City Life

Papamoa Primary taking a sustainable leap

Papamoa Primary School students and teachers are busy bees today. The students are taking part in a sustainable activity to design and make their own beeswax... Read More

SuperGold bus operating hours under review

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is reviewing its SuperGold Card bus operating hours following requests from the community to extend them. The nationwide scheme... Read More

More young people to get driver licences

Young people on youth benefits or in care will have the costs of getting a driver licence met in a new scheme announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Social... Read More

Vapour trail caught on camera

A strange streak in the sky is being put down to a vapour trail thought to have come from an aircraft. Chris and Amber Wyatt sent a video to SunLive show the... Read More

Tauranga schools bursting at the seams

Education Ministry figures show Tauranga schools enrolled so many children they reached 98 percent of their official classroom capacity by the middle of last year,... Read More

Tauranga Police chase ends in arrest

One person has been arrested following a police chase that happened in Tauranga on Tuesday night. Police noticed a vehicle that was acting suspiciously around... Read More

‘Easter Egg’ high to bring cold southerlies

A large high shaped like an Easter Egg will spread across New Zealand next week with a cold start but a settled rest of the week may well linger into Easter weekend... Read More

Water leak sparks fire callout at Port of Tauranga

Water leaking from a container sparked a fire callout to the Port of Tauranga this morning. All work was stopped at the port around 3.20am, following a suspected... Read More

Paving taking place on Durham Street

Archaeologists have taken a break from the Durham Street site with no items of interests discovered in excavations. The excavation and base for the pavement... Read More

New $520m cable for NZ

A new US submarine internet cable will be built between New Zealand, Australia and the United States by the Southern Cross Cable company at a cost of US$350 million... Read More

Pregnant women urged to get early flu shot

Scientists are issuing a flu season warning, following research that shows flu hospitalisations are much higher among pregnant women. Data from the Institute... Read More

Car fire in Gate Pa

Both fire and police attended a car fire in the Gate Pa area this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene off Faulkner Street just after 4pm. Fire... Read More