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Courts annual tally: meth biggest drug

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

Scrub fire forces the closure of SH25

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

Battle of Britain Parade cancelled

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

Green light for motocross champs

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

Man arrested after allegedly shooting at police

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

Guilty pleas in MV Funing case

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

Time for the Great Kererū Count 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

Labour pledges to focus on apprenticeships

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

New app to learn te reo Māori

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

Police bust four meth labs in Waikato

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

Parking monitoring gets technology boost

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

Better future for inanga on the Whakatāne River

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