Private Caroline Paulsen, from Whakatāne. used her army training to become an athlete.

Plus, when to watch some of the Bay of Plenty athletes in Paris.

His funeral will be held in Rotorua on Friday.

Work to remedy the heavily criticised tidal pool should finish this month.

Tūhoe protesters waited on road for PM, who took to the air instead.

Gas and steam spewed out of White Island this morning.

Police earlier said the missing person was one of four on the vessel.

Flight radar shows a rescue helicopter traversing the area.

Two people are seriously hurt and one person is in a moderate condition.

Judge Thomas Ingram said a point had been reached where 'enough’s enough'.

The speedway legend says his leg is 'munted' and he's 'lucky' to still have his foot.

Social media flooded with photos of the plumes taken from the Bay of Plenty coast.

'If they're not monitoring that risk, that's not fair. I don't care who owns it.'

Lack of Whakaari/White Island monitoring increases ‘existential risk’.

Central North Island and BoP feel the pinch.

One councillor believes 'it’s quite a frightening situation'.

The store added extra security aids including fog cannons and additional security cameras.

The driver was earlier seen driving in 'an unsafe manner' around midnight.

"We were poor. We didn’t have anything, but we were never poverty-stricken."

'When we have a magnitude 9 earthquake the roading network will fail completely.'

Powerball was not struck and has rolled over to Saturday night.

Many submissions mentioned 2021 tsunami alert that resulted in jammed streets.

The country’s grid operator Transpower issued a warning notice.

Junior doctors picketed outside hospitals this week.

“We’ve got heaps of blankets, but it is getting cold at night.”

Weather remains sunny but chilly,

Pauanui's 13-year-old surfing sensation continues to impress.

Two people have been arrested and police are looking for two more.