Videos

SH29 re-opening about noon

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

Weather with Rosalie and SunLive

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

The damage left in Cook's wake

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

Waves hammer Pilot Bay, yacht washes up

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

Spend the surplus on the bridge

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

Something sweet to keep the spirits up

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

Cult Cinema Club launches in Tauranga

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

Today’s weather with Rosalie

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

Fine day in the Bay today

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

Debbie’s deluge soaks the Bay

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

More EBOP flooding pics + videos

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

EBOP flooding pics + video

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