02:00pm Sat 30 Nov, 2019
2.15pm Retailers and shop assistants have now returned to their shops inside the Bayfair Shopping Centre following a fire alarm sounding about 1.45pm this afternoon.... Read More
12:45pm Sat 30 Nov, 2019
Three cars have collided on Maunganui Rd this afternoon. Police received a report of a three-car collision on Maunganui Road about 12.30pm. It appears one person... Read More
10:00am Sat 30 Nov, 2019
Dune restoration specialist Greg Jenks says healthy dunes play a crucial role in preventing erosion of Tauranga beaches. Forest and Bird Tauranga is hosting... Read More
09:00am Sat 30 Nov, 2019
It's a triple delight today in Te Puke. Not only is the town putting on a street parade to celebrate Christmas and the 60th anniversary of the renaming of kiwifruit... Read More
08:30am Sat 30 Nov, 2019
Kia ora and welcome to Saturday. I tenei ra ka awatea, ka wera. Expect a fine day apart from some morning cloud, and possible showers from late evening. Also... Read More
08:00am Sat 30 Nov, 2019
Darrell Hellier, commonly known as Mr D, truly does put the word ‘care' into his role of caretaker at Bethlehem School. He has gone above and beyond his... Read More
07:30am Sat 30 Nov, 2019
As test debuts go it hit all the right notes. Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval became the ninth test venue in New Zealand when it hosted the Black Caps and England... Read More
07:00am Sat 30 Nov, 2019
The Weekend Sun tried to trip up Santa with some Christmas trivia and he gazumped us, came straight back with some of his own. 'Santa, were you aware of, and... Read More
06:50am Sat 30 Nov, 2019
A new scam is making its way around the country, with one Tauranga local catching on to it before it was too late. A local Tauranga pharmacy worker - who doesn't... Read More
08:00pm Fri 29 Nov, 2019
Assaults, drugs and anti-social behaviour have forced a 20-year motel industry veteran to quit the sector. Shelley Hobson-Powell, who is also stepping down from... Read More
07:00pm Fri 29 Nov, 2019
A pilot project involving a plug-in device to alert people about civil defence emergencies will be trialled in 300 homes around Coromandel. The indoor alerting... Read More
05:58pm Fri 29 Nov, 2019
A man who flew into a "fit of rage" and murdered his friend by stabbing him in the head and hitting him with a meat cleaver has had his appeal against conviction... Read More