01:56pm Thu 31 Jan, 2019
People are being diverted in Greerton this afternoon following reports of armed police. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says she attempted to turn onto... Read More
01:04pm Thu 31 Jan, 2019
Mount Maunganui residents were concerned last night after seeing a brown colour in the water near Leisure Island. What looked like to be a large oil spill, turned... Read More
12:01pm Thu 31 Jan, 2019
UPDATED: Emergency services are at the scene of an incident where one person is reported to be in serious condition. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline... Read More
11:45am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
Tauranga race track has been spared the axe, in a major shakeup of the thoroughbred racing industry that proposes shutting down 21 race tracks around the country... Read More
11:12am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
The spectacular half-court version of basketball known as 3x3 returns to Mount Maunganui's Harbourside Netball Centre from 9am on Saturday. The 3x3 Quest Tour... Read More
11:00am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
Labour's Jan Tinetti is encouraging people to ask their GP or medical practice if they are part of the Government's lower fees scheme. The Tauranga-based... Read More
10:54am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
It's the cyway or the hyway in Rotorua. The Pennine Way it's not. But once you accept an interesting way for pedestrians and cyclists to commute in comfort,... Read More
10:24am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
Bay of Plenty Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 69-year-old man. Around 3.25am on Wednesday, the man was transported to Rotorua... Read More
10:00am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
An investigation is underway into a fire which razed the back of a Mount Maunganui restaurant. Firefighters were called out to a fire at A Taste of Asia at 2.38am. Photos... Read More
09:30am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
The Farmers Christmas fundraising campaign proved to be a success yet again after raising more than $776,000 for Hospice New Zealand. The money raised in each... Read More
09:06am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
A man facing 19 sexual related charges, some with girls less than 12- years -old, has had his name suppression lifted by Tauranga District Court. He's 56-year-old... Read More
07:49am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
Lumbercube, the timber company which suddenly closed its doors three years, has begun dismantling its machinery and buildings in Rotorua. This week the... Read More