūhoe has lost a leader who put issues of tikanga and rangatiratanga first.

Another department had eight staff leave in just over two years, a union member says.

Senior doctors say the demands of their work have risen "exponentially".

“It was cool for them to meet a legend."

'I know this place very well and what many of our city needs are.'

“I feel good. I am very excited to do AIMS Games.”

Relatively hot June and July offset by below-average August temperatures.

The ram raid was reported to police at 3am.

Police were called about 4.30am.

As temperatures rise during the first week of spring, the rain will continue to fall.

A 'shock' diagnosis at 31 upended his life plan. So he remade it.

Students from the East Coast school Te Kura ō Manutuke are excited to be in Tauranga.

The union disputes Te Whatu Ora's claim that its offer 'essentially' met its request.