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11:12am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
Emergency services are working to locate a person following a crash involving a train and quad bike in the Bay of Plenty. A KiwiRail spokesperson says a vehicle... Read More
10:45am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
Police are warning people to keep their wits about them when buying shipping containers. A new scam is circulating offering shipping containers for sale on... Read More
10:10am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
A 77-year-old Tauranga woman whose council property valuation has plummeted by $90,000 says she feels 'stuck” because selling her home will not raise enough... Read More
09:49am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
Traffic is being diverted after a crash on State Highway 2. A single-vehicle crash occured on State Highway 2 near Pongakawa School Road at 6.55am, says a... Read More
09:30am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
The weather has been mostly fine across New Zealand, but a burst of rain is being forecast on Saturday, before a large area of high pressure brings another run... Read More
08:30am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
Four Katikati College students are standing beneath a road sign at a rural crossroads south of town. It's balmy, autumnal; the clouds of war that once hovered... Read More
08:00am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
Who was Jessie? Acquaintance? Confidante? Love interest? No-one knows - nearly eighty years after a WW2 soldier and the mononymous ‘Jessie' exchanged... Read More
07:30am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
The Ohakea-based Royal New Zealand Air Force aerobatics display team the Black Falcons, will carry out its final flight of the season with a flypast at Taupō... Read More
07:00am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
Betty Hall was once told by a teacher she would never get a job after finishing school. After 35 years as an animal services officer, she has proved them... Read More
06:45am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
New Zealand Police have joined international authorities to bust open a significant cybercrime operation, which targeted thousands of people worldwide. Under... Read More
06:30am Fri 19 Apr, 2024
One Tauranga hospitality worker reportedly got a black eye after a customer threw a large ceramic mug at her face. This is just among some of the assaults... Read More
08:00pm Thu 18 Apr, 2024
An Air New Zealand passenger suffered a badly broken leg just 30 minutes into a seven-hour international flight after the plane hit turbulence when he was returning... Read More
22-Dec 18:00
Where to find Christmas sun in NZ
22-Dec 17:09
Grindr attackers sentenced in Tauranga court
22-Dec 15:57
Landfill cheese sold illegally in Waikato
22-Dec 15:33
Three injured in two‑vehicle crash on SH29
22-Dec 13:42
Witnesses sought after serious crash in Tauranga
22-Dec 13:05
Coromandel rescue: Person missing in water
22-Dec 13:00
Book Drive organiser awed by community generosity
22-Dec 11:45
Police scheme turns write-offs into spares
22-Dec 11:00
Life breathed back into Te Puke’s old theatre
22-Dec 09:29
Bystanders praised after alleged rock incident
22-Dec 09:00
A guide to enjoy summer in WBOP
22-Dec 08:02
Daughter attacked trying to protect mum
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