Traffic & Crashes
01:00pm Sun 17 Aug, 2025
A witness has described rescuers' attempts to help the survivors of a fatal crash near Matamata on Saturday evening. One person died in the two-car crash,... Read More
01:43pm Fri 15 Aug, 2025
Pulling over for a moment may have saved a Rotorua mum's life after she just missed a fatal fuel tanker crash this morning. One person died after the tanker... Read More
06:57am Fri 15 Aug, 2025
One person has died after a petrol tanker rolled south of Rotorua this morning. State Highway 5 remains closed with diversions in place, police said. Emergency... Read More
11:00am Thu 14 Aug, 2025
Police have released the name of a child killed in a crash in the Bay of Plenty earlier this year. Two-year-old Sakura Hall, from Mamaku, died in the two-vehicle... Read More
07:30am Wed 13 Aug, 2025
A series of overnight closures will affect key on- and off-ramps, and a flyover, across Tauranga's state highway network. Starting on Wednesday August 13,... Read More
06:00pm Tue 12 Aug, 2025
Aucklander Robert William Norman MacGibbon has today been named by police as the victim of a fatal crash in Tauranga in May. A police statement said the two-vehicle... Read More
11:18am Tue 12 Aug, 2025
A truck has rolled on State Highway 35 in the Bay of Plenty. Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash at between Beach Rd and Wairakaia... Read More
10:00am Tue 12 Aug, 2025
Bay of Plenty students have come together to raise awareness about how to stay safe on the region's 86 railway level crossings, by always expecting the unexpected... Read More
07:00am Tue 12 Aug, 2025
Twelve concrete beams are to be lifted into place to form the connection across the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road this month. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi... Read More
07:37am Mon 11 Aug, 2025
Two people are in police custody after road spikes were deployed to stop an alleged stolen vehicle. Police received reports of a stolen vehicle driving dangerously... Read More
04:00pm Sun 10 Aug, 2025
Emergency services were called to a crash on Te Puke Quarry Road, Pāpāmoa, around 3.30pm involving one vehicle, police said. Hato Hone St John also attended... Read More
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02:00pm Sun 10 Aug, 2025
The busy intersection of State Highway 5 and State Highway 28 Harwoods Road, east of Tīrau, will be made safer with the construction of a three-leg roundabout,... Read More
08-Dec 18:05
Tauranga man imprisoned for rape of his cousin
08-Dec 17:00
Sam Ruthe sets new benchmark
08-Dec 16:30
Customs seizes cocaine worth nearly $16m
08-Dec 14:29
Highway closed as crews fight multiple fires
08-Dec 14:22
Warm week ahead before cooler change on Friday
08-Dec 13:00
Growers urged to keep eyes open for hornets
08-Dec 11:58
Former PM announces death of centenarian father
08-Dec 11:45
Kaimai Range SH29 shut overnight for five nights
08-Dec 10:58
Crash brings traffic to a halt on SH2
08-Dec 10:00
Playoff thriller: BOP clinch interprovincial title
08-Dec 08:52
Suspicious scrub fire burns through orchard
08-Dec 08:00
Manu Champs splash back into town!
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