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Arrest made after alleged armed robbery

Police have arrested someone following the aggravated robbery of a Four Square supermarket. About 9pm on Saturday, April 20, a man entered the store on Balmoral... Read More

Mount Lotto player shares $1M win

Six lucky Lotto players from Auckland, Mount Maunganui, Lower Hutt, Christchurch and Dunedin will be over the moon after each winning $166,667 with Lotto First... Read More

Council body makes billion dollar rates plea

Councils could be in line for a billion-dollar boost each year should the government agree to return GST on rates. Many of the 78 local authorities representing... Read More

Whangamatā SLS Club close to fundraising target

Whangamatā Surf Life Saving Club is close to meeting its fundraising target of $2.5 million to complete the refurbishment of its clubrooms. Physical work... Read More

House prices flatten in April

Home value growth in New Zealand stalled in April, with the 0.1 per cent dip indicative of the indecisive nature of the property market at present. CoreLogic's... Read More

NZDF supports youth programmes in Rarotonga

Members of the New Zealand Defence Force's Youth Development Unit have returned from a rewarding deployment aimed at helping the Cook Islands Police and Prison... Read More

Optimism for positive marina outcome

The developer behind a new commercial marina for Ōpōtiki in the Bay of Plenty is optimistic construction will begin next spring. Ōpōtiki Marina and Industrial... Read More

Entries open for Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge 2024

Dating all the way back to 1977, the Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge has cemented itself as one of the longest running events in New Zealand and a must-do on cyclist's... Read More

Two-vehicle crash on 11th Avenue

Emergency services are responding to a vehicle crash on Eleventh Avenue, Tauranga. Police received a report of two vehicles crashing on Eleventh Avenue around... Read More

Heavy traffic in Te Puke after crash

Te Puke's Jellicoe Street is currently experiencing heavy traffic after a crash. A police spokesperson says there has been a two vehicle crash on the... Read More

Police at scene of building break-in

Police are at the scene of a break-in of a building in Tauranga South. A SunLive reader says there are four police cars and a dog present at an incident on... Read More

Honouring the fallen of 68th Durham Light Infantry

Surrounded by pohutakawa, with traffic flowing past on the expressway below, a group of men who have been lying buried in the Ōtamataha/Mission Cemetery for... Read More