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Tauranga's Helena nets a high goal

A Tauranga woman is being congratulated for achieving the highest coaching qualification on offer in netball in New Zealand. Helena Hoult has completed the... Read More

Arataki bus hub upgrade in the works

Community calls for a safer environment is resulting in the Arataki bus hub getting a upgrade. With more than 40,000 bus passengers a month, Arataki is the... Read More

‘Not much faith’ in NZTA u-turn

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is re-examining the installation of a median barrier on two sections of State Highway 2 between Waihī and Ōmokoroa. The... Read More

Two critically injured in Western Bay crash

Two people are in critical condition following a crash in the Western Bay of Plenty. Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash on Hot Spring... Read More

Body found in search off Whakaari/White Island

A body has been located off the coast of Whakatāne during the search for a man reported missing after going overboard from a vessel. Rescuers scoured... Read More

NZDF supports massive Australian military exercise

From state-of-the-art fighter jets neutralising would-be enemies to collective problem-solving about simulated aerial threats, Exercise Pitch Black 2024 is currently... Read More

More ED staff needed to keep training licence

The professional body for emergency doctors says Rotorua Hospital has until January to employ more senior clinicians to keep its licence to train specialists. In... Read More

Rotorua councillors chastised at heated meeting

'This is a circus.” That was one frustrated comment during a heated three-hour council debate about a golf club lease, in which the mayor asked a councillor... Read More

Fire razes Pāpāmoa house

Emergency services are at the scene of a house fire in Pāpāmoa. "We are in attendance of a house fire, we have a crew from Tauranga, Mount Maunganui... Read More

Temperatures set to plunge as polar blast arrives

A chilly polar blast is set to hit the country after an unusually warm week. Cold southerlies could bring snow to low levels - 400-500m - in the South Island... Read More

Tauranga man tries 'hundreds' of eczema treatments

More than 400,000 Kiwis live with eczema, an incurable skin condition that can cause itchiness, discomfort and pain. One sufferer says sometimes the itchiness... Read More

One dead following crash on Tauranga's Maleme St

One person is dead following a crash in Tauranga. Emergency services were called to the crash between a motorbike and car in Maleme Street just after 6am. "Despite... Read More