A tour operator is under fire for using fake Maori to attract tourists from cruise ships docking in Tauranga.

Touching operatic allegory parallels lives of man and beast.

One thousand tonnes of rank sea lettuce has been cleared from one of our most popular beaches this summer.

Sue Baxalle's family try out a 4-berth campervan for size.

Fijian police say it is too early to say if former All Black Robin Brooke will be charged for allegedly sexually harassing a teenage girl.

Police in Fiji have confirmed Robin Brooke is the former All Black being investigated over a sexual harassment claim.

A Tauranga man found he had a high-profile namesake after receiving a deluge of confusing political messages on Twitter.

A 19-year-old man rear-ended a taxi before colliding with two other cars on Saturday night.

A first-term National Party MP is seeking cross-party support for a law change for harsher penalties in cases of extreme cruelty to animals.

Revellers celebrating New Year and the start of a new decade in New Zealand behaved themselves last night.

One thousand litres of hypophosphorus acid, a key ingredient in P manufacturing, was stolen from a factory in January, it was revealed this week.

Shark sightings have prompted lifeguards at holiday hotspots to urge swimmers to take caution.