Motoring

Mosen a Midget champion

It was an action-packed night at Baypark Family Speedway overnight, with 20 Midget-class cars tearing up the terracotta track for the speedway's first North Island... Read More

Flag pole location pondered

Discussions are underway surrounding the new location for Tauranga's iconic flagpole, in light of a $2.8million traffic re-jig. The flagpole's eight year tenure... Read More

UPDATED: SH27 crash, 2 seriously injured

UPDATED - 2.55pm: Emergency services are currently at the scene of a serious vehicle crash between a rental car and a logging truck on a busy rural Waikato highway. District... Read More

Decision looms on speed limits

Te Puke residents and Western Bay Council are set to debate proposed changes, or a lack of them, to speed limits in the township after the NZ Transport Agency clarified... Read More

UPDATED: SH2 weekend works cancelled

UPDATED - 13/03/2015: The NZ Transport Agency says planned roadworks on State Highway 2 between Paeroa and Waihi has now been cancelled. The cancellation is due... Read More

Mangatawa diversion tonight

Traffic is going to be diverted at the Mangatawa interchange tonight and tomorrow while the contractor places the decking on the SH2 overbridge. All eastbound traffic,... Read More

Traffic lights for busy roundabout

A busy intersection in the heart of Tauranga's CBD is in line for a major shake-up, with the NZ Transport Agency unveiling plans to improve peak hour traffic congestion... Read More

Expressway gets green light

Work on the final three sections of the Waikato Expressway will get underway this year, after receiving the go-ahead from the NZ Transport Agency board. The board... Read More

Young gains WRC invite

Opotiki's Mike Young is set for further international exposure after being invited to join the M-Sport run Drive DMACK Ford Fiesta Trophy in the 2015 World Rally... Read More

Motocross rider turns columnist

Tauranga freestyle motocross rider Luke Price has plenty of projects to keep him busy in the next few months, from writing his own column in the Weekend Sun to a... Read More

Month of resealing works ahead

Motorists are urged to take care on the roads and allow extra time when travelling in the Western Bay of Plenty during March as a major road reseal programme gets... Read More

SH29 one of NZ's riskiest roads

It is ranked among the nation's top 10 riskiest stretches of roads, but the NZ Transport Agency is assuring motorists that work is taking place to ensure State Highway... Read More