09:51am Mon 09 Mar, 2020
UPDATED 11.59AM: Three people are in police custody following a pursuit in the Bay of Plenty. The fleeing driver incident started in Ngongotaha and ended near... Read More
09:40am Mon 09 Mar, 2020
UPDATED 11.15am: Six people have undertaken decontamination procedures after a suspicious package has been found at the Western Bay of Plenty District Council... Read More
09:36am Mon 09 Mar, 2020
Launching the Predator Free 2050 Strategy - ‘Towards a Predator Free New Zealand is a major step forward to save thousands of threatened native species and... Read More
08:41am Mon 09 Mar, 2020
A melting pot of mountain bike competitors descended on the RockShox Rotorua Pump Track Challenge presented by Torpedo7 bringing together friends, teammates, legends,... Read More
07:40am Mon 09 Mar, 2020
Update 11am: A crane and tow truck are present at the scene of where a truck has rolled in Mount Maunganui this morning. An employee of a nearby business says... Read More
07:07am Mon 09 Mar, 2020
An inmate who died after being assaulted by another prisoner at Auckland Prison has been named by police. He was Blake John Lee, 25, of Rotorua, says Detective... Read More
06:52am Mon 09 Mar, 2020
Health officials are looking at options to bolster the workforce in the face of Covid-19, including bringing in recently-retired doctors and nurses. Director-General... Read More
06:37am Mon 09 Mar, 2020
A man with 'magic hands” will soon be putting their ability to the test against some of Australasia's best arm wrestlers. Tauranga man Aron Innes... Read More
04:30pm Sun 08 Mar, 2020
A man managed to avoid being robbed early this morning when threatened by two other men in Tauranga. Police received a report this morning of a man who had been... Read More
04:00pm Sun 08 Mar, 2020
For most mountain bikers limits are thresholds to be crossed, but for the AdaptMTB team limits are what inspire them. Back racing at the festival for the second... Read More
03:30pm Sun 08 Mar, 2020
Three separate vehicle collisions and a jetski accident have occurred today. Police received a report of a crash between a car and a motorcycle at around 4.25pm.... Read More
03:00pm Sun 08 Mar, 2020
New World Te Puke, have kept their slim chances of qualifying for the Versatile Tauranga Williams Cup playoffs alive, after the penultimate round of the qualifying... Read More