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Brothers selected for beach volleyball

Choosing the Mount Maunganui Main Beach for the announcement and interviews with the O'Dea brothers, the NZ men's beach volleyball team for the Commonwealth Games,... Read More

Opotiki murder, man arrested

Police investigating a homicide in Opotiki yesterday have arrested a 27-year-old Opotiki man this afternoon and charged him with motor vehicle offences. He is assisting... Read More

More booms than Basil Brush

Regional council staff will be exercising with boats and oil booms around the tanker berth on Thursday in an exercise called Operation Basil Brush. Basil Brush... Read More

A theatrical tour of Tauranga

Locals and visitors to Tauranga will have the chance to see seven outstanding and 100 per cent Kiwi-made shows staged across three venues in the city with the Arts... Read More

King to bring hope to Tauranga

Comedian and mental health educator Mike King is bringing the I AM HOPE TOUR to Tauranga to address youth suicide by shedding the stigma associated with it, and... Read More

Housing focus for statistics

Statistics New Zealand is about to look into housing in the country, by inspecting the age stage and characteristics of hundreds of New Zealand homes. In addition,... Read More

Joint forces map BOP seafloor

The New Zealand Defence Force and GNS Science are joining forces to map the seafloor off the Bay of Plenty coast to better define volcanic structures on and under... Read More

Homes evacuated following gas leak

Homes in Te Puke have been evacuated following a gas leak. The Te Puke Fire Bridge was called after a gas main was struck around 11.30am. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE... Read More

Tauranga parking move goes to vote

A decision on whether to limit city parking to three hours goes to the vote in council today. It's a hang-over from the December 19 Council meeting, where Councillors... Read More

A growing awareness on social media

A following is steadily growing for two Bay of Plenty Facebook groups devoted to bringing up-to-date traffic and weather information. Bay of Plenty Accidents and... Read More

Youth smoking is at an all-time low

Results from the 2016 ASH year 10 survey released this week show that only 2.2 per cent of year 10 students smoke daily. They are the lowest smoking rates recorded... Read More

Tauranga Moana mourns loss of kaumatua

Tauranga Moana iwi are mourning the death of well-known Tauranga kaumatua Morehu Ngatoko Rahipere, aged 90 years. Morehu spent decades working for his people during... Read More