16-Apr 17:30

BNZ customers left stranded by hours-long outages

16-Apr 17:00

Health warning lifted for BOP lake

16-Apr 16:00

MP addresses select committee on BOP fishing ban

16-Apr 15:00

Glenn Moore steps down as Black Ferns coach

16-Apr 14:00

Final surf life saving patrols of the season

16-Apr 13:30

SH29A closed until 3pm due to falling tree

16-Apr 13:15

Covid-19: 13,636 community cases, 30 deaths

16-Apr 12:30

Omicron outbreak has likely peaked in Cook Islands

16-Apr 11:58

Child attacked by dog in Paengaroa

16-Apr 11:00

Secret council housing proposal revealed

16-Apr 10:00

Alice‘s Wonderland Easter hunt in Pāpāmoa

16-Apr 09:23

Truck rolls on State Highway 33
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BNZ customers left stranded by hours-long outages
Health warning lifted for BOP lake
MP addresses select committee on BOP fishing ban

Alice‘s Wonderland Easter hunt in Pāpāmoa

Covid-19: 13,636 community cases, 30 deaths

LOCAL

Glenn Moore steps down as Black Ferns coach

SH29A closed until 3pm due to falling tree
Child attacked by dog in Paengaroa

There are reports that a young child has been attacked by a dog in...
Final surf life saving patrols of the season

Lifeguards at several northern and eastern beaches of New Zealand...
Govt offers $9m for pandemic research

The government is putting $9 million towards research into the Covid-19...
Secret council housing proposal revealed

A secret council proposal to turn 10 Rotorua reserves into housing...

TRAFFIC & CRASHES

SH29A closed until 3pm due to falling tree

Truck rolls on State Highway 33
Tauranga bus drivers racially abused, threatened

Tauranga bus drivers are facing racial abuse and death threats from...
Detours on Maunganui Road from next week

The Maunganui Road safety upgrade is entering its next phase, creating...

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MP addresses select committee on BOP fishing ban

NIWA: Why are giant glaciers disappearing?

Takitimu North Link: MokoMoko rehomed

Underpass to be used as pedestrian crossing

LIVE: Omicron response update

Potential ex-cyclone for the NZ next week

COUNCIL

Secret council housing proposal revealed

Public to decide which school projects get funding
Properties near stopbanks have sections slashed

Several homeowners whose backyards face the Whakatāne River are...
Te Puke’s Dogs in Togs event cancelled

The final event in the dogs in togs line up has been called off owing...

BLOGS

You’ve been warned: Don’t eat the silica gel!

Brian Rogers  Rogers Rabbits  www.sunlive.co.nz  We are constantly amused and bemused over the modern world's...
Living in a divided land

Winston Watusi  Music Plus We live in a divided country; it's sad to see and I don't know what can be done to solve...
A bright future for Tauranga

Jan Tinetti  Labour MP As the date for the Tauranga by-election was announced last week, it made me reflect on the...
Prison numbers down – but not via crime reduction

Todd Talks  with Todd Muller  National MP The current Labour government operates a policy to reduce the numbers...
Boxing champions throughout time

Four Tauranga Boxing Club fighters are in their final phases of preparation for the postponed 2021 Boxing New Zealand National...
Central England temperatures 1700-2021

Weather Eye  with John Maunder For further Infomation about a wide range of weather/climate matters see my new book...
Relief for ‘cost of living’ pressures

Tamati Coffey  Labour List MP Since coming into government, Labour has worked hard to support Kiwis. This month, we've...
NZ too quiet? Go to Europe

Winston Watusi  Music Plus  Welcome to another week of things not quite happening. It is, as pretty much everyone...