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Police investigating fatal crash

Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Cambridge. Emergency services were alerted to the two vehicle crash on Victorua Road at around 9.30pm. One... Read More

BOP to get $3.4m for Jobs for Nature programme

The Provincial Growth Fund will provide $11.88 million to fund fencing and waterway projects nationwide. Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones say... Read More

BOP election candidates to discuss social issues

Bay of Plenty election candidates will discuss their views on social issues at a forum on October 1. Candidates from the main parties will answer four questions... Read More

Trail running film fest in Tauranga

Running enthusiasts in Tauranga will be able to get amongst a global trail running film festival next month. The Ledlenser Trails in Motion Film Festival is... Read More

Celebrating a new surf lifesaving hub for Omanu

More than five million dollars in government funding going towards Bay of Plenty and Coromandel surf lifesaving clubs has been described as "the biggest gift" for... Read More

Bluebird conditions sees Ruapehu at capacity

Skiers and snow boarders were treated to some bluebird spring skiing over the weekend - with both Whakapapa and Turoa at full capacity. Ruapehu Alpine... Read More

End of the line for equine repeat offenders

Ōpōtiki District Council's planning and regulatory group manager Gerard McCormack says enough is enough and that if several identified horses are caught in the... Read More

NZ under 21 netball squad announced

New Zealand Under 21 head coach Yvette McCausland-Durie has named a strong NZU21 squad ahead of next year's Netball World Youth Cup. Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse... Read More

One COVID-19 death at Waikato Hospital

One man has died from COVID-19 in Waikato Hospital and there is one new imported case in managed isolation today. The man that died was in his 50s and had... Read More

Travellers in isolation able to vote via phone

Up to 5000 people in managed isolation or quarantine will be able to vote by telephone in the general election and referendums after an amendment to electoral... Read More

Additional arrest in sexual offending case

Police investigating alleged historical sexual offending at Dilworth School have made an additional arrest yesterday. A 60-year-old man has been charged in relation... Read More

SH25 now open following bush fire

State Highway 25 in the Coromandel is now open under stop/go traffic management. The highway was closed earlier this morning as firefighters battled a bush fire... Read More