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Familiar teams in Williams Cup standings

The Versatile Williams Cup standings have taken on a familiar look with four Western Bay of Plenty teams occupying the top four spots. Eves Realty Greerton,... Read More

Top athletes gear up for lifesaving champs

Some of the world's top surf lifesaving athletes will be soon be heading to Tauranga for the country's biggest surf lifesaving event. The 2024 New Zealand... Read More

Two Tetraplegics take on Abel Tasman track

Two men who met in the Burwood Spinal Unit, and were told they would likely never walk again, are taking on the unthinkable this month. Tetraplegics and... Read More

Private operators to run mobile speed cameras

Private operators, instead of police, will run mobile speed cameras on highways nationwide for the first time. Waka Kotahi/New Zealand Transport Agency put... Read More

Explosive threat: Tauranga building evacuated

The discovery of a 'potential explosive threat” has forced the evacuation of the commercial premise in Tauranga. Police were called to the property... Read More

Kiwi stars claim first in Mount Maunganui

Shaunna Polley and Alice Zeimann have gone back-to-back at the Beach Pro Tour Futures in Mount Maunganui after a first-set scare. Tom Reid and Jack McManaway,... Read More

Final section of Maunganui Rd upgrade to start

With bike racks full and skateboard storage bursting at the seams, Mount Maunganui College principal Alastair Sinton is under no illusion as to how important... Read More

Global friendships flourish in the BOP

Showing 10 American tourists the sights, sounds, tastes and treasures the Bay of Plenty has to offer kept a group of Tauranga residents and travel enthusiasts... Read More

Serious crash: BOP highway now open

UPDATE 10.27AM: State Highway 30 in the Bay of Plenty is now open. The road was closed earlier this morning following a two vehicle crash. A police spokesperson... Read More

Under slip repairs on SH25

Traffic management is currently in place on State Highway 25, between Coromandel and Whitianga. In an alert released this weekend, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport... Read More

Pāpāmoa East Interchange to move into next phase

Construction of the extension to Te Okuroa Drive and the new intersection with future The Sands Avenue is expected to finish soon. This phase of the project... Read More

Mum: Ex ‘hiding income to avoid child support’

Full-time single mum-of-three Janet says she is left struggling to get by because one of her children's fathers is able to conceal how much he is earning. Her... Read More