Motoring

$500K upgrade for Bay highway

More than $500,000 is about to be spent on making it more difficult for people to die on the section of State Highway 34, between Kawerau and Te Teko. The $540,000... Read More

Be fair, keep clear

His image is peppered with bullet holes. One of the shots passed clean through his left eyebrow. ”I am trying not to read anything into it,” says Paul... Read More

Road safety reminders for this week

Police are urging parents to take their children through a road safety rules refresher before the schools resume next week. After a two month break from school... Read More

Aussie takes second MX GP title

New Zealand MX1 champion Cody Cooper of Mount Maunganui, led from the start of the feature race of the annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville, but... Read More

Rising petrol prices push up inflation

Higher prices for petrol and air fares are some of the factors pushing inflation up to 1.3 per cent. Petrol prices led the increase, with the average price paid... Read More

Mount rider favourite for Grand Prix

The focus goes on Woodville this weekend as New Zealand's elite motocross racers again flood into the town for the big annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix. With... Read More

Drifting action in Tauranga

The Demon Energy D1NZ National Drifting Championship will make New Zealand motor racing history for the second time this season, as the series undertakes another... Read More

Changes to SH2 coming

The New Zealand Transport Agency has responded to criticism of the lack of central median barriers on State Highway 2, between Bethlehem and Katikati. Instead,... Read More

Charity ride a huge success

More than $9,000 has been raised in a charity ride organised by Bayride Motorcycles. Three hundred bikers turned up at the Tauranga store last Sunday for the ride,... Read More

Driver knocks baby onto road

A driver who it is said refused to stop, struck a pushchair on an intersection at Girven Road, Mount Maunganui, knocking a baby out of the pushchair and onto the... Read More

Hewletts Rd reopened after petrol spill

UPDATED 4:40PM: The petrol spill caused by a three-vehicle crash on Hewletts Road in Mount Maunganui near the harbour bridge has now been cleared. Western Bay... Read More

Tirau crash victim named

Police have named the woman killed after a crash on State Highway 1, on Sunday. Esther Grace Lynn Chavel Bhana, 33, died following a two-car crash on the highway... Read More