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State Highway 1 closed following serious crash

State Highway 1 through Tokoroa is closed following a serious crash this morning. Emergency services are responding to a report of a serious crash along State... Read More

BOP Civil Defence launch emergency call centre

Bay of Plenty Civil Defence Emergency Management has launched a new 0800 number helping Bay of Plenty households meet essential needs during the national rāhui... Read More

Home building plans near 38,000 a year

The annual number of new homes consented was 37,882 for the year ended February 2020, the highest since the mid-1970s, says Stats NZ. The number of new homes... Read More

Family first amid lockdown

Retired Gate Pa couple Doug and Ann Roberts have their grocery - and wine - supplies sorted for this week thanks to a visit from granddaughter Gemma. Doug, who... Read More

COVID-19 cases in the Bay of Plenty

There are 15 probable confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Bay of Plenty. This is the latest information from Toi Te Ora Public Health. In a breakdown provided... Read More

Works on SH2 near Paengaroa start tomorrow

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises essential works to complete road reconstruction on a section of State Highway 2 near Paengaroa will get underway from tomorrow. The... Read More

Pay bonus for countdown staff

Countdown is the latest supermarket to increase staff pay during the four week COVID-19 lockdown. Waged supermarket and distribution centre staff will receive... Read More

Help your neighbours

People are being urged to build support networks in their community to ensure the needs of vulnerable people are being met. Age Concern general manager Tanya Smith... Read More

Hair today, longer tomorrow

A barbering tutor is resorting to the grass on his lawn to inspire his students. Todd Madden is the barber tutor for Hair to Train's barber course run through... Read More

Warmer weather coming, rain possible mid April

A second lightning storm has been captured on camera. Images sent to SunLive by Jeremy Merrick show the power of Mother Nature as most people slept overnight. "There... Read More

LIVE: Supermarkets able to open on Easter Sunday

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is updating the public on the government's response to the COVID-19 situation in New Zealand this afternoon. The Government... Read More

Brian versus the bug

It's taken a global and viral ‘nasty' to silence the man who won't be silenced. Brian Cotter, the 90-year-old tonsils on the Saturday morning show on Village... Read More