Motoring

Championship wins for husband and wife duo

Altherm Yamaha KMD Team Manager Grant Shivas had several good reasons to celebrate after the New Zealand Superbike Championship wrapped up at Taupo Motorsport... Read More

BoP and Waikato state highway road works for March

Motorists travelling through Rotorua, along State Highway 30 Te Ngae Road near Wharenui Road, will see work is well underway to upgrade and install traffic lights... Read More

Final round of NZ motocross series had everything

The 2025 New Zealand Motocross Championships wrapped up at the weekend with an action-packed second visit to the Phillips' farm track south-west of Rotorua. It... Read More

BOP rider captures lap records

Bay of Plenty-based Honda rider Mitch Rees was in scintillating form again, winning almost everything that came his way in this season's New Zealand Superbike... Read More

Watch: MP cheers early opening of interchange ramp

Bay of Plenty MP Tom Rutherford is celebrating a win for the community; subject to some considerations being met, Tauranga City Council says it is likely... Read More

Te Puna fire destroys man's home and classic cars

Harry Horman was in tears describing the devastation of a mystery fire that destroyed his caravan and all but one of his nine classic cars. Horman, a classic... Read More

Young BOP drivers benefit from road safety grant

A record number of Year 12 students from across the Bay of Plenty will receive potentially life-saving road safety education this year thanks, in part, to a... Read More

4x4 event draws its biggest crowd

The day might not have gone so well for local hopes Nathan Fogden and Mike Gibbons, but the Bay of Plenty round of the New Zealand 4x4 Trial on Rangiuru Rd on... Read More

BOP Honda superbike family dominance continues

Is there no stopping the Bay of Plenty-based Honda Team Rees juggernaut in this season's New Zealand Superbike Championships? When the third round of four... Read More

Sprint champ clocks fastest lap

California teenager Joel Myers Jr wasted no time finding the quickest way around New Zealand's fastest dirt oval on Saturday night. The reigning New Zealand... Read More

Govt seeks feedback on extending WOF

Onerous compliance requirements for vintage cars are looking to get a shakeup in a proposal by the Government. Vintage and classic cars don't drive the mileage... Read More

Call to ease vintage car compliance costs

Onerous compliance requirements for vintage cars are looking to get a shakeup in a proposal by the Government. Vintage and classic cars don't drive the mileage... Read More