Motoring
01:50pm Mon 01 Dec, 2014
A new police report released earlier this week shows there has been a 22 per cent decrease in fatal crashes in the country. The evaluation of the 2013/2014 Safer... Read More
11:36am Sat 29 Nov, 2014
A new speed limit o 110km/h may be on the cards for the Tauranga Eastern Link. The $445 million, five-year TEL project is one of New Zealand Transport Agency's candidates... Read More
06:56am Fri 28 Nov, 2014
Introducing a 110kmh speed limit on the Tauranga Eastern Link is being given serious consideration according to Transport Minister Simon Bridges. The $445 million,... Read More
01:49pm Wed 26 Nov, 2014
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
07:57am Wed 26 Nov, 2014
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
03:55pm Tue 25 Nov, 2014
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
12:30pm Tue 25 Nov, 2014
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
08:37am Tue 25 Nov, 2014
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
01:15pm Mon 24 Nov, 2014
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
01:08pm Mon 24 Nov, 2014
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
11:24am Mon 24 Nov, 2014
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
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04:46pm Fri 21 Nov, 2014
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
06-Nov 14:00
More than 10,000 people expected at Sika Show
06-Nov 12:10
Bay of Plenty on alert for severe thunderstorms
06-Nov 11:45
Coromandel beaches restrict dogs at peak times
06-Nov 11:12
Ōmokoroa: $13m road project adds four lanes
06-Nov 10:00
Allan clocks up 60 years with Katikati brigade
06-Nov 08:03
A ‘lifestyle block on steroids’ in Karangahake
06-Nov 07:00
Tauranga hosts NZ-India sport centenary fest
05-Nov 18:00
Western Bay weighs charges for granny flats
05-Nov 17:00
Man suffers life-altering injuries in Mount attack
05-Nov 15:00
BoP set for summer-like heat as temperatures soar
05-Nov 11:55
Man charged with arson after car fire
05-Nov 11:41
Bay of Plenty Lotto player wins nearly $34k
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