Bay Of Plenty

It is unclear what kind, or how many sharks have been seen.

The person was pulled from the water at Pilot Bay Beach, near Mt Maunganui

The owner has been fined and agreed to surrender the dogs, who have since been put down.

Rotorua Lakes Council will introduce weekly food and green waste kerbside collection from July 2026, while its general rubbish collection will reduce to one fortnightly pick-up.

Fire and Emergency says the scrub fire in the Whakamārama area in Bay of Plenty has now been extinguished.

Swimmers in Dunedin and Tauranga are paying top dollar, with pool entrance fees in the cities the priciest for the country.

Heritage tiles were revealed during building strengthening works.

A woman says she was rushed and bailed up by a pack of dogs in the latest in a spate of dog incidents on Ford Street.

The beach was closed as the near metre-long shark swam by.

Drysdale was elected in July as part of the first council to take back democratic control of the city.

A Bay of Plenty music festival that is a fundraiser for mental health is happening for the last time in February, due to sponsorship drying up.

Whakatāne District Council has expanded its road safety stops, despite budget cuts.

The team who enforce rules on the water in the Bay of Plenty are anticipating a busy few months after dishing out 150 infringements last summer.

Formal identification of the body, which was found near the mouth of the harbour, is still underway.

The installation of a rainbow crossing in Tauranga is bittersweet, the pride advocate who made it happen says.

Coromandel police say they have carried out over 900 alcohol breath tests across 28 checkpoints yesterday that resulted in five drivers being processed for excess breath alcohol.

Police are searching for those responsible after cars were rammed and on-lookers were sent running and screaming.

People should avoid contact with the water at Ōkawa Bay in Lake Rotoiti, due to a potentially toxic algal bloom, Health New Zealand says.

The officers - who had been called to a case of family harm - tried to persuade the 48-year-old out of the water but he refused.

Two people have died after crashes in the first 12 hours of the holiday road toll period, and both sides of State Highway 2 has been closed in Lower Hutt, after a crash.