Sausage roll showdown: Nationwide contest returns
BOP duo dominate superbike series opener
Farmer follows her passion for natural healing

Helicopters called in to tackle Tongariro blaze

New track to reopen access to Coromandel bay

LOCAL

Customs seizes cocaine worth nearly $16m

Growers urged to keep eyes open for hornets
Highway closed as crews fight multiple fires

Five helicopters and multiple crews are working to extinguish...
Former PM announces death of centenarian father

Helen Clark‘s father, Frederick George Clark, has died...
Tauranga man imprisoned for rape of his cousin

Warning: This story includes details of the sexual...
Kaimai Range SH29 shut overnight this week

Nightly road closures will disrupt traffic on State Highway..

TRAFFIC & CRASHES

Kaimai Range SH29 shut overnight this week

Crash brings traffic to a halt on SH2
Car hits power pole in Te Puna

Emergency services are responding to a vehicle crash in Te...
Tauriko SH29 Cambridge Road upgrade

A section of Cambridge Rd in Tauranga will be closed for...

VIDEOS

Gun spotted in car turns out to be a toy

Watch: Reckless driving caught on dashcam

Restoration begins at historic Monmouth Redoubt

Large garage fire extinguished in central Tauranga

Sunday morning orca surfing encounter

Zac Green readies for D1NZ drifting grand finals

COUNCIL

Roaming dog reports rise 80% in district

Western Bay Council adopts annual report
Dave Hume Pool on track to reopen December 17

Summer is here and Katikati's revamped Dave Hume Heated Pool...
Western Bay Council services during summer

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is helping residents...

BLOGS

When is it not okay?

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny How damned rude! How...
Hats off to The Greenroom

Music Plus with Winston Watusi [email protected] Sometimes...
Australian PGA grabs plenty of Kiwi attention

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid A...
When violence comes home

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny He's a little guy with...
Roadside mowing: we’ve heard you – change is coming

Words from the Western Bay Mayor with James Denyer I...
New Tauranga music – festive and not

Music Plus with Winston Watusi [email protected] How...
Test match cricket returns to the Bay Oval

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Hardcore...
All that jazz, and blues

Music Plus with Winston Watusi [email protected] I'm...

09-Dec 11:45

Sausage roll showdown: Nationwide contest returns

09-Dec 11:00

BOP duo dominate superbike series opener

09-Dec 09:00

Couple keep weather records on their farm

09-Dec 08:37

Helicopters called in to tackle Tongariro blaze

09-Dec 08:00

Basketball brothers set for National Summer Games

09-Dec 07:05

New track to reopen access to Coromandel bay

09-Dec 06:30

Farmer follows her passion for natural healing

08-Dec 18:05

Tauranga man imprisoned for rape of his cousin

08-Dec 17:00

Sam Ruthe sets new benchmark

08-Dec 16:30

Customs seizes cocaine worth nearly $16m

08-Dec 14:29

Highway closed as crews fight multiple fires

08-Dec 14:22

Warm week ahead before cooler change on Friday
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