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Racing to top class

Top results and a love for ‘letting loose' on four wheels helped earn 4WD driver Phil Jones top honours as Motorsport Bay of Plenty's overall club champion... Read More

Rips keep lifesavers busy

Warmer water conditions and bumper beach crowds means surf lifesavers continue to have their work cut out with clubs along the East Coast performing more than 40... Read More

Rugby star’s unlikely journey

For a guy who dreamt of becoming nothing more than a Bay of Plenty Steamer, the sky's the limit it seems for Nathan Harris, who this year took his first steps as... Read More

Revving up the gears for 2015

It's going to be an exciting end to 2014 and a roaring start to 2015 at the Baypark Family Speedway as the excitement moves up a gear in the New Year. Speedway fans... Read More

Driver clocks 115 on Kaimai

A motorist clocked at 115km/h on the Kaimai Range is one of a handful of incidents involving people driving at 'crazy” speeds so far this holiday period. Waikato... Read More

Flying fun at circus

A Columbian tui, back flipping bogan, Latino tourist and a multisport manipulator are some of the star attractions of a free open-air outdoor circus below Mount... Read More

Crash on Mount flyover

UPDATED 11AM: The flyover in Mount Maunganui has been re-opened to traffic after a three car crash this morning. Emergency services were called to the Hewletts Road... Read More

What’s on Today? Speedway

Good morning Sunners and welcome to the final few days of 2014. Today is looking like the last day to squeeze in some more outdoor activities with the Metservice... Read More

Second death in tanker crash

A 31-year-old man is the second person to have died as a result of the crash between a milk tanker and car at Paengaroa - the third death on Western Bay of Plenty... Read More

Swapping science for summer

Tauranga's Melanie Knottenbelt is swapping science studies for sun, sand and surf this summer holidays as she diches the lab coat for a navy blue summer ambassadors... Read More

Rider serious after crash

A 21-year-old motocross rider is in Rotorua Hospital in a serious condition after coming off his bike during an event near Awakaponga. The Mangakino rider was airlifted... Read More

Smorgasbord of summer reading

A handful of interesting books have arrived in the SunLive newsroom in recent times, some of them look like essential reading for a Kiwi summer on the water. First... Read More