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Pit stops for those biking to work

How will you be getting to work tomorrow? Tomorrow is Go By Bike Day 2019 and Sport Bay of Plenty are encouraging residents to hop on their bike and ride to... Read More

Digger cuts cable; causes network issues at TCC

UPDATED 6.59PM: Tauranga City Council says its network will be back up and running by the morning. Tauranga City Council's fibre network was accidentally... Read More

Three people confirmed dead in BOP crash

Three people are dead after four vehicles have crashed on State Highway 2 in the Bay of Plenty. Police remain at the scene of the serious crash in Pikowai near... Read More

Firefighters battling scrub fires again

Firefighters are currently battling a blaze in Mount Maunganui. Crews have been called to Newton Street, where a scrub fire along the railway lines has broken... Read More

Pursuit ends with car crashing into police

One person is in custody after a vehicle failed to stop for police near Taneatua at around 12pm today. Police attempted to stop the vehicle due to concerns about... Read More

One dead after multiple vehicle crash on SH2

UPDATED: One person has died following a 'major' crash on State Highway 2. Emergency services received reports that a truck and car had collided around... Read More

New parking restrictions in Tauranga CBD

New parking restrictions are being put in place on Elizabeth Street, near the roundabout with Durham Street. Thirty minute parking restrictions are in place... Read More

Crash closes Eastern Bay Highway

State Highway 2 is closed following an incident in Taneatua this afternoon. The NZTA says due to an accident in the area, the road is closed between Taneatua... Read More

Otumoetai teacher’s life in fundraisers hands

Former Otumoetai College teacher Ed Weston is fighting for his life after being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer - Mantle Cell Lymphoma. After being told in... Read More

Greerton Cricket prevails in championship final

Greerton Cricket Club have come out on top after beating Northland based team Kamo Premier in the Northern Districts club championship final on Sunday. With rain... Read More

Tauranga’s rates going up by 4.1 per cent

Tauranga's rates for this year will be going up by 4.1 per cent. That's higher than the 3.7 per cent figure presented to the Tauranga City Council in December. It... Read More

Laser strike on aircraft prompts police search

A laser strike on an aircraft in Tauranga prompted a police callout overnight. Residents in the Tauriko area reported to SunLive this morning that there was a... Read More