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One dies following SH29 crash

One person has died after a truck crash that closed State Highway 29. The two truck crash occurred on Monday, December 23, 2019, at around 3.30pm, between Belk... Read More

Water restrictions in full force in Coromandel

Residents and visitors continue to use large amounts of water and as a result the Coromandel network is under significant pressure. The Thames Coromandel District... Read More

Building fire in Greerton

Emergency services are responding to a building fire in Greerton on New Year's Eve. The front corner of the Bladed N Faded Barber Shop in Chadwick Rd caught alight... Read More

Kiwis hatched reaches 2020 ahead of new year

The National Kiwi Hatchery Aotearoa has welcomed its 2020th kiwi chick, just in time to celebrate the New Year. The special kiwi hatched on December 30 at the... Read More

Tauranga New Year‘s Eve coverage

LIVE: 12.15am This evening hundreds of people congregated on the Tauranga waterfront, at Papamoa and Matua to watch the midnight fireworks that heralded in the... Read More

Top items sold on Trade Me in 2019

Move over Stephen Colbert, a straw hat that "may or may not" have belonged to the infamous British family who toured New Zealand last year causing mayhem was the... Read More

Te Puke Memorial Pool closed

The Te Puke Memorial Pool is currently closed to the public. As a result of heavy rain and a power supply outage at the Te Puke Pool the underground plant room... Read More

BOP well represented in New Year Honours

A Tauranga mother's refusal to take no for an answer has led her to be a champion of rare disease research in New Zealand and internationally. Her lifelong for... Read More

Hot weather rings in New Year across Aotearoa

Weather is expected to be mostly sunny and warm across New Zealand today, as the New Year arrives. Today Tauranga is expecting a sunny day with high of 24 degrees... Read More

New Zealand SAS soldiers plan one last sortie

The last remaining members of New Zealand's original Special Air Service squadron are set to reunite in Tauranga next year - but they need the public's help to... Read More

Waitangi Day celebrations at Historic Village

Waitangi Day 2020 will take on special significance next year with a day of ceremony and celebration at The Historic Village. Organised by Ngati Pukenga ki... Read More

‘Pianist extraordinaire’ retires after long stint

A ‘pianist extraordinaire' is how a volunteer musician is being described as he steps down from his regular gig. Fred Chell has been faithfully tickling... Read More