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$500k win for Tauranga Lotto player

Two Lotto players from Auckland and Tauranga will be feeling on top of the world after winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight's live Lotto draw.... Read More

Salvation Army joins Maori ward debate

The Salvation Army is encouraging people in Whakatane to vote to keep a vital part of New Zealand democracy going. The Army is hoping people will vote to keep... Read More

SunLive top news- April 11

SunLive'stop news stories: Concerns over Greerton ‘gangsters' https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/177254-concerns-over-greerton-gangsters.html Calls for pedestrian... Read More

Bail denied for Mobster’s son

The son of the president of the Kawerau chapter of the Mongrel Mob is to remain behind bars, following his arrest as part of Operation Notus. Slobodan Rahoroi Milosevic,... Read More

Road blocked after car crashes into bush

A vehicle has crashed into a shelter belt, on SH2 near the Te Puke golf club. The road has now been blocked off. A SunLive caller says the whole front of the car... Read More

Molasses spill in Tauriko

Motorists in Tauranga are being advised to avoid Taurikura Drive roundabout area due to a molasses spill. Police and Fire were notified just after 3pm. Contractors... Read More

Road protesters make their submissions

Residents who live off of State Highway 2 between the Wairoa River and Omokoroa have made their voices heard at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council offices in First... Read More

Wickliffe pleads guilty to drink driving

Convicted, but paroled, killer Dean Wickliffe has pleaded guilty to charges of drink driving and breaching his release conditions at Tauranga District Court. He... Read More

Carpark sacrifice for cycle loop

A trial cycle loop around Mount Maunganui North has been given the go ahead by city councillors, subject to approval by residents. Councillors at the Transport... Read More

Mill blaze fuelled by weather, materials

A fire at a mill in Matatoki, south of Thames, has burned for several hours kept alight by wood chips and high winds. About 50 fire officers fought the large fire... Read More

Tauranga murder trial date set

The man accused of murdering another man who was left at Tauranga Hospital with critical injuries is set to go to trial next year. Colin Richard Jeffries-Smith,... Read More

Truck's trailer overturns on TEL

UPDATED 1.54PM: A truck which had its engine fail is believed to be the reason behind a number of delays on the Tauranga Eastern Link today. One lane was blocked... Read More