When Mandy Hague went to White Island to count seals, she had no idea she would get a photo of a mako shark leaping from the water.

The quest may no longer be for the elixir of immortality but with an ageing population there is increased awareness of what it takes to live long and well, writes Dionne Christian.

A group of Whakatane bakers believe they've taken out the record for the biggest cake ever baked.

Boaties in Whakatane in the eastern Bay of Plenty are being urged to stay away from the sea as the area recovers from the aftermath of a weather thrashing.

Farmers are working furiously to pump out flooded pastures as they prepare for more rain on top of the weekend's deluge.

As rising floodwaters threatened to wash away his home of four years all Peter Brake could do was wait, watch and hope for the best.

Four police officers beating a young man with batons and pepper-spraying him 65 times was "unnecessary, unreasonable, and unjustified", the IPCA has found.

'I like fat. There's no fat on the blessed meat now.' So said Audrey Duthie when asked the secret to living a long life.

A Bay of Plenty sexual abuse victim is hiding in her home after ACC sent her patient file to a local dairy.

Some of the old-style lures are as good as the flashy ones that are now so popular.

A man who claimed his 4-year-old son was assaulted for wearing a red shirt associated with a rival gang may have concocted an elaborate lie, a court has heard.