Multiple people are reported to have suffered a range of injuries following a serious crash on State Highway 2, near Bethlehem. Police are asking motorists to avoid the area as the road is closed. "Police are at the scene of a two vehicle crash...

New Zealand's largest Crown entity investor, ACC, is defending an investment of nearly $1 billion in fossil fuels. ACC is responsible for New Zealand's injury prevention and compensation scheme and paid out $1.9 million for new claims last...

Bad teachers, fraudulent record-keeping and biting children were among the 430 complaints the Education Ministry received about early childhood services last year. The ministry's annual report about early childhood complaints showed the number...

Nearly 80 per cent of New Zealanders are concerned about how their identity is managed online, Digital Identity NZ executive director Andrew Weaver will tell an international business conference in Singapore this week. Andrew has been invited to speak...

New Zealand’s only scholarship to support Māori high school students to gain admission to top global universities has been awarded to five high school students ahead of Matariki, the celebration of the Māori New Year, with the awards gala held...

A decision has been made to seek more information on the different options to repair the slip on Mauao that destroyed part of the base track. At the Projects, Services and Operations Committee today, Tauranga City Council staff sought direction from...

  Bill Groves is 93.   Since 1948, making and repairing watches and clocks have earned him a crust. Some crust, as his weekly wage of 12/6 when the average take home pay was £5. But if he lived life and earned in a microcosm, he...

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's not giving up the focus on building more affordable homes, while accepting KiwiBuild hasn't met expectations.   "We've had a year essentially of trying to establish an intervention...

A list of collection events for the firearms amnesty and buy-back period is now available on the police website. Around 192 events – including 11 in the Bay of Plenty Police District - will be held within the first three months across the country...

  A Tauranga mother says not all “millennials are a lost cause” after her worst nightmare unfolded before hear eyes. Kerri-ann Tutemahurangi says it was the scariest thing to see a man ran up behind her six-year-old daughter and yanked...

  Three new disabled parking spots are now available at Fraser Cove Shopping Centre after a Tauranga woman’s persistence with centre management.   As regular Countdown Fraser Cove shoppers, Elly Maynard and her husband Mike found...

One person has been arrested following a police pursuit in the Bay of Plenty this morning. A speeding vehicle was spotted along Te Ngae Road in Rotorua at 9.27am. A police spokesperson says officers initiated a brief pursuit but lost sight of it a...

Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology and French university Angers have signed a cooperation agreement that will enable exchange programmes and further collaboration. From 2020, students studying towards tourism and hospitality degrees at the institutions...

  The Kermadec Islands region north of New Zealand is quite a seismically active place.   Following the magnitude 7 earthquake on June 16, GeoNet has released information about the region and what earthquakes there mean for people in New...

Six young musicians who are hoping to carry off the title of Rising Star 2019, are busy putting the final touches to their musical item. This Sunday at Baycourt they will be competing in Bay of Plenty Symphonia’s sixth Rising Stars concert.  ...

UPDATED 10.23AM:: A search is continuing near Tanners Point in the Bay of Plenty after a man reportedly fell from a boat. Police, Coastguard and a rescue helicopter are assisting in the search for the man who had been the sole occupant of a dinghy,...

Kohanga Reo in Tauranga are going head to head to get as many women as possible to undergo breast and cervical screening for the chance to win prizes. Klash of the Kohanga Reo will see 18 Maori early childhood education centres encouraging their wāhine...

  Papamoa Plaza is thrilled to announce the beginning of the next phase of development.   “The rapid growth experienced in Papamoa in recent years combined with the demand for additional services and retail offers to be provided locally,...

One person is dead following a crash near Morrinsville this morning. Emergency Services are responding to a single-vehicle crash on Cameron Road, Mangateparu. One person died at the scene, says a police spokesperson. "Police were alerted at...

Investment in rail infrastructure in the Wellbeing Budget will make trains more reliable and cut down on maintenance time and costs, rail ministers are announcing today. KiwiRail will kick off the process of getting more than 100 new locomotives and...

  People who take out general insurance do get a fair deal from their insurer, contrary to Consumer NZ’s assertion that they don’t, says Insurance Council of NZ CEO, Tim Grafton.   His comments come in response to a Consumer...

A water rescue is currently underway in the Western Bay of Plenty tonight. A police spokesperson says they received reports of a dinghy sailing off shore from Pio Road in Bowentown. "No persons were seen in the dinghy. "Coastguard and Search...

Bananas may one day be a staple crop grown in this country, the head of Horticulture New Zealand says. Mike Chapman says meeting climate and environmental change was the number one challenge facing growers and farmers. But rather than see it as a...

Auckland City Police are announcing a new $100,000 reward for information relating to the investigation into the unsolved murder of 22-year-old Mt Roskill mother Katrina Jefferies in 2005. The announcement of the reward comes as new information relating...

Over the last month or so, Nicola Bettley and her brother Stew Weir have been busy emptying their music shop at the top end of Devonport Rd. If you haven’t heard - Bay City Music is closing down, and there are two grand pianos, one drum kit,...

The Tauranga City Council has agreed to explore a series of recommended changes to the 2009 naming of streets, reserves and community facilities policy. The review applies to all spaces under council’s jurisdiction, and seeks to better reflect...

A woman in her 80s remains in a life threatening condition after a head-on collision in Te Aroha.  Emergency services responded to the two-car crash on Stanley Road South about 10am on Sunday.  The Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter had flown...

People who park in the Tauranga CBD are set to pay more from July 1. In a statement released today, Tauranga City Council says it's going to increase off-street parking in some areas of the city centre. "The areas are set for a small increase,"...

UPDATED: Power is back on in Tauranga this afternoon. Power went down at 2.15pm, affecting businesses on The Strand,  McLean Street and Anson Street. Power is investigating the cause of the outage. EARLIER: Power is out in the Tauranga CBD...