The invasive species, nicknamed “the thumb splitter” is also known to make a “rumbling growl sound,” officials said.

The dad-of-three said he was brought to tears after realising he could afford to feed his family in Australia.

The Japanese mantis shrimp has been recorded for the first time in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty in Tauranga Harbor. Getty Images/iStockphoto Government officials in New Zealand are investigating ...

The digital kiosk is one of four installed at key spots around Tauranga during the past year. Others can be found outside the ...

The award-winning New Zealand abstract artist Mark Braunias died on Tuesday. Braunias, 69, was a prolific creator who ...

Ruthe rebroke the world’s best time for 3000m for a 15-year-old, taking a further three seconds off his previous record ...

The discovery of Japanese mantis shrimp – nicknamed ‘thumb splitters’ – in the Bay of Plenty ‘is not something to celebrate’, ...

Austria's former tennis number 1, Julia Grabher from Vorarlberg, had to fight harder than she would have liked at the ITF ...

Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora said on Wednesdaythat ... such as an emergency C-section – will have to travel to Tauranga Hospital. Hospital staff were told of the decision in a meeting ...

It's reminding people that road transport is a 24/7 business, and truckies will keep delivering supplies throughout the holiday period. Interim chief executive Dom Kalasih says motorists need to keep ...

A St John spokesperson says two ambulances, a rapid response unit, and an operations manager attended the crash on Lloyd Street in Parkvale about 8.20. Police are handling further inquiries and have ...

Opinion: Reports of Tauranga’s ‘dead’ city centre are much exaggerated and if we continue working together, Tauranga will reach its potential of being the best city in the country, writes Mayor Mahé D ...