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SH36 closed: Slip repair works underway

State Highway 36, between Tauranga and Rotorua, will be fully closed during the day for the next two weeks between Mangorewa Gorge and Hamurana. After heavy... Read More

Motorist describes narrowly avoiding head-on crash

A motorist who narrowly avoided a head-on collision on the Waikato Expressway with a wrong-way driver says she is now paranoid about driving. Tegan Van... Read More

Typical winter week ahead - cold starts & rain

A broad ridge of high pressure dominates New Zealand early this week, bringing with it settled weather and cool overnight temperatures for many. These single... Read More

Local legend to the World Touch Hall of Fame

George Jahnke is in his happy place setting up the match-winning try or running a touch clinic with hundreds of kids, but ask him to talk about himself and his... Read More

Energy sector welcomes Government proposals

Energy Resources Aotearoa is welcoming the release of the Government's proposals to redesign the vocational education and training system. The consultation... Read More

Coroner continues probe of locked door

The deputy chief coroner will further examine why an emergency exit door at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque did not open during the 2019 terror attacks. Expert... Read More

‘Exasperated’: Tauranga ferry decision delayed

A ferry service between Tauranga and Mount Maunganui is no closer to reality after a council-funding decision was deferred. Auckland water taxi company Hauraki... Read More

Car drives onto railway tracks, gets hit by train

Train drivers can be heard yelling "Jesus! Jesus!" as their locomotive barrels towards a car that drives onto railway tracks. The scene was part of a video... Read More

SH 36 closures for road construction

Due to road repairs on Tauranga Direct Road between Pyes pa Road and Hamurana, a road closure will be in place from Mon 5 Aug to Fri 16 Aug, from 8am to 4pm... Read More

Postcode care killing rural Kiwis, doctors say

Doctors working in rural communities say their patients are dying at higher rates from preventable causes just because of where they live. Rural New Zealand... Read More

Tetraplegic Glen Murphy denied ACC care

Glen Murphy has spent the last six years in a wheelchair paralysed from the neck down. Despite a judge ruling that his doctor provided him a substandard... Read More

Volumetric water bills benefit Tauranga residents

A new report on pricing and valuing water is recognising the huge long-term benefits of volumetric charging for both suppliers and customers, including Tauranga... Read More