06:36am Wed 30 Sep, 2020
After a period of 'unpredictable” spring weather, Mt Ruapehu is set to get a solid snow top up - just in time for the second week of school holidays.... Read More
08:02pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
The AA has published its Election Calls, highlighting 12 actions it wants the next government to take to make transport better, safer and cleaner. The calls are... Read More
07:01pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
Town halls, war memorials and other community landmarks across the country will be renovated thanks to grants totalling just under $12.4 million from the Provincial... Read More
05:44pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
A person has been airlifted to hospital after falling down a rock face near the Omanawa Falls. A St John spokesperson says a person has suffered moderate injuries... Read More
05:00pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
Voters who are overseas will be able to vote in the 2020 General Election and referendums from this Wednesday. About 67,000 New Zealand voters are enrolled at... Read More
03:51pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
Eight people have been arrested on drug-related charges after a number of search warrants were carried out in Tauranga, Paeroa and Rotorua. The search warrants... Read More
03:17pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
One person has sustained moderate injuries after being hit by a car on Cameron Road. Emergency services were called to the incident, which was outside Tauranga... Read More
02:55pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
As if spending 13 months in Antarctica, wintering over at Scott Base and braving temperatures as low as -47 degrees wasn't challenging enough, Joey Blatch has... Read More
02:00pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
Tauranga's Bay Oval will host one of four international cricket tests on Boxing Day. After concerns over the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the summer schedule,... Read More
01:30pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
Power is out to a number of properties in the Western Bay of Plenty this afternoon. Powerco is reporting outages in the Lower Kaimai, Aongatete and Te Puke... Read More
01:07pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
A father who killed his two-year-old daughter after walking into a river with her when he became angry at a relationship breakdown will spend at least 14 years... Read More
01:02pm Tue 29 Sep, 2020
There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today. Both are imported cases detected in a managed isolation facility. One person arrived on... Read More