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Power cuts in Tauranga South and Te Puna

A power outage in Tauranga South is affecting 887 properties as well as traffic lights along Cameron Road. PowerCo is reporting the outage which occurred at... Read More

Covid-19: Three deaths in Bay of Plenty

The Ministry of Health is reporting 12,020 new community cases, as well as 957 hospitalisations, 26 people in ICU and nine deaths. Three of the nine deaths are... Read More

Selling T-shirts to help Ukraine

New Zealand International Red Cross member Ron Chamberlain is selling T-shirts to raise money for the people of Ukraine. The 84-year-old Tauranga man feels very... Read More

Vouchers for good…and fun

A new and fun ‘Vouchers for Good' initiative to help support child and youth services in the Western Bay of Plenty has been launched this month. As well... Read More

Unvaccinated Kiwis can now skip MIQ

Unvaccinated Kiwi travellers can now enter New Zealand without needing to go into MIQ or self-isolate, the Government has quietly announced. The ability... Read More

Power outage at Te Puna and Mount Maunganui

There are power outages at Te Puna and Mount Maunganui. PowerCo is reporting that power was cut to 311 Te Puna properties at 10.38am. A site investigation is... Read More

Record-breaking fund from Charity House project

Rotorua community organisations are set to benefit from a record-breaking fund of $140,000, from the Toi Ohomai Charity House project. The house, which was built... Read More

Vehicle hits power pole in Te Puna

A vehicle has hit a power pole in Te Puna. Emergency services are arriving at the scene of the crash on Te Puna Road. A SunLive reporter at the scene says Te... Read More

Eight Lotto players win $125,000

Eight lucky Lotto players will be celebrating after winning $125,000 with Lotto First Division in Saturday night's Lotto draw. Powerball was not struck on Saturday... Read More

Mount Maunganui street flooding due to rain

A sudden deluge of heavy rain on Saturday night caused flooding across some roads between Omanu at Arataki. A fire truck and crew were called to the area following... Read More

Heavy rain for parts of central and northern NZ

MetService has issued a severe weather warning for parts of central and northern New Zealand. A slow-moving low pressure system is forecast to lie to the west... Read More

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