22:48:35 Wednesday 8 October 2025

News

SH35 will remain closed until next week

The NZ Transport Agency is advising SH35 Cape Runaway, around 110km east of Opotiki, will remain closed until early next week due to a large slip. Bay of Plenty... Read More

Campus hosts psychology careers expo

Perception, attention, memory, thinking and language understanding are just a few of the subjects you will learn in Psychology studies. The University of Waikato's... Read More

Power outages and downed lines

Some residents in the Te Puke area are without power this afternoon. A total of 154 properties have been affected by the outage. According to the Powerco website,... Read More

Brilliant finish by young Kiwi paddlers

Finn Butcher and Zack Mutton signed off in style from canoe slalom's under-23 and junior world championships in Italy overnight, collecting two of New Zealand's... Read More

Kiwis double sevens champs – again

UPDATED 3.13PM: New Zealand's All Black Sevens team may have floundered on the global sevens circuit, but know how to turn it on when it counts. The kiwi men... Read More

Top two through to women’s club final

Rangataua and Rangiuru will contest this weekend's Baywide Premier women's club rugby final after relatively untroubled wins in Sunday's semifinals. The two clubs... Read More

Tauranga locals take on 700km enduro race

Tauranga locals Dyson Delahunty and Ben Thomasen traveled to Nelson to take on the 700km two-day endure race. Both Delahunty and Thomasen race in the ORANZ (Off-road... Read More

Teenager killed in Te Puke crash

Police have released the name of the person who died following a crash near Te Puke. Halayna Chrystie Lee Pare Wagstaff died in a single-vehicle crash at Waiari... Read More

Dog hit and killed on Tauranga Eastern Link

Motorists are being advised to expect delays after a dog was hit and killed on the Tauranga Eastern Link. Emergency services were called to the incident at 10.30am. A... Read More

Pipes to be shunted across Tauranga Harbour

Work on Tauranga's Southern Pipeline project is progressing as contactors winch steel pipes into place ready to be thrust from Memorial Park to Matapihi. Specialist... Read More

’Teetering’ cars and emergency callouts

Reports are coming in of a serious incident happening on State Highway 2, near the Papamoa turnoff. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says ambulance and... Read More

Tauranga IRD staff to strike for a second time

Inland Revenue and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment will "reluctantly hold a second day of strike action today". Members will walk off the... Read More