Motoring

Ōmokoroa roundabout on the move

The ‘temporary' roundabout at the intersection of State Highway 2 and Ōmokoroa Road is on the move - but it won't be going far. The current layout... Read More

Top tips for safe driving this long weekend

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is encouraging those heading off for a long weekend break to check the NZTA's King's Birthday Weekend 2025 Holiday Journey... Read More

Truck breakdown causes delays on Hewletts Rd

Traffic is backed up on Hewletts Road/State Highway 2 after a truck broke down. Police units are in attendance. A police spokesman said a tow truck is... Read More

Marae-based licencing scheme helps 178 people

Contributed content: Carmen Hall is a communications advisor for Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust and a former Bay of Plenty Times journalist. A 63-year-old... Read More

Tauranga dealer celebrates national award success

Ebbett Prestige Tauranga has this month taken home three major awards at the 2025 Jaguar Land Rover New Zealand Retailer of the Year Awards. The dealership's... Read More

Warning after driver brandishes knife at motorist

'I was in survival mode,” said a Tauranga motorist who claims he was chased and confronted by a knife-wielding driver in an alleged 'road-rage”... Read More

Gull knocked off its cheapest petrol perch

For a long time, New Zealand's cheapest petrol was often found at Gull Ātiamuri. But now, fuel price monitoring site Gaspy says U-GO Waikaraka, Auckland,... Read More

A Kiwi engineer is on a mission to pass 422km/h

A Kiwi engineer is on a mission to set a land speed record higher than 422km/h - in a car he built in his shed. Seventy-two-year-old Dave Alexander has spent... Read More

Car show raises $11K for ambulance service

As Neville McKay and his team of Tauranga Auto Extravaganza helpers handed over their biggest cheque yet to Tauranga's Hato Hone St John this month, the man... Read More

Motorcyclists crash on loose gravel in WBOP

'It was like riding on marbles.” That's how a motorcyclist described the state of Old Coach Road in the Western Bay of Plenty the day he and two other... Read More

EV truck fire at Bethlehem under investigation

A fire investigator has returned today to the scene of Saturday night's electric truck fire at Bethlehem Town Centre. The fire, which was reported at 4.50pm,... Read More

Find out what’s planned for the Kaimai Ward

Want to know more about key topics such as the SH2 Ōmokoroa Rd intersection upgrade, Te Puna/Lochhead/Pitua/Tangitu roundabout, and Te Puna Station Rd intersection... Read More