04:12pm Tue 13 Feb, 2018
If she'd been wearing a seatbelt, she probably wouldn't be blind today. 'Them's the breaks,” says Yvonne De Winter. It was 1975, and the seatbelt laws had... Read More
03:07pm Tue 13 Feb, 2018
A workshop being hosted tomorrow is aiming to assist Tauranga elected members to hear community feedback around two new urban growth areas which are currently in... Read More
02:53pm Tue 13 Feb, 2018
As rain eases over night, river levels fall, and flood waters go down, residents in the eastern Bay are beginning clean-up operations The rainfall event saw more... Read More
02:05pm Tue 13 Feb, 2018
At least two vehicles have been involved in a crash outside a Papamoa kindergarten, with one of the drivers leaving the scene. A police spokesperson says emergency... Read More
01:51pm Tue 13 Feb, 2018
Police have released the names four people killed in three separate crashes in the Waikato on Friday and Saturday. Morrinsville resident Casey Walker, 34, was killed... Read More
01:32pm Tue 13 Feb, 2018
Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller is today acknowledging the ‘enormous contribution' of Bill English, who has announced his retirement from politics. 'Bill English... Read More
01:01pm Tue 13 Feb, 2018
Baypark stadium is undergoing another transformation in preparation for the D1NZ National Drifting Championship round for February 17. About 500 cubic metres of... Read More
11:51am Tue 13 Feb, 2018
Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a Tauranga man on Sunday night. David Rawiri Kuka died from serious head injuries at a Wilrose... Read More
11:40am Tue 13 Feb, 2018
National Party Leader Bill English has today announced he will resign as Leader of the National Party and leave parliament. Bill says his resignation as leader... Read More
10:53am Tue 13 Feb, 2018
Papamoa Police have noticed a spike in theft from vehicles at the Kaiate Falls Carpark and the Otawa Trig Carpark. In the past ten days there have been six vehicles... Read More
10:23am Tue 13 Feb, 2018
A former Papamoa scout group leader, guilty of indecent assault and sexual violation has had his case put off until the end of the month. Graham William Morine,... Read More
10:01am Tue 13 Feb, 2018
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested by police in relation to the aggravated robbery of a Gull Service Station in Whakatane on Monday. The robbery happened at the... Read More