Motoring
11:14am Tue 16 Jan, 2018
A blessing or a curse depending on how you look at it, the ongoing fault with the Brookfield lights this week is being praised by some local residents, who say... Read More
06:48am Tue 16 Jan, 2018
City-bound traffic from Maungatapu will be taking a little extra diversion coming down the hill from the roundabout over the next month or so. The diversion is... Read More
06:15pm Mon 15 Jan, 2018
To see Bay of Plenty's Mitchell Rees race a motorcycle is to take a glimpse into the future. The 24-year-old Honda rider from Whakatane is starting out on only... Read More
04:39pm Mon 15 Jan, 2018
Tauranga drivers are soon to be under the spotlight as police tighten up on speed around Western Bay of Plenty schools. Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager... Read More
02:22pm Mon 15 Jan, 2018
State Highway 29 is blocked at The Lakes rounabout truck's trailer has flipped on its side. Reports are that a trailer has flipped spilling coal onto the road. A... Read More
11:21am Mon 15 Jan, 2018
Driver distraction is believed to be the key cause behind a series of minor crashes around the region this weekend. Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager... Read More
02:40pm Sat 13 Jan, 2018
Powerlines are blocking the road after a car crashed into a power pole on Links Ave, Mount Maunganui. Police were called to the scene at around 2.15pm where a car... Read More
11:37am Sat 13 Jan, 2018
A campervan has rolled on Hewletts Road blocking both lanes. Police received a report at around 11.30am that a campervan had rolled, blocking both lanes. Police... Read More
03:06pm Thu 11 Jan, 2018
Traffic is backed up on State Highway 2 after a car and motorbike crashed near Bayfair this afternoon. A police media spokesperson says the crash happened just... Read More
11:46am Thu 11 Jan, 2018
Police have released the name of the woman who was killed following a crash near Pohlen Road, Waikato on Sunday. She is 38-year-old Jocelyn Irene Williams of Hastings.... Read More
09:31pm Wed 10 Jan, 2018
Hundreds of people poured out of houses in Papamoa this evening to watch as a group of orca cruised past along the beach. Some ran in their pyjamas not wanting... Read More
05:15pm Wed 10 Jan, 2018
Local National Party MPs are petitioning the government to carry on with extensive roading projects promised by National before the 2017 election. Bay of Plenty... Read More
31-Jan 14:00
Summer Smarts #8: Beating the holiday traffic
31-Jan 12:00
New funds let locals shape their own communities
31-Jan 10:00
Community centre opens as Bay mourns deaths
31-Jan 10:00
Scarecrow competitions sprout in Katikati
31-Jan 09:00
Rare jet lands for restoration project
31-Jan 09:00
Chess tournament turns 20
31-Jan 06:00
Mount tragedy: Loss, grief and coming together
30-Jan 20:00
What SH25 drivers need to know this weekend
30-Jan 16:47
Mount slowly reopens as recovery continues
30-Jan 15:59
RSE worker pleads not guilty to BOP orchard murder
30-Jan 15:30
Big weekend in-store for Katikati!
30-Jan 13:32
Mount landslide: Third victim formally identified
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