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On camera: Car rolls in Coromandel crash

Dramatic footage shows a car colliding with a steel pedestrian barrier and rolling in the Coromandel, with the stunned driver then escaping through a window... Read More

Showers in the west; fine spells for the east

Fine weather remains the theme across much of the North Island for the start of the week. But showers are expected to move onto the North Island on Wednesday, MetService... Read More

'Potentially lethal' shellfish warning for BOP

Members of the public are being warned not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from an area of the Bay of Plenty due to the presence of paralytic shellfish... Read More

Tauranga Moana Manu Champs a world qualifier

Get ready to dust off your togs and perfect those bombs because this year's Tauranga Moana Manu Champs is set to make a bigger splash than ever before. For... Read More

TIA supports conservation management modernisation

Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA), the peak body for New Zealand's tourism sector, has expressed strong support for proposals aimed at modernising the country's... Read More

First-home buyers' increased debt burden revealed

Over the past 10 years, the average new first-home mortgage has increased from about $300,000 to more than $550,000, Reserve Bank data shows. On a mortgage... Read More

Māori Queen to join te hīkoi mō te Tiriti

The Māori Queen, Nga wai hono i te po will be among supporters of the national hīkoi making its way to Parliament on Tuesday. The hīkoi is in opposition... Read More

Travelling shirt joins Tauranga parkrun

Starting in the UK, a parkrun T-shirt is travelling the world and made its way to Tauranga for Bethlehem's weekly parkrun at Gordon Carmichael Reserve. Parkrun... Read More

Two crashes on SH29, lower Kaimai Range

Emergency services are responding to a vehicle crash on State Highway 29 in the lower Kaimai Range. NZTA Waka Kotahi advise that due to a crash on SH29 near... Read More

Nurses: Union calls for nationwide strike

The Nurses Organisation has called a nationwide strike in December over its pay dispute with Health NZ. Te Whatu Ora members have voted to strike on December... Read More

Donations to Tauranga Community Foodbank flow in

The 2024 Bay of Plenty Times Christmas Appeal is off to a roaring start, with the generous Tauranga community donating thousands of dollars and hundreds... Read More

New community garden flourishes

Just a month after the first vegetable beds were constructed, 41 of the 47 plots at Ōmanu Community Gardens have already been leased by keen gardeners. It's... Read More