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First stage of Bayfair $115m development now open

Bayfair Shopping Centre has officially opened the first stage of its $115 million development with an expanded footprint and new retail offering. Thirty new retail... Read More

Summer snow on Mount Ruapehu

A white Christmas could become a reality in New Zealand this year, or at least for Mount Ruapehu it could. The mountain has seen a heavy showering of snow, despite... Read More

New technology to detect earthquake risks

A group of international scientists, including researchers from GNS Science, has produced a new global earthquake hazard map and accompanying risk maps. The... Read More

Traffic chaos around Tauranga

"Damn traffic everywhere!" This is how one motorist describes the state of Tauranga roads this morning. The woman, who commutes from Whakatane to the Tauranga CBD... Read More

Car hits bank on Omanawa Road

One person has minor injuries after hitting a bank on Omanawa Road this morning. Emergency services were called to the Lower Kaimai road at around 7.42am. A... Read More

Concerns grow for missing British tourist

The family of a British woman are reaching out to people in New Zealand to help find the 22-year-old. Grace Millane has not been in contact with her family for... Read More

Gold, Mars and the weather

In today's weather forecast we are expecting showers developing in the morning, possibly heavy and thundery with hail from the afternoon, and clearing in the evening... Read More

National target met after dramatic improvement

Manaakitanga, determination and teamwork are behind the dramatic improvement of a Māori health indicator which has led to a national target being met for the... Read More

Truck fire closes state highway

State Highway 27 is closed this morning following a truck fire near Tatuanui in the Waikato. Fire crews were called to the scene of the blaze at 5.156am. Fire... Read More

Uniform protest for St John Ambulance workers

Starting today, more than one-thousand St John Ambulance Professionals will be taking an unusual form of strike action. They will be swapping out their regular... Read More

Citywide revaluation rates up for objection

Tauranga's 2018 revaluation is hitting homeowner's letterboxes and email inboxes, as of last week. Every three years councils must revalue all properties in their... Read More

Dotcom case rolls on in Supreme Court

A lawyer for the United States says after seven years the ongoing Kim Dotcom extradition legal saga "might almost be at half-time". David Boldt was making submissions... Read More