09:04am Tue 11 Dec, 2018
To help manage traffic congestion as Tauranga continues to grow, the city council is looking at ways to make it easier for more people to travel by bus, biking... Read More
08:40am Tue 11 Dec, 2018
A community stalwart who wrote fetchingly about the war service of her father (WW1, WW2) and husband (WW2) has died peacefully in Rotorua, several weeks after... Read More
07:59am Tue 11 Dec, 2018
In today's weather forecast we are expecting a few showers, possibly heavy from the afternoon. Also light winds. It's a one-clothing layer day today with a... Read More
07:39am Tue 11 Dec, 2018
Joe Collins reckons he's just ‘pretty average' at individual ski, swim and board races but throw them all together and look out. And although he's still... Read More
07:08am Tue 11 Dec, 2018
Dash cam footage of a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road in the Waikato has left people on social media astounded. Kaysi Fredericks posted a video... Read More
06:50am Tue 11 Dec, 2018
The new two-level dining precinct at what will be Tauranga's largest shopping centre has been fully leased almost half a year before its completion. Eighteen... Read More
06:36am Tue 11 Dec, 2018
When the Australian rugby league scout flew in and told Aritaku Robens he liked what he saw, Robens signed there and then. 'I was pretty excited,” says... Read More
08:00pm Mon 10 Dec, 2018
New Zealand Transport Agency chief executive Fergus Gammie has resigned. He announced his resignation today after months of mounting pressure over the agency's... Read More
07:00pm Mon 10 Dec, 2018
Urgent talks begin today between Air New Zealand and aviation engineers' unions to try to avert strike action planned in the run-up to Christmas. The Aviation... Read More
06:11pm Mon 10 Dec, 2018
The enquiry team working on the murder of British tourist Grace Millane have continued their investigations throughout today. The scene examination on Scenic... Read More
05:56pm Mon 10 Dec, 2018
Police have today released the name of the man who died on Mimiha Road in Matata, on Saturday afternoon. He was 52-year-old John Lickfold, of Rotorua. Emergency... Read More
05:05pm Mon 10 Dec, 2018
A lane is blocked on State Highway 2, northbound of Bethlehem, following a crash this afternoon. Emergency services were called to SH2 near Wairoa Pa Road to... Read More