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Whakatāne District Council's Local Wild Food Festival has taken out the award for Community or Not-for-Profit Event of the Year (under...

Life has changed for one Ōpōtiki couple after becoming New Zealand's fourteenth Powerball multi-millionaire for 2025. The couple won...

Health New Zealand has taken another step toward to restoring secondary obstetrics and gynaecology services in Whakatāne. The service is...

Police are seeking information as their investigation continues into the death of Rotorua man, Zain Taikato Fox in late July. Police have...

The Whakatāne Kiwi Trust has successfully completed its yearly round of kiwi health checks, with the added excitement of three eggs currently being incubated in the wild.

Air Chathams is welcoming the Government’s latest announcement of new financial support for regional airlines. Regional Development...

Three licenced firearms holders have been charged and police have suspended the licence of a firearms dealer in relation to a black market police operation in the Bay of Plenty and Gisborne.

Police are making enquiries following a reported assault in Pāpāmoa overnight.  Police received a report at around 12.30am of a person...

Public consultation on a proposed second toll point on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road closes tonight.

Police are now looking into an incident at Ōpōtiki's Te Tahuhu o Te Rangi on Monday afternoon. Police received reports of a disorder...

Police are now investigating two alleged assaults on staff at Tauranga Hospital last week. Police received two reports, hours apart on...

Emergency services responded to a crash this morning on Wilson North Road near Maketū.

A list of core council services published by the Government has been labelled "bizarre" by Whakatāne District Councilor Nándor Tanczos.

This weekend marks the annual Eastern Bay Vintage Car Club's Daffodil Rally For Cancer. Drivers will gather at The Hub in Whakatāne at...

A free mobile laundry facility launches today at Rewatu Marae, south of Whakatāne. Local organisation, Waiariki Whanau Mentoring have...

Despite greenwaste bins being intended for food scraps and garden waste, Whakatāne District Council has been finding a range of unsuitable and even hazardous items dumped in them. With nappies, mattress foam, spray paint cans, tarpaulins, garden hoses, and bags of general rubbish being just some of the miscellaneous items reported.

Police alongside Fire and Emergency are now investigating a house fire near Ōpōtiki overnight. Two fire crews from Ōpōtiki arrived at the...

A homicide investigation has officially been launched following the death of a woman in Awakeri on Thursday afternoon.

The latest Property Pulse report from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows a gradual decline in median house prices across the Bay of Plenty.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and New Zealand Food Safety have issued an urgent public health warning advising people not to collect or consume shellfish from the Bay of Plenty coastline, specifically from Whakatāne to Mount Maunganui.