Frozen animal poo may hold the answers these Kiwi scientists are looking for. For more than a year a frozen slab of leopard seal poo, which is scientifically... Read More

In today's weather forecast we are expecting a mainly fine morning, then brief showers in the late afternoon or evening. Southeasterlies developing in the evening. ... Read More

Public have dug deep into their pockets to help Tauranga's new centre for homeless women, Awhina House, that was burgled. The shelter was being set up and hadn't... Read More

One person has been found dead at a property in Papamoa this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the property on Horokaka Place shortly after midday.... Read More

A celebration of Waitangi Day will be held in two locations across Tauranga on Wednesday, February 6. Live music, food stands and cultural performances will... Read More

Reports are coming in of a large police presence in Papamoa. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says there a police near the Golden Sands Primary School,... Read More

It can now be revealed that Haami Hanara, 15, was on bail for an earlier assault and robbery when he fatally stabbed 40-year-old Flaxmere man Kelly Donner four... Read More

Two fatal motorbike crashes in the Bay of Plenty have prompted police to issue a safety warning. Inspector Brendon Keenan says in the good weather, more people... Read More

A Rotorua submission to try to retain Rotorua's Arawa Park as a horse racing venue is far from certain. But it has a starter's chance. Mary Burgess, spokeswoman... Read More

UPDATED 2.35PM: The grass fire near Windermere Polytech is now out. Firefighters battled the blaze for half an hour to bring the blaze under control. It started... Read More

The man accused of murdering 77-year-old Ōpotiki man Brian Albert Hilton, will be standing trial in the High Court in Rotorua. Harry Clements Matchitt, 50, also... Read More

Large scale and organised paua poaching around the Coromandel coast has been described as an act of shellfish selfishness by Coromandel MP Scott Simpson. Seven... Read More