06:30am Wed 05 Feb, 2020
The four men arrested following the country's largest ever cocaine haul in 2017 have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 14 to 27 years. The men,... Read More
08:00pm Tue 04 Feb, 2020
A team of six Thames-Coromandel District Council responsible camping ambassadors have been meeting and greeting freedom campers since mid-December. They have... Read More
07:00pm Tue 04 Feb, 2020
Whakatane District Council is upgrading many of the district's exercising, relaxing and playing hotspots. Some Whakatane and Ohope playgrounds have been given... Read More
06:19pm Tue 04 Feb, 2020
UPDATED 7.23PM: The crash on Te Awanui Drive is reported to be cleared. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says she has just driven over the harbour bridge,... Read More
06:05pm Tue 04 Feb, 2020
Some Tauranga schools are reducing back to school cost for families in hardship, an effort to get learning underway immediately as term-one kicks off. Gate... Read More
04:03pm Tue 04 Feb, 2020
Two people have been freed from a van after it veered off the road and ended up on its side in Athenree today. Marianna Haworth was in a vehicle following the... Read More
02:51pm Tue 04 Feb, 2020
A new portrait of former Mayor of Tauranga Sir Bob Owens has been unveiled at the Ryman Healthcare retirement village in Bethlehem bearing his name. Ryman chief... Read More
01:51pm Tue 04 Feb, 2020
State Highway 2 through the Karangahake Gorge will be closed between 8pm and 5am on Monday, February 10, and Tuesday, February 11, for slip repair works east of... Read More
12:57pm Tue 04 Feb, 2020
He was in a Waikato Hospital being dialysed for kidney failure when he applied for the job, a top sports job in Tauranga. There had also been other issues -... Read More
11:44am Tue 04 Feb, 2020
Blind Low Vision NZ Guide Dogs is seeking volunteers for its Red Puppy Appeal street collection on Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14. Guide dogs help people... Read More
11:20am Tue 04 Feb, 2020
Whakaari/White Island remains in an elevated state of unrest. No further extrusion of lava has occurred, says GNS duty volcanologist Natalia Deligne. "Our... Read More
10:51am Tue 04 Feb, 2020
A man charged with murder following the death of a 22-year-old at Waihi Beach is denying the charge. Asha Carden-Soole is facing one count of murder and unlawfully... Read More