12:49pm Tue 03 Jul, 2018
Contrasting scorelines were the order of the day in Saturday's latest Loaded WaiBOP Premiership round. Tauranga Boys' College, Waikato Unicol and Melville United... Read More
11:36am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
Memories came flying back for World War II fighter pilot Bryan Cox when he took to the skies above South Canterbury in the same Tiger Moth plane he last flew 75... Read More
11:21am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
Going plastic-free is a wonderful idea, but many will feel it's a bit of an unachievable goal. That's why Plastic Freeish July is an easier way to ease into... Read More
10:57am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
Two keen Kiwi fisher-women landed a record-breaking 99.1kg southern bluefin tuna on Thursday 28 June, at Waihau Bay on New Zealand's East Cape. The fish... Read More
10:01am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
For just a few minutes she wasn't Tauranga Labour MP Jan Tinetti. She was Whaea Jan again, singing and dancing with the students at Merivale School and receiving... Read More
09:26am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
The well-known palm trees in the Phoenix carpark are being cut down this morning in preparation for the new urban green space development. Tauranga City Council... Read More
08:37am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 48-year-old Huntly man who was found dead in his home on Saturday afternoon. A scene examination has been completed... Read More
08:16am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
In today's weather we are expecting a fine day with light southerlies. It's a three-clothing and one-windproof layer day today with a high of 15 and an... Read More
07:38am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
A man has had his drink-driving charge overturned after the police repeatedly refused to let him go to the toilet and he soiled himself. The man was fined $800... Read More
07:00am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
Nurses begin voting today on District Health Boards' latest pay offer amid last-ditch efforts to avoid a nationwide nursing strike. Last Friday the nurses... Read More
06:45am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
A man accused of murdering a two-year-old girl in the Bay of Plenty has been granted interim name suppression. The 32-year-old man was charged with murder following... Read More
06:40am Tue 03 Jul, 2018
Her body spoke louder than she did. Each arm movement felt like a heavy sack of potatoes and each step felt like walking with lead boots. It was a near paralytic... Read More