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Car flips onto its roof in Te Puna

A vehicle has flipped onto its roof in Te Puna on Sunday afternoon. A car travelling on Te Puna Rd has had an accident about 4.20pm on Sunday. Members of the... Read More

Investigation into Nicholas Kahotea‘s death

The investigation into the death of Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea on Wednesday night continues. The SAS soldier has links to Tauranga Moana and... Read More

High lifejacket wearing rates impress

Ninety-five per cent of boaties had enough lifejackets for everyone on board and 83 per cent were wearing them when required, provisional results released on Friday... Read More

New Mural for Tauranga

Farmlands Tauranga has unveiled the latest Farmlands mural. Painted by award-winning artist Erika Pearce during the first week of May, this is the tenth mural... Read More

Power out in Omokoroa after car hit power pole

3.45pm Update: Power is still out to 238 properties in Omokoroa on Sunday afternoon following a vehicle hitting a power pole. The car hit the power pole on Omokoroa... Read More

Three day stay bill to give more choices for mums

A Member's Bill which would give new mothers more support in the first days after giving birth will this week be put in the Ballot, MP for Taupō Louise Upston... Read More

Budget 2019: More than 1,000 homeless to be housed

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford have announced today that Budget 2019 will turn around the lives of more... Read More

Unexplained death in Te Puke

Update: 3.30pm Sunday May 12: A SunLive journalist reports that Police are still investigating the scene of a Te Puke death on Sunday afternoon. ... Read More

Discretionary income rises in Tauranga

Discretionary income in Tauranga has risen according to the PwC Competitive Cities report that has been released. Infrastructure New Zealand chief executive... Read More

Night shift begins for fire fighters at Mount fire

Update: 5.15pm Sunday May 12 Fire and Emergency NZ shift manager Daniel Nicholson says that the fire that has been burning for most of the day at Mount Maunganui... Read More

NZ pair in top 10 at 470 European championships

The crews at the 470 European championships have spent plenty of time waiting around over the last couple of days but they managed to get one race in today which... Read More

What‘s on - markets, fun run and Mother’s Day

Kia ora and welcome to Sunday! It's also Mother's Day, and we had a lovely pink, orange and purple-hued sunrise this morning. The weather forecast is for showers... Read More