About 1700 New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members from Tauranga and 800 from Rotorua have voted for further strike action next month after failing... Read More

Emergency services are attending the scene of a vehicle crash in Te Puke. 'Police have received a report of a crash where a vehicle has struck a fence on... Read More

A Treaty lawyer says Friday's Supreme Court judgement on Māori coastal rights could set a precedent for more Māori customary rights claims over riverbeds. The... Read More

After bombarding ACC with more than 10,000 applications for travel reimbursements, 1044 'clients” tried to steal $1.5 million in a 'semi-organised”... Read More

A southerly change and dropping temperatures will give a real wintery feel with the MetService forecasting 'an active start to the week”. A road snowfall... Read More

A car has hit a house in Pāpāmoa this afternoon, sparking evacuations following a gas leak. Emergency services were called to a single-vehicle crash on... Read More

One lane of Hewletts Rd in Mount Maunganui is blocked following a tanker crash. Police said a tanker has crash with a pole near Aerodrome Rd. 'No injuries... Read More

Work is underway to restore fibre to a large part of Tauranga after a feeder cable was cut on Sunday. This resulted in an internet fibre outage affecting... Read More

The Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road will be closed for four nights this week. The closures, starting from tomorrow, will allow for the installation of 12... Read More

After a winter hiatus, Tauranga Curtain Bank is operating in a new location at Pāpāmoa. Run by the Red Cross Tauranga Branch, the vital community service... Read More

Crews have battled a house fire near Ōpōtiki in the eastern Bay of Plenty overnight. A Fire and Emergency NZ spokeswoman said they were called to the... Read More

Footage has emerged of a man appearing to smoke meth on a public bus as fellow passengers sit nearby. A passenger on the Tauranga bus posted a clip of... Read More