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St Johns Whakatāne opens new store following fire

Whakatāne Mayor Judy Turner joined staff and volunteers as St Johns Whakatāne celebrated an official opening of their new retail premises on Saturday morning. The... Read More

International Day of Forests worthy of celebration

The International Day of Forests is a great opportunity to reflect on the critical role our forests play in the lives of New Zealanders across the country, says... Read More

Four Bayfair shops burgled and smashed overnight

Four shops at Bayfair Shopping Centre have had glass cabinets and doors smashed during a burglary spree early on Saturday morning. A SunLive reader at the... Read More

Manaia homicide victim named

Police are now able to name the man who died at a rural property in Manaia, Coromandel on Friday afternoon. A homicide investigation is underway following the... Read More

Two vehicle crash on SH2 near Paengaroa

Two vehicles have crashed on State Highway 2 near Paengaroa. A SunLive reader at the scene has reported that the crash is near the Te Puke Golf Club on SH2. Police... Read More

Extended search fails to find missing Pāpāmoa man

Despite an extended search involving more than 100 volunteers, Pāpāmoa man Dr David Holland, missing for more than a week, has still not been found. Tauranga... Read More

The early days of the Tauranga Library

With Tauranga's city library moving from Willow St to a temporary base at He Puna Manawa on Devonport Rd and Grey St, while the civic precinct is developed, The... Read More

Council takes wheel of Te Puke’s licensing agency

Road user charges and driver licence applications have a new home alongside the books and colourful imaginative resources at Te Puke Library. From Monday, March... Read More

Covid-19: Two deaths in BOP, two deaths in Lakes

The Ministry of Health is reporting 18,514 new community cases of Covid today and ten deaths. Two of the people who have died are from Bay of Plenty and two... Read More

Heavy rain for parts of central and northern NZ

MetService is forecasting heavy rain for parts of central and northern New Zealand this coming week. "A slow-moving low pressure system is forecast to lie to... Read More

Hunting for young problem solvers in the WBOP

Priority One is calling Western Bay of Plenty's young, bright minds to attend the virtual launch of the 2022 Young Innovator Awards (yia!) next Thursday, March... Read More

Fergus Hickey Rosebowl BOP team announced

It is a fresh-faced Craigs Investment Partners Bay of Plenty Men's team that will head over the Bombays to play Counties Manukau in the last representative... Read More