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The patrols will start early after a drowning at Mount Maunganui.

A Wellington father saved a swimmer from drowning at Pāpāmoa beach.

Three hundred residents get new amenities at their village: a new central hub.

No goodbye can leave people with 'unresolved emotions' or 'disenfranchised grief'.

Witness Barbara Cowell, 78, said she’d never seen anything like it in all her years.

'With time running short, we live differently. We don’t put things off anymore.'

Upgrading to asphalt would add about $3000 per household.

Five new stores are already opened or planned, but the CEO talks a two-pronged strategy.

Andrea Scown, CEO for four years, tells how members are battling the tougher economy.

The $20 million Powerball jackpot prize was not struck.

From friendly meets to budding romances, the padel community is thriving in NZ.

Tanerahi 'TK' Keno has 15 years’ police experience across multiple roles.

She was pregnant with her first child when a midwife appointment took an unexpected turn.

This year's event hosted 14,000 athletes from 431 schools competing in 27 sporting codes.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council cut $3.87m after an NZTA subsidy shortfall.

Offender is closely monitored, living in a supportive home environment, Corrections says.

She crafts keepsake jewellery with DNA elements such as ashes, hair, and embryos.

Police alerted after a shocked grandmother filmed the incident on a city bus.

The three-storey housing development in Pāpāmoa is for 'people in need'.

The woman said she was trying to negotiate with the bank and didn't consent to the sale.

As a new gantry is proposed, a councillor says there's a 'double standard' being applied.

Pāpāmoa College was planning the move before the Government called time on open layouts.

Councillor Steve Morris says it will ease evening traffic bottlenecks.

Power was cut to 21,529 customers at 12.30pm in Tauranga.

Twelve months after going missing in Hamurana, Franco the cat turned up.

The hub is aimed at empowering families to better understand NZ's education system.

The new development will offer 3800 square metres for up to eight retailers.

Scott Davies, from Tauranga, won the New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge.

'I never expected to get sick in my retirement like this.'