Traffic & Crashes

Weekend road closures for One Love festival

It's going to be a big weekend for reggae-lovers. Tauranga's One Love festival is returning Saturday and Sunday. The event will bring almost 20,000 people... Read More

Cracked Coromandel road: Delays expected

People heading to the Coromandel for their long weekends should expect a slower journey across the base of the peninsula. Cracks in SH25A between Kōpū and Hikuai... Read More

Extra planning needed to move around the city

Moving around Tauranga is going to take a bit of extra planning over the rest of summer, as work accelerates on a number of the big roading projects in the Western... Read More

Tauranga cyclist’s plea to share the road

A Tauranga cyclist is becoming increasingly concerned with 'inconsiderate driving” he has witnessed while riding through the city. Keen peddler Adrian Toft... Read More

Te Puke men‘s decade long fight for a safer road

Residents of a rural road in Te Puke have been struggling for 10 years to get safety improvements to their road. Leyton Dowman has lived on No 3 Road for 15 years... Read More

Police release name in fatal Athenree Gorge crash

Police are releasing the name of a man who died in a crash on State Highway 2, Athenree Gorge on January 2. "He was David Lynn Hart, aged 73," says a police spokesperson.... Read More

Boat reportedly falls off trailer on SH2

Reports are coming in that a boat has potentially fallen off a trailer in the Karangahake Gorge. A SunLive reader has email in to says a boat has come off its... Read More

Significant delays on State Highway 2

Significant delays are expected on State Highway 2 this Wednesday. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says delays are expected between Waihī to Ōmokoroa at the... Read More

Speeding campaign to combat NZ crashes

There are no excuses to speed - that's the simple concept of a new road safety marketing campaign which has today been launched by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency... Read More

Dive Crescent car park temporary closure

As part of plans to transform the waterfront in Tauranga's city centre, the Dive Crescent off-street car park is temporarily closed. The car park will remain... Read More

Police attending incident in Paeroa

Police are attending an incident in Paeroa. SunLive readers are reporting that Marshall Street in Paeroa is closed. Police are at the scene of an incident near... Read More

Police asking public for footage of pursuit

Waikato Police would like to hear from members of the public who may have footage of a pursuit in Hamilton overnight. Police were patrolling the Hamilton East... Read More