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Tornados, heavy rain and hail all in one day

Reports are coming in of a funnel cloud being spotted in Tauranga this afternoon. Horton Stewart sent in a video to SunLive show the formation of a funnel cloud... Read More

Championing football in the name of friendship

An inspiring weekend of football, friendship and giving back was capped off by an enthralling final match at Football For Friendship (F4F) Oceania 2018, held at... Read More

Significant step up into hotel industry

A successful young Rotorua man is calling for fellow young Maori to follow in his footsteps and consider a career in the city's booming tourism industry. Awatere... Read More

Tornado spotted near Hamilton

A tornado has been spotted near Hamilton today as warmer than average, unstable, weather moves in. The photo just sent in to WeatherWatch.co.nz by Waikato dairy... Read More

Selwyn Ridge School choir wins regional comp

Selwyn Ridge Primary School choir has won the regional choir competition for 2018. The choir, made up of 17 children from Selwyn Ridge Primary School is known... Read More

National grid fault causes widespread outages

About 22,000 Powerco customers in Tauranga lost supply for 30 minutes this morning after a fault on the national grid. Network Operations manager Phil Marsh says... Read More

Arrest warrant issued for Tauranga man

Police are on the lookout for a man who allegedly failed to appear in Tauranga District Court earlier this month. An arrested warrant has been issued for 29-year-old... Read More

Thunderstorm risk for most of the country

There is a thunderstorm risk over much of the country today, warns the MetService While there are no official warning in place in the Bay of Plenty, the MetService... Read More

Colder surge of weather on the way

A late October surge of colder weather is on the way, peaking on Tuesday nationwide. Warmer than average weather, which has dominated a big portion of NZ this... Read More

Supporting rugby’s VIPs

When Tauranga's Dion Seeling broke his neck playing rugby as a teenager, the local rugby ‘family' rallied around him. So too did the New Zealand Rugby Foundation,... Read More

Power restored following large scale outage

UPDATED 8.10AM: Properties affected by this morning's power cut have had power restored. Earlier this morning, it was reported that more than 13,000 properties... Read More

Driver absconds from police in Tauranga

Police are on the hunt for a driver who failed to stop for officers earlier this morning. A SunLive reader messaged about 4am saying 'it sounded like every cop... Read More