City Life

Brown says no hybrid council, no Crown observer

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed Tauranga City Council will return to fully elected governance in July despite requests for continued central... Read More

Olympian rower considers running for council

Two-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time world rowing champion Mahé Drysdale is considering joining the race for Tauranga City Council. The legendary... Read More

Waikato and BOP state highway works for April

With many motorists expecting to take an extra day and have another long weekend to encompass Anzac Day and the school holidays, Waikato and Bay of Plenty roads... Read More

Quadbike and train crash in BOP

Emergency services are working to locate a person following a crash involving a train and quad bike in the Bay of Plenty. A KiwiRail spokesperson says a vehicle... Read More

TCC revaluations: means woman can't sell and move

A 77-year-old Tauranga woman whose council property valuation has plummeted by $90,000 says she feels 'stuck” because selling her home will not raise enough... Read More

Traffic is being diverted after crash on SH2

Traffic is being diverted after a crash on State Highway 2. A single-vehicle crash occured on State Highway 2 near Pongakawa School Road at 6.55am, says a... Read More

Students react to fallen Katikati soldier's diary

Four Katikati College students are standing beneath a road sign at a rural crossroads south of town. It's balmy, autumnal; the clouds of war that once hovered... Read More

The private thoughts of a really decent bloke

Who was Jessie? Acquaintance? Confidante? Love interest? No-one knows - nearly eighty years after a WW2 soldier and the mononymous ‘Jessie' exchanged... Read More

Coffee cup thrown at Tauranga café worker

One Tauranga hospitality worker reportedly got a black eye after a customer threw a large ceramic mug at her face. This is just among some of the assaults... Read More

AirNZ passenger breaks leg flying Bali to Auckland

An Air New Zealand passenger suffered a badly broken leg just 30 minutes into a seven-hour international flight after the plane hit turbulence when he was returning... Read More

Pyes Pa Road closure following crash

Hato Hone St John ambulance officers are in attending a crash on Pyes Pa Road. The incident was a single-vehicle collision on Pyes Pa Road at 5:35. The... Read More

Infant pilot whale washes up at Ōhope Beach

An infant whale has been found dead on a Bay of Plenty beach. Department of Conservation operations manager for Whakatāne, David Beattie, says staff and... Read More