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Person thrown from vehicle in crash

A person was thrown from a vehicle following a serious crash in Matamata. Emergency services were notified at 10.25pm of the single-vehicle crash on Morgan Road,... Read More

Desert Road to be closed

People travelling through the Central North Island will have to take a different route on Thursday other than the Desert Road. State Highway 1 will be closed for... Read More

Power cut in Papamoa

Power is out to homes in the Papamoa area tonight. A total of 474 homes have been affected by the outage, according to the Powerco website. The cause of the outage... Read More

SunLive's top news- April 16

SunLive's top news stories: Chamber opposed to TCC rates proposal https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/177598-chamber-opposed-to-tcc-rates-proposal.html Illegal street... Read More

Baseball 'underdogs' win bronze

It's a story of underdog team turned podium finishers. Last year Tauranga City Baseball's U13 team ended in last place at the United Airlines Ripken Championship... Read More

Young people push for museum

If you've ever seen the colossal squid at Te Papa Museum in Wellington, you'll know it's not something you forget in a hurry, says Mount Maunganui College student... Read More

Tauranga Musical Theatre's best show yet

Tauranga Musical Theatre (TMT) is, in my opinion, giving us their best show yet in their latest offering ‘Catch Me If You Can'. This musical is an adaptation... Read More

NZ first tsunami high ground in Tauranga

Tauranga City Council has made history with the official opening of the first purpose-built tsunami high ground in Australasia by the Minister of Civil Defence,... Read More

Papamoa notch another win

Papamoa's encouraging start to the new football season continued on Saturday, on a day of positives on-and-off the pitch for the WaiBOP Premiership league leaders.... Read More

Car crashes into power pole on SH36

Power is out to 2385 homes in the Pyes Pa area after a car smashed into a power pole on Pyes Pa Road. A reporter at the scene says one car has crashed into a concrete... Read More

Chamber opposed to TCC rates proposal

The Tauranga Chamber of Commerce has slammed Tauranga City Council over its proposed changes to the rating system, accusing the council of potentially breaching... Read More

Gunman hands himself in at Tauranga

A man who fled armed police after firing a gun at a neighbour in the Hauraki Plains has handed himself in. The 38-year-old Waikato man handed himself in at the... Read More