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Tourists rescued after being trapped at cape

Police are reminding people to do their research before heading out for any shoreline or wilderness walks, following a rescue along the east coast. Shortly... Read More

Iconic Tauranga business closing down

A popular Tauranga business that has delighted tourists and locals for 30 years is closing down as the centre of town is 'dead”, despite having... Read More

Northern Brave's hopes kept alive

Marama Downes' record maiden bag is keeping Northern Brave's title hopes alive. Booking a spot in the women's Dream11 Super Smash Elimination... Read More

Efforts to save whales & dolphins ends tragically

Valiant efforts to save a pod of whales and dolphins ended in tragedy on Sunday night when officials made the decision to euthanise the distressed animals. Up... Read More

Rolling closures on SH25 today

State Highway 25 at Ruamahanga north of Thames will be closed for short periods today, Monday, January 22 to allow for a helicopter to safely operate over the... Read More

Rarotonga airflow across top of NZ

An airflow from Rarotonga which has been spreading across the top of New Zealand on Sunday with a weak low north of the country interacting with high pressure,... Read More

Inspired, motivated or plain ‘stubborn’

He materialises out of the gloom on Tauranga's McLean St every morning. A shadow from the shadows. Long before the city has yawned and stretched awake. The... Read More

Silver Ferns defeat Uganda in London

The Silver Ferns posted their first win of the Vitality Netball Nations Cup with a determined and disciplined 65-60 outcome over an ever-improving Uganda in... Read More

Forta Leza: Welcome to NZ's kookiest restaurant

It's run out of a 120-year-old dilapidated former dairy factory. The menu is straight out of the 1980s. There's a doll collection and a resident ‘ghost'.... Read More

Have you seen Nicola?

Waikato Police are appealing for the public's help to find a woman who has gone missing in Cambridge. Nicola, 53 years, was last seen on Shakespeare... Read More

Two arrested following Tauranga CBD disorder

Two people have been taken into custody following a disorder in downtown Tauranga on Sunday afternoon. Police were called to a disturbance on The Strand just... Read More

SH2 closed near Ngatea following serious crash

Update, 7.30pm: State Highway 2 remains closed east of the SH2/SH27 intersection at Mangatarata. SH2 closed following a serious crash reported to Police... Read More