No one has been injured following a crash in Te Puke this morning. Emergency services were called to the crash on Jellicoe Street at 5.30am. A police spokesperson says a car was reported to have collided with another vehicle. “No injuries...

A migrant IT worker sacked by a Tauranga firm claiming to support vulnerable people has been awarded $28,845 by the Employment Relations Authority. Sonia Duhan was hired by Raj Infotech NZ Ltd as an ICT support technician in August 2017. Raj Infotech...

  Bay of Plenty Steamers is set to make history and the region’s younger players will benefit from it.   The Steamers have secured themselves home advantage in this year’s Mitre 10 Cup Championship final, the first time in the...

  She’s a petit, turbaned 17-year-old college student with raw savvy.   Her brother is a 22-year-old turbaned civil engineering student with big bold ideas. And between them, they believe they have sussed the value of a cauliflower,...

Junior athletes, international sports stars, coaches, officials and volunteers are among the 74 finalists of the 2019 Bay of Plenty Sports Awards. Over 130 nominations were received for 17 award categories including the top honours of Sportsman and...

There was plenty of action in the gripping semifinal between Hawkes Bay Magpies and Otago on Saturday. Hawkes Bay won, beating Otago 44-39 and are now on their way to the big dance with Bay of Plenty Steamers in Friday night’s Mitre 10 Cup Championship...

“Unsettled conditions dominated the weather over Aotearoa this past week,” says MetService meteorologist Andy Best, “but the week ahead is looking cold as we transition into a southwesterly weather pattern”. A deep, low pressure...

A BLACKCAPS-laden Northern Districts – ND - side will head to Canterbury for the first match of the 2019-20 Plunket Shield season this coming Monday. With the majority of their international contingent available, ND will be looking to set down...

An introductory girls cricket program, that was delivered to over 600 Year 4 – 6 participants throughout the Bay of Plenty last season, kicks off again on Monday October 21 2019, with the GoGirl program being delivered in 20 Western Bay schools. The...

Skyscraper Stan is bringing his act to New Zealand, with a visit to the Jam Factory this week. It will be his first show in Tauranga, having already completed a metropolitan tour through NZ a couple of months ago. “I'm taking some time...

Element IMF Cadets delivered a warning to the other seven Bay of Plenty Cup contenders on Saturday that you write the Tauranga Domain based side off at your peril. Sitting at the bottom of the points standings entering round three, Cadets were desperate...

It’s a perfect day for the Base Up Omokoroa Coastal Challenge  - OCC - with runners and walkers taking to the paths, reserve and walkways at Omokoroa to compete and raise funds for local community organisations. The OCC is run by a group...

Kia ora and welcome to Sunday   Today we are expecting cloudy periods until mid-afternoon, then fine, with light winds and sea breezes.   It’s a one-clothing layer day, with an expected high of 20 and an overnight low of 9 degrees....

Three Lotto players from Auckland and Lower Hutt, will be popping the champagne after winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in Saturday night’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Southmall Lotto Kiosk and on MyLotto to players...

It's a race to the bottom for the finalists of the flushest competition in the country as many eagerly await to see which toilet will be throned as the best loo in New Zealand. Two of the finalists are from the Bay of Plenty. Three unique dunny...

A vehicle crash has occurred at Aongatete on Sunday morning. Police were alerted to a vehicle collision at the intersection of SH2 and Morton Road, Aongatete, around 7.10am. The crash has reportedly involved three vehicles. No injuries or traffic...

The group handed over $2000 to the Trustpower TECT rescue helicopter on Tuesday morning. That’s 2000 packets of mints sold this year. Bethlehem Te Puna Lions president Diana Forrest says the rescue helicopter is dear to the group’s heart....

It was a close fought thing, just 1300 votes in it on Election Day. But it was enough to give Garry Webber a mandate as Mayor of the Western Bay of Plenty for another three years. Garry and his wife Carole were at home in Omokoroa when he got the news. "I...

He’s hardly had time to slip those buffed designer shoes under the desk in the Mayoral Chamber. And already he’s thinking they may not belong there. “Yes, I am thinking a new city hall,” says Tenby Powell, still Mayor-in-waiting,...

Security footage of NZ First MP Clayton Mitchell being thrown out of a Tauranga bar looks unlikely to ever be aired - despite his leader Winston Peters promising a screening. Mr Mitchell yesterday denied claims he'd behaved badly - including accidentally...

The New Zealand Rugby League has passed on its sympathies to Jeremy Marshall-King and his whanau following the death of his father Shane King in a car accident near Tauranga this week. Jeremy, half-brother of Kiwi legend Benji Marshall, was in camp...

An award-winning Tauranga Intermediate student will have her invention on display at the Museum of Transport and Technology – MOTAT - this coming month as part of a science fair showcase. Anamaya Taylor won the best in fair award at the NIWA...

This week, Thames-Coromandel Mayor Sandra Goudie will be hosting an event to say thanks to the NZTA, its contractors and all the local residents affected by the closure of the SH25 bridge at Kuaotunu, following the September 9 2019 weather event. The...

New Zealand’s first Water Safety Month was launched yesterday because too many people are dying in New Zealand waters. Already this year 57 people have died in the water in preventable incidents, compared to 66 in all of last year - that includes...

Are you in the People of Tauranga painting? A two metre painting is attracting a lot of interest from Tauranga people coming to the Bay of Plenty Home Show this weekend. The large painting, by artist Natalya Doudell, is hanging along one wall at...

About 300 seafarers pour in to the Tauranga Seafarer’s Centre each week seeking out a hot cuppa, free wifi and a safe space to rest. Seafarers from Philippines, China, India, Russia, Poland, Fiji and Kiribati regularly seek out services offered...

A truck hit a barrier Mount Maunganui this morning causing the southbound lane to be partially blocked for a period of time. Police received a report of a vehicle collision on Maunganui Rd, around 7.15am on Saturday morning. “A truck collided...

Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a woman's body by Lake Rotorua on Friday morning. "The death is currently being treated as unexplained," says Detective Senior Sergeant Ryan Yardley. At the scene? Phone...

Kia ora and welcome to Saturday.   Today we are expecting showers easing in the morning then clearing in the afternoon to fine spells. Northwesterlies will be dying out in the evening.   It’s a one-clothing layer day, with an expected...