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05:20pm Tue 11 Jan, 2022
5.53pm NZTA advise that the crash that occurred earlier on State Highway 25A between Kopu and Hikuai has now been cleared. "Expect delays as congestion eases,"... Read More
05:00pm Tue 11 Jan, 2022
Out-of-towners are flocking to the new Rotorua lakefront playground, and it's proving to be a hit. The $40m lakefront redevelopment project, being completed... Read More
04:00pm Tue 11 Jan, 2022
Muriwai Ihakara, one of the titans of kapa haka and Māori culture and arts, has died aged 63. His death is being described as both a huge loss to Māori arts,... Read More
02:50pm Tue 11 Jan, 2022
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has released the most popular baby names of 2021, with Charlotte and Oliver coming out on top. In 2021, about 56,000 births... Read More
02:00pm Tue 11 Jan, 2022
A slide at a Thames playground has been 'decommissioned indefinitely, after it was intentionally vandalised. Thames-Coromandel District Council says a slide,... Read More
01:09pm Tue 11 Jan, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 14 new Covid community cases in New Zealand today. No cases have been identified in the Bay of Plenty or Lakes District. Today's... Read More
11:45am Tue 11 Jan, 2022
One of the Bay of Plenty's top sportsmen has joined an illustrious club, as Trent Boult became only the fourth man to claim 300 Test wickets for the Blackcaps.... Read More
11:00am Tue 11 Jan, 2022
2021 was New Zealand's warmest year on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2016, according to the latest Climate Summary from NIWA. Seven of the past... Read More
10:45am Tue 11 Jan, 2022
More than half a million doses of Pfizer vaccine have arrived in New Zealand ahead of the Covid vaccine rollout for children. From Monday, January 17, children... Read More
10:12am Tue 11 Jan, 2022
Two boys aged 13-14 are being referred to Youth Aid after an attempted vehicle break-in early this morning. Taupo Police received a called at about 3am, after... Read More
09:10am Tue 11 Jan, 2022
MetService is forecasting a settled, summery week of weather for most people in New Zealand, but the weather organisation is keeping a close eye on a tropical... Read More
08:30am Tue 11 Jan, 2022
An isolation facility for people with Covid-19 is opening today at a lodge at Lake Okataina, near Rotorua. Ownership of the lodge has recently been taken over... Read More
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