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Reports of car on edge of bank

Reports are coming that a car is hanging on the edge of a bank on SH36. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says the accident has happened near the TECT... Read More

Architecture connecting with tangata whenua

Driving from Tauranga towards Whakatane, I was on the lookout for a marae at Otamarakau. The inaugural Te Ata BOP Film forum was being held there. I'd been told... Read More

Mather signs on as Magic take aim at the Stars

The Waikato-BOP Magic head to Auckland tonight for their ANZ Premiership encounter against the Northern Stars with a fresh recruit on board. Lisa Mather will... Read More

Two arrested in Tauranga raids

Two people are due to appear in court following raids in Tauranga this morning. A man, 37, and a woman, 38, have been charged with supplying psychoactive substances... Read More

Police name man found dead in Huntly

Waikato Police investigating the suspicious death of a man in his home in Huntly on Saturday can now formally name the deceased. He was 48-year-old Wayne Terrence... Read More

Tauranga man accused of 1987 tavern murder named

One of the two men charged with the murder of Chris Bush in 1987 can now be named as Mark Joseph Hoggart. Father-of-two Chris Bush, 43, was shot and killed at... Read More

Man condemned to ’house arrest’ to protect pigs

A Coromandel man whose herd of pigs have become a roadside tourist attraction is living under virtual house arrest in order to protect his pets from theft and... Read More

EOL’s weather balloon launch breaks NZ record

A record has been broken at EOL's recent sub-orbital space weather balloon launch. The launch, which involved students from Otumoetai and Mount Maunganui colleges,... Read More

Bracewell to take the reins at ND Cricket

Much-travelled Kiwi cricket personality John Bracewell is the Northern Districts team's new head coach. The Tauranga Boys' College educated former Blackcaps mentor,... Read More

Toddler murder accused denies charge

The man charged with the murder of two-year-old Arnica Savage found in the Bay of Plenty on Sunday, has pleaded not guilty to the charge. The child was found... Read More

A battle of books for Bay students

Tahatai Coast School has come out victorious in the Tauranga City Library Inter-School Book quiz. The competition, which is now in its second year, brings together... Read More

St John boosts disaster response capabilities

Funds raised from last year's St John Annual Appeal have enabled three brand new, fully kitted-out Command Units to hit the road in Auckland, Rotorua and Dunedin. When... Read More