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Calls for support dog recognition after ban

A Tauranga care worker wants the role of support dogs recognised after confusion over his dog being allowed at council pools. Jarrod Tumai cares for a teenager... Read More

School bus breakdown adds to SH2 traffic chaos

5.15pm update: A SunLive reader is reporting that as well as traffic backed up on State Highway 2 between Tauranga and Ōmokoroa, a school bus has broken down,... Read More

Countdown to Williams Cup playoffs

The countdown to the Versatile Williams Cup playoffs has begun, with just six points separating five of the nine teams, with five weeks remaining before... Read More

NZSBK on knife edge with two rounds to go

The 2023-24 New Zealand Superbike Championships - NZSBK - literally zoomed through the first four of six rounds in December and January and, with just two more... Read More

Woodstock to the 70s concert postponed til Sunday

The Woodstock to the 70s concert in Katikati is being postponed one day due to the weekend's weather forecast. Katikati Twilight Concert organisers have... Read More

New Zealand Surfing Team heads to Puerto Rico

A talented team of New Zealand athletes has been selected for the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games being held at the end of this month in Puerto Rico. The team... Read More

Prison reforms: Government ditches targets

The government confirmed on Thursday it is scrapping an already expired prison reduction target and will no longer fund the cultural reports used in sentencing. It... Read More

Key Black Cap Mitchell out for four weeks

Key Black Cap Daryl Mitchell will miss the second test against South Africa and the Twenty20 series against Australia because of an ongoing foot injury. New... Read More

Alzheimer’s Tauranga urgently needing volunteers

What have you got planned for 2024? Could you help by volunteering with Alzheimer's Tauranga to make life more rewarding for the more than 600 families across... Read More

Traffic build up on SH2 through Bethlehem

Update, 4.05pm: Traffic through Bethlehem and Te Puna is gridlocked on Friday afternoon. A SunLive reader who experienced long traffic hold-ups travelling... Read More

Do the mahi that’s the tahi

'Every class, every day, for a bright future.” That's the aim of the campaign ‘Kura Let's Do It Tauranga Moana'. Kura Let's Do It Tauranga Moana... Read More

Hang in there! Repair works ramp up in Coromandel

Work will be ramping up from next week to complete repairs across Coromandel's state highway network, which was extensively damaged by last summer's extreme... Read More