Work is to begin next week on connecting the Maungatapu Underpass project with the existing local roads. From April 16, there will be lane diversions, speed restrictions,... Read More

A lucky lady from Tauranga has unwrapped the ultimate birthday gift after winning $166,667 with Lotto First Division. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous,... Read More

Greerton retailers who took a long list of complaints to the city council about 'gangs of feral beggars infesting the shopping precinct”, were given a different... Read More

Strong winds caused further damage to Powerco's network overnight with about 8200 customers without power this morning. More than half those are at Tairua where... Read More

Bail has been granted for nine more people arrested as part of large scale drug operation in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. James Burgess, Rangi Burgess, Chad Chisholm,... Read More

One person has been taken to hospital with minor injuries following a morning collision near Bayfair. A police media spokesperson says the crash happened just after... Read More

Today we are expecting showers, possible heavy with hail from the afternoon. Cold winds will be turning southerly. It's a four-clothing and one-windproof-layer... Read More

Eight-year-old Isla Ferns' desire for a safer route to the beach, saw her taking her request for a pedestrian refuge on Papamoa Beach Road to the Tauranga City... Read More

Firefighters have been inundated with calls due to extreme weather in the North Island. More than 1000 Coastal Taranaki residents will be without power overnight... Read More

Fire crews have spent most of the night fighting a "massive blaze" at a mill in the Thames-Coromandel district. A Fire and Emergency NZ spokeswoman says crews were... Read More

Police have charged a 37-year-old in relation to the fatal shooting of a Katikati man. Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen Ambler says Gordon Douglas Leech was hunting... Read More

Today, April 10, is a significant date in the history of Tauranga. It's largely unknown and unrecognised that one of the nine Treaty of Waitangi sheets was signed... Read More