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Crash blocking Papamoa over bridge

A three car crash is currently blocking the Sandhurst Drive bridge in Papamoa. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says it appears to be a nose to tail... Read More

Thousands of gifts donated to Homes of Hope

Tauranga families are showing their Christmas spirit by donating gifts to charity Eden of Hope - a charity run by a Golden Sands School student. These gifts have... Read More

How much did the thunderstorms dump last week?

New Zealand has been affected by tens of thousands of thunderstorms last week and all of them delivered significant heavy downpours inland, some with flash flooding. In... Read More

Bellevue lead Colgate challenge

Bellevue Athletics Club will lead the Bay of Plenty charge at the annual North Island Colgate Games to be held at Porritt Stadium in Hamilton from January 4-6,... Read More

$645k allegedly taken by Tauranga ’conmen’

Preying on elderly woman through Tauranga Christian groups was how an alleged "double act" of conmen operated, a Tauranga jury has be told. Murray Bryon Provan... Read More

Farmer’s redevelopment final design approved

Tauranga's iconic Farmers' corner redevelopment is strengthening the city's CBD revitalisation after a resource consent variation has been granted by Tauranga... Read More

Crash on SH30 near Whakatane

Update 9.00am: Police have been called to a crash on State Highway 30, near Coastlands at 7.51am, which is currently blocking. The crash involved three cars and... Read More

Gallipoli, Spielberg and the weather

In today's weather forecast we are expecting a fine day apart from some morning cloud. Also light winds and sea breezes. It's a one-clothing layer day today... Read More

Vehicle dumped after police chase in Papamoa

Police are making enquiries to locate the driving of a vehicle involved in a pursuit in Papamoa. Several police units were seen chasing a vehicle along Sandhurst... Read More

Confusion over school buses for 2019

There has been some confusion over the past couple of weeks about the new school bus system for 2019. Bus Company Bayhopper has got the school bus route contract... Read More

Green light for Waihi mining project

Further mine development in Waihi has been given the green light following the Project Martha hearings. OceanaGold (NZ) lodged resource consent applications in... Read More

Youth Jazz Competition gets its own date

For the first time next year, the National Youth Jazz Competition will be held separate from the National Jazz Festival. While the festival will be staged as... Read More