News

Listeria fear at Waikato Hospital

Anyone who visited the Waikato Hospital from April 7-12 and ate a salad sandwich or salad bar product may have potentially been exposed to listeria. The hospital's... Read More

$1M grant for iconic new bridge

The construction of an iconic walkway and cycleway bridge across the Wairoa River is getting a $1 million funding injection from Tauranga Energy Consumers Trust. The... Read More

Equine therapy at retirement homes

Mini ponies and retired folk are enjoying hanging out together as part of a new Riding for the Disabled Association initiative. Thanks to financial backing from... Read More

Sunken launch re-floated

A 12m wooden launch that sank in Mayor Island's South East Bay last Friday night has been salvaged and returned to Tauranga. Two people were on board when it ran... Read More

Omokoroa intersection traffic

Omokoroa residents with safety concerns for the peninsula's intersection with State Highway should clear their schedule tonight. The peninsula's Future Focus meeting... Read More

Reduced stress in Mum’s final days

Rangitawhai Rahiri is happy in knowing they 'got it right for mum”. Rangitawhai's mother Rauhina Moke died less than four weeks ago, aged just 63. Rauhina... Read More

Rain likely for the weekend

An area of low pressure is set to approach Northland on Saturday, and then move gradually eastwards skirting the top of the country. This is likely to bring rain... Read More

Bureaucrats threaten skydivers

Tauranga's skydiving industry is included among about half the industry's small to medium sized operators being driven out of business by unsustainable Civil Aviation... Read More

Chapel St crash slows traffic

Traffic is delayed on State Highway 2, near Chapel Street, following a two car crash. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says two police cars and a St John... Read More

Fruit and veg answer to global epidemic

Eating more fruit and vegetables is among the solutions to the world-wide epidemic of chronic health problems caused by increasing consumption of ultra-processed... Read More

Citizen science in the spotlight

PhD student Monica Peters will share her insights into citizen science as part of a public participation in scientific research at next week's Café Scientifique. Citizen... Read More

Author translates dream into words

Being an author wasn't something Gillian Cook ever expected herself to be. And now, with her publishing her first children's novel - Hoko's Choice - Gillian has... Read More