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Wife sentenced after admitting visa fraud

A Fijian national has been sentenced after earlier pleading guilty to visa fraud associated with her husband, who obtained residence after making up a story that... Read More

Child exploitation images earn Bay man jail time

A man who fed police a false story to cover up possession of child exploitation images has been jailed for two years. Mark James Woods, 44, received the sentence... Read More

Kiwi named in honour of late Joseph Harawira, QSM

The newest addition to the Omataroa Kiwi Project, a three-month old kiwi, has been named ‘JoeJoe' in honour of the late Te Herenga member and iwi leader... Read More

Cold front moving up the country

A cold southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, a cold front within this flow hits the lower South Island around midday then pushes northwards to reach... Read More

Cash stolen in Subway robbery

Police are appealing for information about a robbery at Subway on Cameron Road. Police were called to the Subway store near 12th Ave just before 9pm. A police... Read More

Dragon’s breath in Tauranga

Recently, I went to a seemingly typical Tauranga house, unaware I was going to meet dragon six metres long, three metres high and with a wing span of about six... Read More

Green light for Farmers’ corner redevelopment

Tauranga's Farmers' corner will be transformed into a CBD landmark following today's announcement that resource consent has been obtained and an accelerated timeline... Read More

Facial recognition to help curb gambling

Facial recognition technology is being trialled in some gaming venues to help identify problem gamblers. The system monitors people entering gaming rooms and checks... Read More

Zespri reports strong year

New Zealand's kiwifruit giant Zespri has reported a lift in earnings for the 2017-18 season, despite the volume of kiwifruit sold falling by 11 percent during... Read More

SunLive’s top news- May 25

SunLive's top news stories: A chance of more thunder, showers https://sunlive.co.nz/news/180435-a-chance-of-more-thunder-showers.html Pop culture comes out... Read More

Skateboarding turns passion into purpose

It's a carpet trod by Prime Ministers and lots of other politicos and power brokers - the red carpet tracking through the corridors of parliament. But not many,... Read More

Pedestrian dies after crash in Mount

Police are continuing to investigate a crash that occurred on Oceanbeach Road Mount Maunganui last night, after a pedestrian died. The pedestrian was struck by... Read More