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WBOPDC Community matching fund opens today

Western Bay of Plenty District Council's annual Community Matching Fund opens today with $140,000 available for not-for-profit community groups. Application is... Read More

Tauranga‘s Campbell starts season on the podium

Tauranga's Phil Campbell has started his Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship campaign with a third placed finish at the Otago Rally held... Read More

April road toll sitting at 45

April is being described as the deadliest month on the roads in 10 years. The Ministry of Transport has confirmed 45 people have been killed so far this month. Police... Read More

Hollywood execs visit BOP

The Bay of Plenty has a large variety of stunning movie locations, and thanks to Bay of Plenty Film, Hollywood film studios are quickly learning it too. Eight... Read More

Highway open following serious crash

State Highway 33, near Paengaroa, is open this morning following a serious crash. Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash near Allport Road around... Read More

Car hits tree at Tauriko

There are reports tonight of a car hitting a tree at Tauriko. A reporter at the scene says six police cars and an ambulance attended the scene of the crash which... Read More

$200,000 won by Tauranga player

Strike Four was won by a player from Tauranga, who takes home $200,000. The winning Strike ticket was sold at Pak n Save Cameron Rd in Tauranga. Two Lotto players... Read More

Power still out in Parkvale following crash

Power remains disconnected to 236 properties in Parkvale, Tauranga on Saturday afternoon following a crash between a vehicle and a pole. The power restoration... Read More

Blurring Scrummaging Laws - Baywide Men‘s Rugby

Blurring the lines of scrummaging laws is a required art and no one knows how to flaunt those laws better than Rangataua prop Noel Mahia. The powerhouse scrummager... Read More

Road reopens after vehicle recovered at Maungatapu

The Police National Dive Squad has recovered the vehicle, a blue Toyota Hilux ute, believed to have left the Maungatapu Bridge, State Highway 29A near Tauranga,... Read More

Koningsdag – the Kings’ Birthday

Warmly welcomed in to the monthly gathering of the Tauranga Dutch friendship group, I find myself surrounded by laughter and conversational buzz. This cosy, warm,... Read More

Hiker found and lucky to be alive

An Auckland hiker on Mt Ngauruhoe last night was lucky he was found by 7pm because by then it was dark and he was very cold. He was located by LandSAR Ruapehu... Read More