10:01am Mon 01 Apr, 2019
Powerco expects it will take most of the day to repair the damage to part of its network in Waihi after a truck took out three poles there this morning. Powerco... Read More
09:56am Mon 01 Apr, 2019
After becoming the inaugural winners of the New Zealand Football FIFA 19 National Championship, two young Kiwis are set for the trip of a lifetime after booking... Read More
09:06am Mon 01 Apr, 2019
UPDATED 10.22AM: Five people have been killed in a crash near Taupo. Emergency services were called to the single vehicle crash on Tirohanga Road, shortly before... Read More
08:10am Mon 01 Apr, 2019
Two people had to be rescued by the Maketu Coastguard after the boat they were in overturned in the weekend. In a post on the Maketu Facebook page says a vessel... Read More
07:37am Mon 01 Apr, 2019
UPDATED 9.31AM: A severe weather watch for heavy rain in the Bay of Plenty has now been upgraded to a warning. The MetService says heavy rain is forecast for... Read More
07:18am Mon 01 Apr, 2019
It's been in the media for months, and from today it will be put into action in Tauranga. Tauranga City Council's controversial begging and rough sleeping ban... Read More
06:52am Mon 01 Apr, 2019
Police are investigating a crash in which multiple people were injured. Emergency services were called to the crash on State Highway 27, at the intersection of... Read More
06:42am Mon 01 Apr, 2019
It was a competition against himself to keep his blood sugar levels down, and he managed to get through it a few small steps at a time. Tony Watson was... Read More
03:42pm Sun 31 Mar, 2019
The Tauranga City Council passed a bylaw in November last year banning begging and rough sleeping near retail and hospitality premises. The bylaw takes effect... Read More
02:22pm Sun 31 Mar, 2019
Rubbish is alight at a north Waikato landfill, and a helicopter has been called to help douse it. Firefighters were called to the Hampton Downs landfill between... Read More
02:10pm Sun 31 Mar, 2019
UPDATE 3.10PM State Highway 27 has now reopened following a crash near Tatuanui. Police are attending a crash on State Highway 27, around 10 kilometres north... Read More
01:58pm Sun 31 Mar, 2019
MetService have issued a severe weather watch for central and southern parts of the country. A MetService spokesperson says there is an active front moving across... Read More