News

Internet safety innovators win top award

A device developed in Tauranga aimed at keeping kids safe online has won a major technology award. Safe Surfer has developed the new ‘Lifeguard' device which... Read More

Takeover on the cards for Comvita

Bay of Plenty honey company Comvita is being eyed up by a third party interested in acquiring ‘all or substantially all' of the company's shares, the board... Read More

Zespri boss to jump out of comfort zone

One of Zespri's high flyers will start his working week next week in an intrepid way. Chief supply chain officer Blair Hamill will be jumping out of a plane, and... Read More

Tauranga players’ $20k Lotto win

Two Tauranga players are celebrating a $20,000 win this week. Tickets bought at New World Brookfield and Countdown Fraser Cove were among a total of 11 winning... Read More

Man critically injured in hit and run

Enquiries are being made to locate the driver of a vehicle which took off from the scene of a serious crash in Taupo. A man was critically injuries after being... Read More

Charlie Chaplin, pandas and weather

The weather forecast today is for rain, possibly heavy, clearing during the afternoon. Also northwesterlies. It's a one-clothing layer day today with a high of... Read More

Car plunges off Coromandel bank

A driver has walked away from a crashed car after it plunged off the road in the Coromandel Peninsula. The crash was one of two vehicles which crashed down banks... Read More

Illegal street racers targeted in WBOP

A number of vehicles have been busted doing speeds of up to 150km/h on the Tauranga Eastern Link. A 17-year-old has also been charged following an operation targeting... Read More

Fifteen year consent for events

An application for a 15-year resource consent allowing events and festivals to continue to be held on Williamson Park Whangamata will be presented to the Whangamata... Read More

Bella Vista Homes director speaks out

One minute's drive from a fenced-off construction site filled with empty homes, the developer responsible sits in a million dollar mansion with his back to hilltop... Read More

‘Dynamic weather’ for the week ahead

In the country infamous for four seasons in one day, last week was a significant one weather wise, the effects of which were experienced across all of New Zealand. Significant... Read More

New biocontrol agent being released

Dogs in the Bay of Plenty area could see their dermatitis clear up thanks to the world's first field release of a Brazilian fungal biocontrol agent aimed at combating... Read More