Motoring

Courtney Road closure continues

Courtney Road is to remain closed for the rest of the week to allow works there to continue. The Tauranga City Council is reporting the following detours are... Read More

Courtney Road closed

Courtney Road is closed until Wednesday while work to reconstruct it takes place. Courtney Road is closed for road works. Image: Google Earth. The road is narrow... Read More

Focusing on intersections

Police are concerned with the large number of motorists risking their lives at intersections and who are not driving to the conditions. Sergeant Mark Holmes says... Read More

Rotorua petrol price low

Motorists buying petrol in Rotorua are being pumped a better deal than in Tauranga where the price for 91 octane is as much as 16 cents per litre more. Some petrol... Read More

Petrol prices up five cents

Petrol prices in Tauranga have increased by five cents with 91 octane now $2.119 per litre at Caltex, BP and Z Energy. Z Energy spokesperson Jonathan Hill says... Read More

Police investigate fatal crash

Police are investigating the death of a man when a truck and a car collided on State Highway 2 near Thames on Monday. The scene of the fatal crash. Image: Google... Read More

Road closures in the Eastern Bay

The Whakatane District Council is reporting only three roads remain closed in the Eastern Bay of Plenty following the region's latest flooding. Rewatu Road, between... Read More

Flooding in the Eastern Bay of Plenty

Two people have been rescued from a partially submerged car in the Waimana River, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, this afternoon. Police say the two occupants of... Read More

Route K toll increases

From today, all cars and two axle vehicles will have to pay $1.50 to use the Route K toll road. Tauranga City Council chief executive Ken Paterson says the toll... Read More

Road closures in the region

Motorists travelling in the Bay of Plenty are being asked to drive with caution as surface flooding and debris remain on the roads. State Highway 2, Waimana Gorge,... Read More

TEL construction on hold

Work on the Tauranga Eastern Link will stop over the Christmas holiday period. The NZ Transport Agency says there has been steady progress made during the year. Principal... Read More

Shuttle back for holiday travel

Local authorities are promising Western Bay of Plenty residents holidaying in the Coromandel a hassle-free summer when it comes to ‘getting from A-to-B'. ... Read More