08:00am Thu 28 Nov, 2024
From Sunday, December 1, sections of the Kaituna and Tarawera rivers will have a new 5-knot speed limit. Bay of Plenty Harbourmaster Jon Jon Peters said following... Read More
07:30am Thu 28 Nov, 2024
Downtown Mount Maunganui will be engulfed in orange today, as more than 700 primary and intermediate school students march and wave banners in the Road Safe... Read More
07:00am Thu 28 Nov, 2024
Next March, for the first time ever, Tauranga will host the Skateboard Nationals, New Zealand's premier skateboarding event where some of the country's top skateboarders... Read More
06:52am Thu 28 Nov, 2024
One person is dead and 14 others are injured after a small bus loaded with international tourists collided with two vehicles on a straight stretch of State Highway... Read More
05:00am Thu 28 Nov, 2024
People are happier with Tauranga's new council than they were with the commission, a survey shows — but Mayor Mahé Drysdale is not happy with the... Read More
08:00pm Wed 27 Nov, 2024
Police have called in extra staff and additional resources to have an increased presence in Tauranga on Thursday, November 28, monitoring a gang-connected funeral. 'Following... Read More
07:00pm Wed 27 Nov, 2024
Debt-to-income (DTI) rules are likely to hit investors harder than first-home buyers, as interest rates fall further over the coming year. DTIs took effect... Read More
06:00pm Wed 27 Nov, 2024
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is advising that emergency road repairs will be carried out at the intersection of State Highway 1 and State Highway 29 in Piarere... Read More
06:00pm Wed 27 Nov, 2024
Emergency services are responding to the scene of a multiple vehicle crash on State Highway 2 between Bethlehem and Te Puna. Police said a six-vehicle rear-end... Read More
05:00pm Wed 27 Nov, 2024
Whitianga is being called on to have its say on how best to improve the town's wharf, waterfront and boating ramp areas, but costs and timelines are yet... Read More
04:00pm Wed 27 Nov, 2024
More than 2000 volunteers in 13 locations across New Zealand, including Tauranga, are expected to pack a record 35,000 Christmas Boxes for families in need this... Read More
03:15pm Wed 27 Nov, 2024
Police are appealing for information following a fatal crash in the Ōpōtiki district over the weekend. Around 2pm on Saturday, November 23, police responded... Read More