05:40pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
UPDATE 8.51PM: Greenpark School, Merivale School and Steiner School have made the call to keep their schools closed tomorrow. UPDATED 8.04PM: Maungatapu and Tauriko... Read More
04:55pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
A Tauranga woman described as ‘successful yet so down to earth' is in the running to take out the 2017 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year Award. A qualified... Read More
03:46pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
UPDATED 7.59PM: Police have confirmed that the person killed in a crash in Taupo earlier this afternoon was a 77-year-old man. Senior Sergeant Fane Troy says man... Read More
03:17pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
Powerco has field crews on high alert in the event of expected heavy rain and high winds over the next two days causing damage to its network. Powerco Network... Read More
03:15pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
A major breakthrough in breeding mussels commercially has been welcomed by Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy. He says the first harvest of high-value greenshell... Read More
02:26pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
Cyclone Cook remains a Category 1 cyclone although it should become an ex-cyclone by Thursday. The latest update from WeatherWatch.co.nz says the latest tracking... Read More
02:08pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
Gate Pa Kindergarten needs to find at least 10 more children to enrol, or it could be closing down. That was the outcome of yesterday's meeting at the kindergarten,... Read More
01:15pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
State Highway 27 is shut down this afternoon as emergency services deal with a fatal crash in the Hauraki Plains. The two-vehicle collision happened around midday... Read More
12:45pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
A playcentre helping a playcentre is how it started. Beth Knight, a member of Greenpark Playcentre decided to help out some Edgecumbe Playcentre families with packs... Read More
12:32pm Wed 12 Apr, 2017
Three Memorial Park trees are to be felled this week. But they're not native and are in poor condition, says Tauranga City Council project manager Steve Wiggill. The... Read More
11:41am Wed 12 Apr, 2017
Massive flooding in Eastern Bay of Plenty has destroyed homes and businesses, leaving many people homeless and forcing many more to evacuate. With more bad weather... Read More
10:54am Wed 12 Apr, 2017
Cyclone Cook is now expected to make landfall in an area from Coromandel Peninsula to Western Bay of Plenty around 6pm Thursday. MetService says the cyclone is... Read More