Today's the final day for submissions on the Government's policy statement on land transport, with a 5pm deadline for Western Bay of Plenty residents wanting major... Read More

Police armed offenders squad members have been deployed to Rangiuru after a group of workers was confronted by a man carrying a firearm. The incident took place... Read More

A power outage is being reported in areas throughout Te Puke and Paengaroa. Powerco is reporting 401 homes are affected by the outage. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE... Read More

There's less than two weeks to go until every gamebird hunter's favourite weekend of the year, so it's time to break out the camo, ammo, and get your ducks in a... Read More

Tauranga's Graham Burns is stumped as to why his orange kumara has grown to the size of a rugby ball, but he is happy to show off his prized possession with the... Read More

Generous Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau farmers have raised $144,923 for IHC through the IHC Calf & Rural Scheme in the past 12 months, with 302 of the region's... Read More

As part of a nationwide initiative to combat wild rabbits, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council will start the release of a new strain of the calicivirus disease... Read More

Using the wealth of the Port of Tauranga shareholding to jump start urgently needed work on SH2 and the Tauranga Northern Link, is being suggested by Tauranga City... Read More

A vehicle has crashed into a shelter belt, on SH2 near the Te Puke golf club. The road has now been blocked off. A SunLive caller says the whole front of the car... Read More

Athenree retirees Margaret Clode and John Mickell have taken advantage of the micro-climate conditions on their 1.6-hectare orchard to grow more than 50 types of... Read More

A search begins this morning for a father and son who are missing in the bush near Opotiki. A police media spokesperson says police and LandSAR will be coordinating... Read More

The amount of dry matter in fruit at harvest time will be of paramount importance to Western Bay of Plenty kiwifruit growers following an unusually wet 12 months. While... Read More