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Something for everyone during Conservation Week

Fish identification, sustainability and tree planting will be on offer in the Bay over the coming week to mark Conservation Week, from September 15-23. Run by... Read More

Te Puke artist to feature in major UK exhibition

Te Puke artist Bridget Reweti will be among 10 of New Zealand's leading contemporary visual artists to have their work featured in the United Kingdom's first major... Read More

Yellow card costs Volcanix dear in Manawatu loss

Two tries to Manawatu while they enjoyed a one player advantage has cost the Volcanix a serious chance of picking up a first win in their Farah Palmer Cup campaign... Read More

Motorcycle crash victim named

The man killed in a motorcycle crash in Reporoa can now be named. Fifty-year-old Nikora Nathan Apirana, from Murupara, died in a crash on Settlers Road on Saturday. The... Read More

Petition starts after Wairoa Bridge protest

More than 500 people gathered at Wairoa River Reserve on Sunday to protest the lack of safety on State Highway 2. The protest was run by Fix the Bloody Road group... Read More

Snow on the way out, a ridge on the way in

Snow fell overnight and this morning over many parts of the lower South Island and was well forecast over the past couple of days by MetService meteorologists.... Read More

Couple killed in Pukehina crash named

Police have released the name of the two people who died in a crash with a logging truck on State Highway 2. Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Roughton and 28-year-old... Read More

Elin on crest of surfing stardom

At 17, Mount Maunganui's Elin Tawharu has packed in an extraordinary amount of international sporting experience into her short life. And now, the serial junior... Read More

Te Puke Highway now open

Te Puke Highway is now open after a crash which closed the road earlier this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene near Bell Road at 6.54am. A... Read More

Work day starts with a bang for human cannonball

How many people can put their hands up and say they are a human cannonball who gets to travel the world with the circus? Thirty-five-year-old Luis Daza Zarta... Read More

‘Appalling’ driving in Tauranga caught on camera

Patience - it seems to be something many Tauranga drivers are lacking these days. Dash cam footage supplied to SunLive by Jeroen van der Beek from BOP Driving... Read More

Labour MP enlisting youth MP

Labour List MP Jan Tinetti is looking for a Youth MP to work with her as part of the 2019 Youth Parliament. She says the role is fit for a ‘talented local... Read More