Motoring
01:28pm Sat 23 Dec, 2017
A driver has sustained minor injuries after being involved in a crash on State Highway 2 near Waiotahe earlier today. A police media spokesperson says the car rolled... Read More
09:45am Sat 23 Dec, 2017
Police are asking people to drive to the conditions over the holidays and to take extra care. Assistant commissioner for road policing Sandra Venables says as of... Read More
07:16am Sat 23 Dec, 2017
Police can now confirm name of the man killed in a single car crash on State Highway 36 near Pyes Pa on Tuesday. He is 30-year-old Michael Douglas O'Brien from Tauranga. Michael... Read More
03:17pm Fri 22 Dec, 2017
The 24-year-old woman killed when her car collided with a truck near Lake Karapiro on Wednesday was Terryn Nicole Duncan of Tauranga. Police released her name this... Read More
06:23pm Thu 21 Dec, 2017
The massive traffic tailbacks created by this afternoon's log spill over SH2 in Bethlehem should begin to clear with the logs being removed from the road. The... Read More
05:43pm Thu 21 Dec, 2017
An elderly man knocked out of his wheelchair by a car on Cameron Road this afternoon has been taken to Tauranga Hospital for observation. The accident happened... Read More
02:17pm Thu 21 Dec, 2017
Documents released under the Official Information Act show the New Zealand Transport Agency is looking at tolls for four uncompleted roads nationally - including... Read More
11:49am Thu 21 Dec, 2017
Drivers pursuing the best petrol price in Tauranga would be well-advised to go to either of the Gull stations on Hewletts Road. That's where they'll find petrol... Read More
08:28am Wed 20 Dec, 2017
One person is dead following a single-car crash in Oropi last night. Police have confirmed that the driver died at the scene of the crash on Pyes Pa Road between... Read More
04:38pm Tue 19 Dec, 2017
UPDATED 7.58PM: State Highway 2, near Apata Station Road, is open following a serious crash earlier this evening. Emergency services were called to the crash, south... Read More
03:45pm Sun 17 Dec, 2017
A safety event, targeting young drivers in the Eastern Bay, is set to take place in Te Kaha next month. Summer Glaze, which will be held at School House Bay, Maraetai... Read More
09:03am Thu 14 Dec, 2017
A young child spotted as a passenger on the back of a motorbike has sparked a safety reminder to riders in the Bay of Plenty. The child was spotted by another motorist,... 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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