When Shael (Pihenga) Takao left school 18 months ago she had no idea where her future lay – but now, thanks to a ...

Arrests have been made but no charges laid as work on a controversial pipeline resumed at a tapu [sacred] Rotorua lake ...

The biennial Te Matatini festival has registered its highest number of teams on record, with 55 groups set to take the stage ...

The largest producer of kiwifruit in New Zealand and Australia started its 2025 kiwifruit harvest on Monday with the RubyRed ...

Senior drivers are required to renew their driver’s licence at age 75, 80 and every two years after that, and need to present ...

Rotorua could see a freeze on new bottle stores opening and an earlier cut-off time for bars as it addresses high alcohol ...

A man who caused $2.7 million worth of damage when he set fire to a sushi shop has tried to get his conviction wiped, saying ...

Altherm JCR Yamaha’s MX125 rider Levi Townley leads the MX125 class after scoring an overall round win in Rotorua but heads ...

An industry body leader says New Zealand is at risk of losing significant amounts of its locally grown veggie supply if ...

Tauranga City Council has pulled the plug on plans for a $28 million waterfront walkway as it projects a 12.5% rates increase ...

Protesters say the pipeline’s path past Lake Rotokākahi puts the sacred lake at risk of environmental damage and desecrates a ...

ASB is the latest bank to offer a home loan rate below 5 percent - but is 4.99 percent as good as it gets this cycle? The ...