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House fire treated as suspicious

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a fire which ripped through a Greerton house overnight. The Fire Service received multiple calls to the fire... Read More

Man dies in Hamilton shooting

A 23-year-old woman is facing firearms charges after a man was shot and subsequently died overnight. Emergency services received reports that a man had been shot... Read More

Flames engulf Greerton home

Firefighters are dealing with a large house fire in Greerton this evening. Police and firefighters are at the scene of the fire on Greerton Road. Northern Fire... Read More

Nearly $20b to be spent on roads

The government will invest $9.17 billion in capital into New Zealand's state highway network over the next four years through the New Zealand Transport Agency. Transport... Read More

Hewletts Rd bus lanes extending

Bus lanes are being extended in Hewletts Road to boost public transport use, improve safety and help to ease traffic congestion on the busy State Highway 2 route. There's... Read More

Blue Rovers named Club of the Year

Blue Rovers Junior Football Club from Tauranga have been named as the 2016 WaiBOP Club of the Year. Each year a club is selected by WaiBOP Football as the region's... Read More

Celebrating Thelma Crosby’s legacy

A snap decision and a cheeky offer paved the way for the Crosby Family's early occupation of Papamoa that resulted in a three generations of the Crosbys' Papamoa... Read More

Kmart announces NZ online shopping

In case you haven't already heard, Kmart has announced online shopping for New Zealand. A few months ago Kmart announced that it would be opening an online store... Read More

Thames $27M winner claims prize

It's been the talk of Thames for the last two days, but the mystery of the missing millionaire has now been solved, as a local Thames couple have come forward with... Read More

High stakes at LINKT Casino evening

All you young professionals out there - leave the suit at home, but bring your a-game this Wednesday. LINKT Young People in Business is kicking off its winter... Read More

Charging to dispose of whiteware

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is introducing a whiteware disposal fee at all its recycling centres in Te Puke, Katikati and Athenree to cover the cost... Read More

Kiwi sports drink needs more sugar: MPI

A sports drink company says it's astonished food authorities are demanding it put five times more sugar in its product if it wishes to continue calling itself an... Read More