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Women’s cricket on show at Bay Oval

The two spectrums of the women's cricket pathway will be on show at the Bay Oval at Mount Maunganui this Wednesday. A myriad of colour and plenty of laughter will... Read More

Hola's worst winds at sea

Cyclone Hola's transition into an extratropical storm is breaking up the portions of severe weather with the worst winds very close to New Zealand but remaining... Read More

Tauranga phone stores raided

Several telecommunications stores were broken into in the Tauranga CBD and Bayfair on Sunday night, with a number of phones stolen. Bayfair Shopping Centre confirms... Read More

Waimarino boat heads off escapee

Blair Anderson's boat's name seemed appropriate today when, with a constable on board it, was used in the capture of a man escaping police by swimming down the... Read More

Huge rates increases for consultation

The public will get their chance to have their say about proposed rates increases for Tauranga City. Documents supporting a Draft Long Term Plan calling for a 9.6... Read More

Father and son find dead fisherman

Police have described a dead fisherman and his missing companion as "beginner" fishers. The pair had gone fishing off the rocks of Homunga Bay, north of Waihi Beach,... Read More

Bay dairy farmer through to grand final

Edgecumbe dairy farmer Josh Cozens will be representing Waikato-Bay of Plenty in the Young Farmer of the Year Contest grand final after winning the regional final... Read More

Tauranga crash victim named

Police have released the name of woman who died after being hit by a car in Tauranga on Friday. Tauranga woman Barbara Joy Rowe died in Tauranga Hospital on Saturday. The... Read More

Police road spikes reduce car to rims

A police pursuit this morning resulted in several sets of road spikes being deployed, which reduced a fleeing vehicle to rims and caused it to catch fire. Police... Read More

Weather warnings as Hola approaches

MetService has issued a severe weather warning for the Coromandel and Bay of Plenty as Cyclone Hola heads towards NZ. A period of bad weather is being forecast... Read More

Fatal crash north of Rotorua

UPDATED 11.59: One person has died following a crash on State Highway 5, north of Rotorua. The crash, which happened shortly before 9.30am, involved a car and... Read More

Driver abandons flaming vehicle

UPDATED: A man has been fished out of the river after abandoning a flaming vehicle on the Wairoa Bridge. The vehicle was involved in a pursuit from Waihi this morning,... Read More