Bay of Plenty turtle owners are now required to securely house their pets as the regional council changes its pest plan to ...

Maungatapu School and Kawerau South School will soon have new classrooms, easing the pressures of growing school rolls. The two schools are among six ...

The Bay of Plenty has added cute and charismatic critters to its pest list, along with changes to how other pests are ...

Doctors are alarmed by high rates of whooping cough (pertusssis) in Bay of Plenty and Lakes districts, with one in ten patients ending up in hospital. Since the national whooping cough epidemic was ...

Under the new regional rules, turtle sales could continue but pet owners were required to house them securely to prevent ...

After considerable discussion, the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union put in place a Colts/Under 85kg grade competition, which attracted six teams. Mount Maunganui, Greerton, Te Puna and Te Puke Sports were ...

Raids were carried out at the motorcycle gang pad and 34 other properties across Tauranga, over alleged methamphetamine trading. Five men face charges of possessing and supplying meth - and organised ...

Matthew Keogan, who survived stage 4 bowel cancer, says the eligibility age for bowel cancer screening tests should be ...

“With a warming climate in the region and the geothermal soils around Rotorua Te Arawa lakes, turtles are increasingly likely ...

Jetstar has launched its inaugural service between the Gold Coast and Hamilton this morning, marking a further expansion of ...

More than 300 cases have been identified across the Bay of Plenty and Lakes districts since the national whooping cough epidemic was declared late last year, with more than 30 people being ...