Curved like a smile across the North Island’s east coast, the Bay of Plenty and the string of towns threading its white-sand shorelines is a popular destination for New Zealanders, especially in ...

As New Zealand’s wine industry has evolved, more regions have emerged. In addition to the North Island’s major wine regions detailed above is Waikato, bounded by Auckland on the north, Bay of Plenty ...

The Bay of Plenty should expect to see some brighter and drier days this week. Flurries of snow were seen at the top of the Desert Road on Sunday, bringing a colder start to the week. MetService ...

An island volcano erupted while tourists were visiting on Monday in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. By Tuesday ... treated survivors in Whakatane, on the North Island's mainland.

Hawke's Bay officials are preparing for possible flooding, calling back staff from leave after MetService issued heavy rain warnings.

In the last 24 hours, police have reported multiple new breaches of the law and made ... were taken into police custody in Eastern Bay of Plenty for displaying gang insignia: a 21-year-old Black ...

The 79-year-old Whakatāne resident chose to do the North Island section of the Te Araroa Trail – a trail covering the length of New Zealand – over a few years. “It’s really tough ...

The volcano is located in the Bay of Plenty, about 48km (29 miles) from the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. GeoNet, New Zealand's geological hazard information site, says White Island ...

Northland, Auckland, the Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne are in for wet weather on Thursday. MetService had issued heavy rain watches for all five regions, though by 8am the watches ...