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New Zealand‘s wallaby problem tough to tackle

New Zealand's wallaby problem could become a full-blown plague unless efforts to control them are ramped up and 'shortsighted' hunters start playing... Read More

Man spotted on airport tarmac sparks callout

A man has been spotted on one of the runways at Tauranga Airport this evening. A police spokesperson says it appears "we received a report around 6:30pm that... Read More

Fire at Bethlehem sports grounds

Fire crews are responding to a fire at the rugby grounds on Bethlehem Road. Fire and Emergency New Zealand northern fire communications shift manager Colin Underdown... Read More

Tauranga Arts Festival starts today

Tauranga City Centre will be the hot place to be from Thursday October 24, as performers, musicians, dancers, photographers, storytellers, writers, sword swallowers... Read More

Next Generation of Entrepreneurs Flourish

The entrepreneurial spirit in the next generation of business leaders is flourishing with sustainable products and practices on the minds of many of those who... Read More

Treaty of Waitangi posters torn from council wall

A protester ripped down posters depicting the Treaty of Waitangi at the swearing in of Tauranga City Council elected members today. Hayden Henry pulled down the... Read More

Power outage to hundreds across Tauranga

Power is currently in the Whakamarama area. According to the Powerco website power went out at around 3.57pm with 702 properties affected. The estimated restoration... Read More

Highway open after tree came down

UPDATED 3.22PM: NZTA is reporting the State Highway 2 is now open after a tree came down earlier, blocking the highway. SunLive readers emailed in to says a tree... Read More

Rubbish dumped in Oropi stream

An inflatable swimming pool, false eyelashes and a heap of kids toys were just some of the items that staff removed from Tautau stream on Oropi Road. Bay of Plenty... Read More

Police on the hunt for man after armed incident

Police are wanting to speak to 38-year-old Tawhai Peeke in relation to a firearms incident on Tuesday in Paeora. No one was injured in this particular incident,... Read More

New Tauranga council sworn in

'Very dramatic” are words being used to describe the swearing-in of the newly-elected Tauranga City Council. People have gathered in the council chambers... Read More

Traffic backed up along SH2 following crash

Multiple calls are coming in about a crash on State Highway Two this afternoon. One caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotine says there was a four car crash near... Read More