09:15am Wed 16 Sep, 2020
Annual Ministry of Justice figures show methamphetamine remains the biggest drug taking up time in the courts - with 8182 charges laid in the last financial year.... Read More
08:15am Wed 16 Sep, 2020
UPDATE: State Highway 25 is closed as firefighters battle a large scrub fire near Whangamata. Emergency services are at the scene of the fire, which is near Onemana,... Read More
08:00am Wed 16 Sep, 2020
The Battle of Britain Parade set to take place in Tauranga this Sunday has been cancelled due to the extension of alert level 2. BOP Air Force Association... Read More
07:20am Wed 16 Sep, 2020
Break out your helmet and boots, fill up the fuel tank and get yourself to Mercer this weekend for the big annual North Island Motocross Championships and Pukekohe... Read More
06:58am Wed 16 Sep, 2020
Police have charged a man in relation to an incident on August 7 where shots were allegedly fired at police during a vehicle pursuit. Detectives carried... Read More
06:42am Wed 16 Sep, 2020
The Master and Chief Engineer of the log-carrier MV Funing, have been sentenced and fined after admitting charges relating to the grounding of the ship at the... Read More
06:31am Wed 16 Sep, 2020
It's time for the Great Kererū Count 2020. Kererū Discovery is calling for all kiwis to get out and count kererū. Kererū only live in Aotearoa New Zealand. Whether... Read More
08:00pm Tue 15 Sep, 2020
Labour has announced it won't be extending the fees-free tertiary programme past the first year of study, instead prioritising free apprenticeships and targeted... Read More
07:00pm Tue 15 Sep, 2020
A free app that teaches people how to use te reo Māori in real life situations is now available for download. Kōrerorero, has been in development at the Auckland... Read More
06:00pm Tue 15 Sep, 2020
Four people are facing charges after police busted commercial scale methamphetamine labs in the Waikato with the public's help. Police shut down four labs after... Read More
05:00pm Tue 15 Sep, 2020
A new licence plate recognition system will be tested next week and then will start being used to enforce the free-parking time limits in the Tauranga city centre. The... Read More
04:00pm Tue 15 Sep, 2020
Whakatāne residents of both the human and fish kind are enjoying new inanga (whitebait) ponds and spawning habitat built in the river berm alongside the Whakatāne... Read More