Man followed surf lifeguard and continued to hurl foul language and verbal abuse.

The accused has been granted interim name suppression.

Hopefully, it's just the beginning for boutique cruise liners to come to Whakatāne.

The nine-hole final will feature 42 players from 22 countries.

The school says it spent $45,000 on legal costs responding to the requests.

It has been 13 years since Vijender saw his family in India.

'It was like trying to find a needle in the haystack ... I thought I had lost it forever.'

He has already been told he might have to add extra time to his degree due to the error.

'We haven’t seen anything of this scale before in our city.'

The alternative route for motorists during this time is via Te Puke Highway.

"It’s cool people are happy to embrace our culture."

The cause of a workshop fire at Bethlehem College is under investigation.

Dramatic chase one of more than 800 BOP fleeing driver incidents in nine months.

One $333K win and two $15K wins coming to the Bay of Plenty.

Her son made a 'fatal mistake' at dangerous beach, says mum in bid to stop more deaths.

One man could be seen dragging the shark out to sea by its tail.

Clouds, wind and rain are forecast for some parts of the country - but it's still hot.

'Urban sprawl' on shrinking sections a factor in noise complaints: planning researcher

Temperatures were 'above' or 'well above' average for much of NZ last year.

Sailor most excited to 'see how I react when situations aren’t going that well'.

'Don’t do anything stupid like that again', says judge.

Forecasters give an outlook for another Kiwi summer's day.

'People can come any time if they’ve got no food.'

Popular beach's index sign to be fixed after showing high reading.

Police say 'up to three' vehicles were involved.

Police were called to an Aria View property in Bethlehem on Sunday evening.