Motoring

Death renews calls for bypass

The death of a 'bubbly” elderly local has re-ignited an age-old argument in support of a bypass around Katikati. 88-year-old Shirley O'Connor died in hospital... Read More

Three-car crash in Arataki

A Papamoa woman escaped with a cut to her chin after a three-car crash on Girven Road overnight. Mount Maunganui Fire Brigade arrived outside the Girven Road shops... Read More

Time up on 10-year licence

Learner and restricted licence time limits are set to be halved as part of a new system aimed at improving the safety of novice drivers and motorcyclists. From Monday,... Read More

Petitioning for change

A nine-year-old from Timaru is petitioning to get the law around foreign drivers on New Zealand roads changed following the death of his dad in a crash which also... Read More

Repairs to historic bridge

One of the country's last combined road/rail bridges is closed for repairs this week. The Pekatahi bridge on SH2/White Pine Bush Road from Awakeri To Taneatua will... Read More

Woman hit by truck

UPDATE 2.25PM: The woman hit by a truck while on her mobility scooter is being taken to Tauranga Hospital in a serious condition. Emergency services were called... Read More

Alcohol limits offer opportunity

New lower drink-drive limits are being welcomed as an opportunity for Bay of Plenty drivers to help 'significantly” reduce the nation's alcohol-related crash... Read More

Police push for greater care

Western Bay of Plenty Police are 'extremely disappointed” drier summer conditions on the road are yet to translate into a decrease in weekend crashes. Between... Read More

Tauranga joins urban kiwiRAP

Tauranga is one of four New Zealand cities participating in the urban kiwiRAP programme - a risk assessment process for urban road transport. The programme is a... Read More

Morning motorcycle crash

A 44-year-old motorcyclist who crashed his unregistered and unwarranted Aprilia motorcycle into the rear of a car on SH2 east of Cambridge Road, was also unlicensed,... Read More

Drunk driver arrested after crash

'Beyond words” is how a Waikato road policing officer describes a drunk driver's behaviour as she sped through a rural crash scene, putting emergency workers... Read More

Cockroach causes three car crash

A cockroach running across the dashboard of a vehicle caused a driver to take her eyes off the road before a three-car crash this afternoon. Police and St John Paramedics... Read More