Motoring

Tauranga dealer celebrates national award success

Ebbett Prestige Tauranga has this month taken home three major awards at the 2025 Jaguar Land Rover New Zealand Retailer of the Year Awards. The dealership's... Read More

Warning after driver brandishes knife at motorist

'I was in survival mode,” said a Tauranga motorist who claims he was chased and confronted by a knife-wielding driver in an alleged 'road-rage”... Read More

Gull knocked off its cheapest petrol perch

For a long time, New Zealand's cheapest petrol was often found at Gull Ātiamuri. But now, fuel price monitoring site Gaspy says U-GO Waikaraka, Auckland,... Read More

A Kiwi engineer is on a mission to pass 422km/h

A Kiwi engineer is on a mission to set a land speed record higher than 422km/h - in a car he built in his shed. Seventy-two-year-old Dave Alexander has spent... Read More

Car show raises $11K for ambulance service

As Neville McKay and his team of Tauranga Auto Extravaganza helpers handed over their biggest cheque yet to Tauranga's Hato Hone St John this month, the man... Read More

Motorcyclists crash on loose gravel in WBOP

'It was like riding on marbles.” That's how a motorcyclist described the state of Old Coach Road in the Western Bay of Plenty the day he and two other... Read More

EV truck fire at Bethlehem under investigation

A fire investigator has returned today to the scene of Saturday night's electric truck fire at Bethlehem Town Centre. The fire, which was reported at 4.50pm,... Read More

Find out what’s planned for the Kaimai Ward

Want to know more about key topics such as the SH2 Ōmokoroa Rd intersection upgrade, Te Puna/Lochhead/Pitua/Tangitu roundabout, and Te Puna Station Rd intersection... Read More

Kūaotunu Hill, SH25 repairs to start

The Coromandel Recovery Programme is nearing completion with work expected to get underway at the final few sites over the next three to four months. Next week,... Read More

Excitement rising ahead of Suzuki series

The revs are starting to build with massive support arriving and overseas interest again being shown ahead of the 2025 edition of the Suzuki International Series. The... Read More

Accelerating the roll-out of public EV chargers

The Government is updating the way it co-invests in public electric vehicle chargers with the private sector to accelerate the delivery of EV chargers across New... Read More

Councillor blasts congestion charging proposal

Congestion charging is a 'dirty cash grab from central government”, a Tauranga City councillor claims. Steve Morris made the comment on Monday as the... Read More