10:26am Fri 14 Apr, 2017
NZTA is advising people planning Easter travel to delay their trip as there are still a number of State Highway closures in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions,... Read More
09:18am Fri 14 Apr, 2017
Today, Good Friday, the weather forecast is for a mainly fine day with a few showers from this afternoon and a chance of a thundery evening. Sunset is at 5.48pm. ... Read More
08:28pm Thu 13 Apr, 2017
A severe weather warning remains in place for the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel, despite heavy rain and strong winds easing in both regions. According to the MetService,... Read More
07:12pm Thu 13 Apr, 2017
A yacht, around 30 feet, has washed up in Pilot Bay, as the region gets hammered by the waves. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says people are also sandbagging... Read More
04:00pm Mon 10 Apr, 2017
Terry ‘Hori BOP' Leaming wants to see Prime Minister Bill English spend some of the recently announced government's budget surplus money on making the Maungatapu... Read More
03:55pm Sun 09 Apr, 2017
It all started as an idea to help the children in Syria. When Robyn Whalley saw the news of the recent gas attack in that war zone, all she wanted to do was help. Since... Read More
08:50am Sun 09 Apr, 2017
Tauranga's Cult Cinema Club launched on Friday night with a screening of The Big Lebowski. Held at the newly refurbished Village Cinema in the Tauranga Historic... Read More
10:14am Sat 08 Apr, 2017
The weather and tides, how many layers of clothing to wear today, an interesting factoid about New Zealand history plus a snippet of some exciting events taking... Read More
08:48am Fri 07 Apr, 2017
This morning it's looking fine, although we do have a chance of morning showers. It's a two layer of clothing day today with a high of 22 and an overnight low... Read More
02:29pm Thu 06 Apr, 2017
What a difference a day makes. While blue skies have greeted most parts of the Bay of Plenty today, it was a completely different scenario when ex-cyclone Debbie... Read More
01:35pm Thu 06 Apr, 2017
Welfare centres have been set up in Whakatane and Kawerau as a state of emergency declared in the Whakatane District. Edgecumbe township has been evacuated today... Read More
09:43am Thu 06 Apr, 2017
The Whakatane District Council is asking people to avoid stopping on the Whakatane Bridge as it's creating traffic delays. People who haven't evacuated from Edgecumbe... Read More