Local News

Another strike kicking off this week is affecting Ambulance staff around the country.

Burglaries are on the rise again in and around Whakatane according to local police.

Over 250 Eastern Bay primary school teachers and principals took part in a regional strike yesterday, as rolling industrial action moves down the country.

Summer must be almost here as the Whakatane Surf Lifesaving Club prepares to recommence surf patrols.

Many Eastern Bay primary schools will be closed today as teachers attend meetings to discuss the Government's most recent pay offer.

One of the country's most senior historians was also in the Eastern Bay last week to launch Te Tai Whakaea - the Treaty Settlement Stories Project.

Police in the Bay of Plenty will be targeting heavy trucks and their drivers as the summer holiday season approaches.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is back in the Eastern Bay today to launch Te Tai Whakaea - the Treaty Settlement Stories Project.

 The Whakatane Country Music Club will be shifting its focus this weekend to commemorate the centenary of Armistice.

An Opotiki woman is battling critical injuries in Tauranga Hospital following a vicious dog attack in Te Kaha on Friday.

Police investigating the fatal crash near Nukuhou on Friday afternoon are calling for any witnesses.

Te Kura o Te Paroa first opened in 1893, and the school is expecting hundreds of former staff and pupils from across the country and Australia to descend on their celebrations

A free community event is being held in Opotiki tonight that will feature stories from two people who have tangled with methamphetamine and found sobriety.

The New Zealand Defence Force bomb team were called to Te Puke overnight.

The government will commit 217-million dollars of funding over four years to the roles, with an initial intake of about 600 expected to be in place as early as the start of 2020.

Police have now released the name of the person who died in a fatal crash on State Highway 2 near Nukuhou on Friday afternoon.

Opotiki residents have the chance tomorrow morning to hear first-hand about economic development opportunities.

A serious car crash has left one person dead after a car and a Ute collided.

The Edgecumbe Supervalue remains closed, some 18 months after the floods.