Given a dire prognosis Michael Thorpe is determined to prove it wrong.

Buses are out and MyWay on-demand large vans are in for Hastings residents from June 7.

Significant funding boost for five young budding engineers for World Aquabot Competition

A chance to become a better person by stepping into the boxing ring in Whanganui

Steve Rendle takes to the mic and plays two of his original songs for NZ Music Month

Wairere is using genetic selection to produce sheep that grow hair, not wool

Gisborne Pétanque held the Were McClutchie tournament, raising money and awareness.

Distinguished Gentleman's Ride dapperly raises funds in Tauranga

The virtual reality hit art show Terminus is on at Hastings City Art Gallery.

Gisborne businesses band together during Covid-19 and the recent floods.

Gisborne's holiday programmes: Tōnui Collab, YMCA, Central Football and gymnastics club.

A landmark Hastings tree becomes a striking Anzac sculpture of two back-to-back soldiers.

Greytown's 100-year-old Royal NZ Navy Commander Richard Harding on his wartime experience.

Ancient Indian festival celebrates its sixth year in Tauranga.

Pāpāmoa FC's female contingent is growing but a lack of facilities stymieing the sport.

Blackwell & Sons' National Tweed Ride is in Greytown on Easter Saturday.

Hastings' City Assist transforms CBD; mayor gives intruder into video filming telling-off.

From managing Mauao's walking tracks to its ecology, meet the man with 'the coolest job'.

Gisborne's Fifties Forward fitness class soon to celebrate 30th anniversary

Tauranga's temporary library - He Puna Manawa - officially opens for business.

Hawke's Bay vinyl scene is rocking.

Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield released the latest numbers at 1pm.

Featherston Dog Park Group hosted its third wet run of Dogs'n'Togs, and it was paw-some.

DJ Laura Lush is the creator of Ninth Wave Sound, a feminist sound system.

Here's how Wairarapa Times-Age reporters have adapted to working from home.

Howie Junior lives life on his terms but honours his father Sir Howard Morrison's legacy.

Work begins on the long-awaited upgrade to Te Rae o Pāpāmoa.

Carterton Swim Club is fundraising to replace its rusty indoor pool building.

Overseas returnees move to Gisborne for a better family life.

How powerlifting helped a single mum become a better version of herself for her daughter