01:25pm Tue 10 Apr, 2018
This year's Travel Safe ‘Design your own helmet' competition received 939 entries from 17 Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty schools. The annual helmet competition... Read More
11:50am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Tauranga residents are being warned to brace for a weather system which has swept the North Island today. Two tornadoes have caused widespread damage in Taranaki... Read More
10:44am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Rescue helicopter bases in Taupō, Rotorua and Te Anau are under threat as part of a proposed re-design of air ambulance services. The Ministry of Health and ACC... Read More
10:06am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
A low is bringing snow to the South, and rain, gales, lightning and tornados are hitting the North Island from the west, cutting power to thousands and ripping... Read More
09:43am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Delays are expected in the Arataki area following a two-car crash on Maunganui Road. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says two vehicles crashed on the... Read More
09:07am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Part of the waterfall track at McLaren Falls Park will be closed for maintenance from mid next week. The work is expected to take up to three weeks to complete,... Read More
08:35am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Today we are expecting showers, heavy with squally thunderstorms during the late morning and early afternoon. Also a gusty northwesterly. It's a two-clothing-layer... Read More
07:50am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Snow, thunderstorms and heavy rain are hitting many parts of the country with warnings of severe gales later in the day. Snow has been falling to 400 metres in... Read More
07:30am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Fifty years ago on April 10 1968, 53 lives were lost when the Wellington ferry Wahine sank in the Wellington Harbour entrance during a severe storm. Papamoa resident... Read More
07:09am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Footage has been released to RNZ of the attack on Corrections officers at Auckland prison which led to a mass strip search in 2016. The strip search of 209 prisoners... Read More
06:54am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Work on lifting the look of the Aspen Reserve to match its new neighbour is about to go ahead. The former $800,000 project has been reduced to $500,000, but it... Read More
06:39am Tue 10 Apr, 2018
Athletes could soon be turning to Bay of Plenty seaweed to give them a protein boost, thanks to the revolutionary work being carried out in Tauranga. A team from... Read More