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New date announced for Relay For Life

With three weeks until the ribbon was due to be cut at Relay For Life, the Cancer Society has made the difficult decision to change the date of the event due to... Read More

Serious injuries in Tauranga crash

UPDATED: One person has sustained serious injuries following a crash in Tauranga today. Police received a report of a crash at 10.30am between Cameron Road and... Read More

Respected BOP councillor loses cancer battle

Charles Sturt, the big enchilada of Rotorua politics who fought for the battler, died this morning. He turned 64 today. He died peacefully at his home after... Read More

Sewage Overflow: health warning still active

A temporary health warning remains in place in Whakatane following a sewage overflow on last week. Whakatane District Council are awaiting results of further... Read More

Hot end to the week, cooler weekend coming

Thursday and Friday will be hot across many parts of New Zealand with higher humidity at times too, but this weekend a cold front moves through with a refreshing... Read More

Former BOP man and family killed in car fire

A former Bay of Plenty rugby player and his family are dead following a car fire in Brisbane. Rowan Baxter and his three children died in the same horrific incident... Read More

Wairoa Bridge cycleway works progressing

Installation of the new cycleway bridge on the Wairoa Bridge is progressing. Big trucks and cranes have been spotted by the bridge this morning, along with the... Read More

Motofest to stage Motul NZ Classic Grand Prix

Old and new, rare and mainstream, shiny and ... well, even shinier ... along with champions of the past, present and future too. They are all heading to the third... Read More

Man found guilty of kidnapping and assault

A man has been found guilty of assaulting and kidnapping his then 17-year-old girlfriend before she died in a crash on a Bay of Plenty road. The jury took a... Read More

Powerball rolls over: $35 million up for grabs

Powerball was not struck last evening and has rolled over to Saturday night, where the jackpot will be $35 million. 'The excitement is building in Lotto stores... Read More

Police continue to seek Questo King

Police continue to ask for the public's help to locate Questo King, who has a warrant to arrest. King, 34, is 178cm and of medium build. He has links to the... Read More

Runners take on Mount Maunganui streets

Tauranga's Luke Williams finished first the 21km ‘We Run the Night', ahead of more than 1400 runners in Mount Maunganui. Luke finished with a time... Read More