Traffic & Crashes
11:45am Tue 16 Sep, 2025
Motorists face another round of night closures on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road, with crews preparing to lift massive bridge beams into place as part of... Read More
05:00pm Fri 12 Sep, 2025
Tauranga horse owners are saddling up this Sunday to ride in solidarity with equestrians across the world to promote life-saving road safety messages this month. On... Read More
11:20am Fri 12 Sep, 2025
Power is out to about 200 properties in the Mount area after a car hit a power pole. Police were speaking to the driver after a single vehicle struck a power... Read More
07:45am Thu 11 Sep, 2025
No injuries have been reported after a car hit a power pole in the Western Bay of Plenty. Police received a report of the crash on Cameron Rd, in Te Puke,... Read More
12:00pm Wed 10 Sep, 2025
An 'important milestone” has been reached for the Takitimu North Link, a new four-lane highway being built west of Tauranga. NZTA has submitted applications... Read More
10:00am Wed 10 Sep, 2025
With warmer weather on the way, road users will notice more construction crews hard at work across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions as the 2025/2026 construction... Read More
08:30am Wed 10 Sep, 2025
People travelling on State Highway 29 between Tauriko and the power station at Ruahihi can expect minor delays on Thursday, September 11 between 10am and 2pm... Read More
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06:30am Wed 10 Sep, 2025
Western Bay of Plenty District Council has welcomed news that the new four-lane expressway between Te Puna and Ōmokoroa has progressed to the next stage. On... Read More
09:00am Tue 09 Sep, 2025
A long-awaited step forward is confirmed for the new four-lane state highway west of Tauranga, between Te Puna and Ōmokoroa, as applications for statutory approvals... Read More
06:30am Tue 09 Sep, 2025
Police have seized three bikes and arrested a man as part of an ongoing operation targeting illegal motorbike road users. Rotorua road policing co-ordinator... Read More
12:45pm Mon 08 Sep, 2025
Update, 1.30pm: One person has died in a crash near Whangamatā on the Coromandel Peninsula. Police were called to the single-vehicle crash on Waihi-Whangamata... Read More
06:23pm Fri 05 Sep, 2025
Update, 10pm: Police are continuing to make enquiries following a search for a man in the Te Puke area. 'Police were called at around 4.10pm to an address... 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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