The Holden car brand is being axed after decades making and selling cars such as the Commodore, Astra and Barina. The company's owner, General Motors, announced it would "retire" the brand from sales, design and engineering across Australia...

Updated 4:15pm: The crash that was blocking one lane of Hewletts Road has been cleared. The right hand lane of traffic heading from Mount Maunganui to Tauranga had been blocked. Police were notified at 3.15pm that a car and truck had collided on Hewletts...

A man is dead after sustained serious injuries in an assault in the Bay of Plenty. Police are continuing to investigate the assault on a man on the afternoon of Saturday, February 1, on Malfroy Road in Rotorua. Police were called to Malfroy Road at...

A motocross charity event said to be ‘as good as Nitro Circus’ will take place in Tauranga next weekend. Onlookers can expect to see front flips, backflips, and possibly even a triple flip from some of the world’s best riders. “There...

  It started out as a normal day for former cop Ross Bielby back in 2012, but quickly went downhill when he found himself in hospital having a cardiac arrest.   He was 53 years old at the time and says there was a lot happening within...

The Tauranga BMX club is gearing up for its annual open day this weekend, with members encouraging the community to turn up and have a go. “Anyone can join in from the age of three to 70,” says club president Gary Arnold. “It’s...

  John – a McLaren Falls resident was out feeding his chickens when he heard gun shots on Tuesday.   He didn’t think much of it because gun shots aren’t unusual in the country. People are often out rabbit or possum hunting....

  Fisheries New Zealand is seeking public feedback on proposals to allow rock lobster fishers to carry forward some or all of their uncaught Annual Catch Entitlement – ACE - into the following fishing year, which begins in April 2020.   The...

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has ben named Sportsman of the Year at the Halberg Awards on Thursday night. The Nigerian-New Zealand MMA fighter, who arrived in New Zealand to settle in Rotorua when he was 10, is the first combat sport athlete...

The Department of Conservation has begun legal proceedings against a Coromandel dog owner after the discovery of a dead kiwi on private property adjacent to public conservation land. David Agnew, DOC’s Acting Operations Manager in Whitianga,...

Universities have asked the government to exempt thousands of Chinese students from its ban on foreign travellers from mainland China. The government says the travel restriction aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus (officially named Covid-19)...

Flowers, hand-scrawled notes, poems and pictures sit by a silver birch tree rooted outside Room Three at Pyes Pa School. People gather at this tree to remember a "passionate and influential" educator who died last week following a vehicle crash...

Another tropical cyclone is likely this week, this time to the north east of New Zealand. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC - US Govt) on Sunday issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert, while the Fiji Met Service says the potential for low pressure...

Zespri has welcomed the successful result of legal action taken against a former kiwifruit grower who took Zespri’s protected plant material to China where it has continued to spread, as well as the awarding of almost $15 million in damages. The...

For a group of sailors who pride themselves on being near the front of the fleet, the Laser world championships in Melbourne did not turn out as hoped for New Zealand's top three sailors. Sam Meech, Tom Saunders and George Gautrey all finished...

Police have located a vehicle wanted in connection to a double homicide in Tauranga. On Sunday, police issued an appeal for information about a blue Ford Territory Ghia AWD wanted in relation to the death of two people at an Ormsby Lane address in...

Motorists travelling between Katikati and Tauranga on this morning are being warned to allow additional time for their journeys. "Road maintenance works were carried out at Plummers Point on SH2 overnight on Friday to minimise disruption to motorists,"...

The Thames-Coromandel District Council is emphasising to residents that there is still an urgent need to conserve water across the region. “Some of our river flows are at their lowest level since 1959 and our water restrictions will need to...

  Trent Boult, making a rare appearance for Element IMF Cadets in the Versatile Tauranga Williams Cup, was joined by older brother Jono to wreak havoc, as Generation Homes Lake Taupo were bowled out for 66 at the Tauranga Domain yesterday.   The...

Lisa Carrington claimed a top-quality victory against a high-class field in the final of the open women’s K1 500m on the concluding day of the 2020 NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships on Lake Karapiro. In near perfect conditions, Lisa...

Police are asking the public to help locate a blue Ford Territory Ghia AWD with licence plate CDE931. Police are continuing to investigate the double homicide that took place in Tauranga on Tuesday February 11 and are appealing for sightings of the...

A car travelling in Matua this morning has collided with a parked car. The collision happened on Hall Rd, between Levers Rd and Meadowland St in Matua. Police were notified at 10.53am of the vehicle collision on Hall Road. “It appears a car...

Toi Te Ora Medical Officer of Health Dr Neil de Wet says that 26 people are in self-isolation for COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, in the Bay of Plenty District Health Board region. On Saturday night, the Ministry of Health reported that there...

My sewing machine has died and I need to cart it off to get fixed, mainly because it satisfies the need to make things out of the quirky, colourful fabrics I seem to hoard. Being creative can be exhausting so I tend to pack resources away in boxes...

A car and bus have collided in Pyes Pa this morning. Police report that they were alerted to a car and bus crash in Pyes Pa Road between Ahuriri Place and Inverness Drive at around 9.15am on Sunday. It is understood that the passengers are coming...

A man was arrested after driving dangerously in Tauranga streets in the early hours of Sunday morning, and will be appearing in Tauranga Court on Monday. Police pursued a vehicle after it failed to stop for Police in Tauranga at 1.39am this morning. ...

Rebecca Penman has raised more than $20,000 to help with the wildlife relief in Australia and then headed to Victoria to offer her services. The Tauranga vet flew into Melbourne and headed out to East Gippsland, where she was for three weeks. She...

Rising talent Zach Ferkins executed the finest paddle of his burgeoning career to destroy the opposition and secure the open men’s K1 1000m crown on day two of the NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships on Lake Karapiro. The 21-year-old...

Kia ora and welcome to Sunday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki.  Kia ataata tonu. We’re expecting a cloudy day with drizzle possible in the morning and evening, and northeasterlies. It’s a one-layer-clothing day with an expected...