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SH29 closed after serious truck crash

UPDATE: 3.20PM: State Highway 29 is now completely closed from Te Poi through to Tauriko. The NZTA have closed the road between SH28 and Cambridge Road. 'Please... Read More

White Island steam-driven activity increases

White Island is continuing to be monitored further signs of activity. Small, muddy, geyser-like explosions were observed on Friday at Whakaari/White Island due... Read More

Mount students notch up electric vehicle race wins

Mount Maunganui College pupils and their parents are celebrating ‘well deserved' wins in an inter-school competition to design, build and compete in electric... Read More

Abuse and hate towards election candidates spiral

A councillor running in this year's Tauranga City Council elections has had his car vandalised in Mount Maunganui over the weekend. Steve Morris says more... Read More

Construction challenges presented in 15th Ave work

Construction challenges have risen within the past week for workers constructing the 15th Ave improvement works. A council spokesperson says this is always the... Read More

Double Olympic delight for Kiwi kayakers

Luuka Jones and Jack Dangen sealed a double dose of Olympic selection success for the New Zealand kayak team on the final day of the canoe slalom world championships... Read More

Kiwifruit bosses fly high for local youth

Being dropped from a plane at 10,000 feet will be all in a day's work for four of EastPack's bosses this Wednesday. Phil Karl, Matt Bowker, Alan Davidson... Read More

Temperatures drop a few times this week

If you've checked your local 10 day forecast you may have noticed the temperatures bounce around this week as we enter peak spring weather. Over the weekend... Read More

Tauranga assault tips lead to arrest

A 37-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a serious assault in Greerton. The crime featured on Police Ten-7 on Thursday. Since the airing, police... Read More

18th Ave closed as crossing installed

Works to install a new pedestrian crossing on 18th Ave will begin today. Tauranga City Council says the crossing will be between Fraser Street and Grace Road. 'This... Read More

Radiographers to walk off the job

Thousands of patients throughout the country are expected to have X-rays cancelled today as a result of strike action by radiographers. Radiographers who are... Read More

Bunting back in charge of Black Ferns Sevens

Allan Bunting has gold on his mind. An Olympic gold medal to be precise. The Rotorua local has been head coach of the Black Ferns Sevens since taking over... Read More