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NZ Enduro series on the home straight

The nation's elite motorcycle racers are on the home straight now, with just the fifth and final round remaining for the 2024 New Zealand Enduro Championships. The... Read More

Biofuel shipping trial docks at Tauranga

FCC, one of the international shipping partners of Zespri, has successfully completed a trial using biofuel in a charter vessel operating between Hong Kong and... Read More

Detailed update on incoming large low for NZ

WeatherWatch.co.nz is providing "more detail about a large low pressure system developing over the next couple of days". In the weather organisation's... Read More

Mauao summit tracks closed today

The upper half of Mauao is closed today, Wednesday June 12, while Tauranga City Council undertakes important track renewal work. All tracks to the Mauao... Read More

Ram raids down 80 per cent - police

Ram raids are down more than 80 percent for the month of April compared to last year, according to provisional police data. Police have identified 12... Read More

Four year wait for answers after sudden death

A woman whose husband died suddenly at Palmerston North Hospital says the wait for answers about what happened nearly four years ago is torturous. Arthur... Read More

Hamilton school admits students using 'fake guns'

A Hamilton high school is advising people to call the police if they feel threatened by its students. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Mangakōtukutuku College... Read More

School possum and pest hunt returns

After a five-year hiatus, the Te Ranga School Possum and Pest Hunt made a sensational comeback at the weekend. Principal Aimee Kennedy says the 2024 event... Read More

Key factors to heating your home and saving money

Michael Begg, one of Aotearoa's first-ever energy advisors, has seen mushrooms growing in carpets and wallpaper peeling off walls. He knows best how we... Read More

Clandestine meth lab trial continues in Tauranga

After making his way down a muddy bulldozer track Detective Sergeant Alan Kingsbury pushed through a small opening in dense bush and down a steep track to... Read More

Missing family: Police offer $80,000 reward

Waikato Police is announcing a $80,000 reward for information that leads to the location and safe return of missing children Ember, eight, Maverick, nine, and... Read More

Fight continues after SH2 rolling protest

The State Highway 2 community is still determined to stop NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi's plan to install median barriers to prevent right-hand turns on to... Read More