A Consumer NZ survey has found buy-now, pay-later services are costing shoppers more than $10 million a year in late fees.  Close to four out of 10 Kiwi consumers use buy-now, pay-later services, such as Afterpay, Laybuy and Zip.  Consumer...

New Zealand Rugby has announced changes to the 2021 Schools programme due to the inability for Auckland based players to train or play under current Covid-19 Alert Levels. The New Zealand Schools and Barbarian Under 18s camps and matches due to be...

Police have now met with the family of Tom, Jayda, Maverick and Ember Phillips to discuss how the search will be managed going forward. For the past 12 days a dedicated team of searchers, supported by the local community, have been combing the inland...

Zespri has launched “emergency management plans” after kiwifruit shipped from Tauranga tested positive for Covid-19 in China. Samples from a batch of New Zealand kiwifruit being sold in a supermarket in the Jiangsu province of China had...

  Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard have rescued six people after their waka ama overturned. At 12pm today the Tauranga Coastguard Radio Room was alerted to a waka ama that had overturned by the Sulphur Point Marina sea wall in the Tauranga harbour,...

Community groups looking for funding for one-off projects can apply to Tauranga City Council’s new Community Grant Fund from Monday, September 27. The $1.81 million Community Grant Fund recognises the significant contribution of community groups...

Heavy traffic is plaguing drivers on State Highway 2 in Whakamārama this afternoon. Traffic is backed up in the northbound lane of SH2 between Te Puna and Esdaile Road. It is heavy southbound from Wainui South Road to Esdaile Road. A caller to the...

Community Rugby Sevens is back this year, including the introduction of a brand new tournament.  This November, four Seven's tournaments will be held at Paengaroa Domain, including the Baywide Secondary School...

Teachers and parents in Mount Maunganui are celebrating after school rezoning plans were altered in the Arataki area. Rezoning proposals put forward earlier this year regarding Arataki School would have seen the school’s zone lose the area behind...

There are nine new community cases of Covid-19 today with all of these cases in Auckland. Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay are providing an update on the current Covid-19 outbreak.  The...

Today, multi-platinum New Zealand band Blindspott are releasing their first single in 15 years, and have announced a tour and a four-volume album. The single ‘R.I.P’ is out today, Friday, September 24 and is the first music the band has made...

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges does not believe the word Aotearoa should be banned from official use. However, he believes a referendum would be needed if it is to be adopted as part of, or a replacement for, New Zealand, as the official name of the country.  The...

Fiona Wiremu is ecstatic following news Te Puna Ora o Mataatua Chief Executive Dr Chris Tooley has been elected to the interim Māori Health Authority board. The chair of Te Puna Ora o Mataatua says Mataatua whānau will be better represented on a...

  Police investigating the Auckland death of Lena Zhang Harrap have charged a man with murder. Lena was located deceased in Mt Albert on Wednesday, September 22. Police received a significant amount of information from the public following...

  Proposals aimed at improving safety standards for registered adventure activities have opened for public consultation today.  The move was made in response to the Whakaari/White Island tragedy in December 2019, when 22 people died following...

  Western Bay of Plenty Mayor Gary Webber says an initial review into the Government’s Three Waters reform proposal has highlighted significant issues. Western Bay of Plenty District Council will therefore be seeking more clarity and...

Left uncontrolled, wild kiwifruit can be devastating to New Zealand native bush and forest. Wild kiwifruit can germinate wherever birds deposit kiwifruit seeds or wherever discarded fruit has been thrown or dumped. Birds love to feed on kiwifruit...

Ten Western Bay of Plenty primary and intermediate schools are soon to experience a boost to their healthy active learning thanks to a $365k investment from TECT over three years. Healthy Active Learning is a joint government initiative between Sport...

  After some heavy rain over much of the country, MetService is forecasting fluctuating weather through the weekend, as the front that had been affecting the country clears away to the east followed by a westerly flow.   Drier weather...

An unfortunate chain of events with a cattery has resulted in the death of a cherished cat. Before going on holiday with her partner, Sue Peoples put her cat Jac in a cattery. One week later, she received a call that her cat had been given to another...

A 27-year-old man will appear in Hamilton District Court today charged with allegedly faking a Covid-19 positive test result.  The man, from Cambridge, is said to have edited an official text message to suggest he had tested positive for the...

A date change for the 102nd edition of the New Zealand Open is announced. In conjunction with Golf New Zealand, the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Asian Tour, Tournament Organisers have have decided to host the event at Millbrook Resort between March...

Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is urgently seeking people in the Bay of Plenty to volunteer for its Pink Ribbon Street Appeal this October. Around 10,000 Pink Ribbon volunteers across the country will take to the streets on October 29 and 30 to collect...

Bay of Plenty District Health Board chair Sharon Shea is being named as part of a group of people who have been appointed to lead the Māori Health Authority and Health New Zealand. Health Minister Andrew Little is describing the group as "an...

An Auckland endocrinologist is calling for more to be done to address obesity, and associated health issues, in New Zealand Dr Ole Schmiedel says steps need to be taken to improve obesity messaging and to target those most at risk if we are to stem...

A tiny, jumping moth once feared to be extinct has been found in four new locations in Marlborough. The Kiwaia, or Cloudy Bay moth, also known as a mat daisy jumper, is flightless and jumps to get around. The moth was first discovered in April 1999...

  Tauranga race goers will have to wait another month before they can attend a race meeting at Tauranga Race Course.   It’s been three months since the last meeting in June and many will be eyeing a day at the races, says general...

  Political and community leaders in Rotorua are sharing their pleasure after it was confirmed the Bay of Plenty city will not be getting another Managed Isolation/Quarantine facility. The new MIQ facility will instead be located in Christchurch,...

After consultation with Federated Farmers of New Zealand, Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has agreed to make changes to her Water Services Bill. In a letter to Federated farmers national president Andrew Hoggard, Mahuta acknowledged concerns...