09:40am Sat 22 Dec, 2018
Drones make great Christmas gifts and are a lot of fun, but the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is urging people not to toy with them. 'If you receive a drone... Read More
08:58am Sat 22 Dec, 2018
All soft plastics will go to landfill from the end of the year, due to a massive backlog in recycling. Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme chairperson Malcolm Everts... Read More
08:28am Sat 22 Dec, 2018
Good morning SunLive readers and welcome back to your weekend. I hope for most of you this weekend also marks the beginning of a well-deserved summer break. While... Read More
08:04am Sat 22 Dec, 2018
They may have graduated just last week, but six of the nine students who took on the agricultural course at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology's Whakatāne campus... Read More
07:17am Sat 22 Dec, 2018
One person is dead following a crash on Te Puna Station Road, near Tauranga, early this morning. The single-vehicle crash occurred near Teihana Road just before... Read More
07:13am Sat 22 Dec, 2018
Just shy of five months since its official opening, we take a look at the development and inaugural operations of Vessel Works, the Tauranga Harbour marine precinct. Vessel... Read More
08:00pm Fri 21 Dec, 2018
Oji Fibre Solutions and Port of Tauranga have confirmed their long term relationship has been extended with the renewal of their operating agreement for a further... Read More
06:00pm Fri 21 Dec, 2018
Anglers have been given the chance to chase some 'jumbo-size” trout in Lake Rotorua. Fish & Game officers have released about 200 mega-sized trout into... Read More
05:00pm Fri 21 Dec, 2018
Tauranga has eclipsed Queenstown in commercial property investor confidence for the first time in almost four years. Colliers International's latest quarterly... Read More
03:53pm Fri 21 Dec, 2018
A 12-metre humpback whale has died overnight in the Firth of Thames after a report it had been stranded in Kaiaua on Thursday. The Department of Conservation... Read More
03:05pm Fri 21 Dec, 2018
Police have arrested an 18-year-old man in relation to the death of a Te Puke teenager. Seventeen-year-old Halayna Wagstaff died in Te Puke on July 21 2018, says... Read More
03:00pm Fri 21 Dec, 2018
Better connectivity coverage is needed for rural business and communities to thrive, says Federated Farmers. 'It's good the government pledged they will invest... Read More