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No injuries in three car Welcome Bay crash

No one was injured in a three car crash in Welcome Bay this morning. Emergency services were called to the crash on Waitaha Road, near Durville Way, just before... Read More

Water shutdown in Tauranga

Some properties in Tauranga will be without water today and tomorrow. A statement on the Tauranga Council website says that the shutdown times are expected to... Read More

R&B sensation adds Tauranga to tour line up

American hitmaker Trey Songz has announced his first ever New Zealand tour for this November, and Tauranga is one of three locations that's made the list. Presented... Read More

Long-serving manager will return with new Farmers

Farmers manager Graeme Walker will celebrate 50 years with the business when it returns to the Tauranga CBD after the redevelopment of the site. 'I first started... Read More

A fine sunny Monday

In today's forecast we are expecting a fine day with southwesterlies dying out. It's a three-clothing and one-windproof layer day today with a high of... Read More

Wassung: Hamilton PT stealing a march on Tauranga

Hamilton's latest improvements to its public transport system are leaving Tauranga in the dust, says architect and urban design guru Mark Wassung, and it's time... Read More

Mount toilet fire suspected arson

Police are working on flushing out any suspects as they investigate a suspected arson at a Mount Maunganui toilet block. Firefighters had to use a high pressure... Read More

Fatal bus crash under investigation

Police are working to formally identify the woman killed in a bus crash near Tongariro. Police investigations and welfare work continuing following Saturday's... Read More

Fatal crash driver insists ’brakes had failed’

After the ute he was driving lost control and plunged off a Cambridge road into the Waikato River - fatally injuring his girlfriend - Derek Keesing insisted the... Read More

Measure twice, cut once

With needle and thread in hand, Otumoetai College students are taking inspiration from their school sewing room to create a winning garment or textile art piece. Pin'd... Read More

Envirohub launch zero single use plastic campaign.

Envirohub has launched their Zero Single Use Plastic Campaign at the Mount Enviro Festival. The purpose of this campaign is to encourage these businesses to continue... Read More

Taking the plunge for $1000

Hundreds of people put on their most outlandish bathing suits to take a dip in the ocean for this year's Papamoa Polar Plunge. Men, women, and children of all... Read More