10:53am Mon 27 Apr, 2020
Tauranga businesses are looking at new innovative ways to get them up and running when New Zealand moves from Alert Level 4 to 3 from midnight. Dinner meals from... Read More
10:00am Mon 27 Apr, 2020
Two men who sued the prime minister after saying the coronavirus lockdown made them illegally detained have both lost their cases. The pair, including one who... Read More
09:06am Mon 27 Apr, 2020
Tauranga and Whakatane hospitals are not changing the visitors' policy at Level 3. Both hospitals will remain in lockdown - NO VISITORS. 'We will be extending... Read More
07:54am Mon 27 Apr, 2020
Following the Prime Minister's announcement, the nation will move to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 at 11.59pm tonight. Under Alert level 3, Tauranga City and Western... Read More
07:21am Mon 27 Apr, 2020
Businesses re-opening under alert level 3 must brief staff on how they will be kept safe, says the Council of Trade Unions Most businesses can re-open when the... Read More
07:05am Mon 27 Apr, 2020
An extra $107.6 million to help house the vulnerable both during and after the pandemic was announced today, there were nine new cases of COVID-19 and hopes that... Read More
04:00pm Sun 26 Apr, 2020
The government has announced more than a hundred million dollars in extra funding for vulnerable people in need of housing. Housing Minister Megan Woods announced... Read More
11:00am Sun 26 Apr, 2020
The Bay of Plenty DHB has confirmed that 261 seasonal workers in Te Puke have tested negative for COVID-19. They are still waiting for the 'last few” tests... Read More
03:48pm Sat 25 Apr, 2020
There has been no change to the number of COVID-19 cases in the Bay of Plenty for the past two days. One person has been released from Tauranga Hospital and there... Read More
02:58pm Sat 25 Apr, 2020
Health officials are advising that all children and young people with a sore throat should be checked urgently because the symptom can be caused by COVID-19 or... Read More
02:11pm Sat 25 Apr, 2020
Police are reminding the people that New Zealand remains at alert level four this long weekend. As we move toward alert level three, it is important to note that... Read More
01:23pm Sat 25 Apr, 2020
Today there are five new cases of COVID-19 and a woman in her 70s has died. The five new cases of COVID-19 are made up of three new confirmed cases and two new... Read More