Holly Topp ends five years at Tauranga Girls’ College this month with a highly impressive sporting CV.   The 18-year-old has been a sporting role model at the school. This year alone she played rugby, cricket, sevens, basketball,...

Free Kiwiana language classes in Tauranga will help resident refugees and migrants learn the ‘rules’ of New Zealand. From learning about the iconic pineapple chunks to the place of tangata whenua in this country, the classes cover everything...

There has been a two-vehicle collision between Whakatane and Matata late this afternoon. Police received a report of a two car crash on Thornton Rd about 5.30pm. The crash is near Smith Rd. It is understood that two people are seriously injured. Motorists...

Divers in the water around Whakaari / White Island today continued to face unique and challenging conditions. A team of nine from the Police National Dive Squad resumed their search at 7am today for a body seen in the water following Monday’s...

There has been a serious vehicle collision on State Highway 30 this afternoon. Emergency services are at the scene of a serious single vehicle crash on State Highway 30, Tikitere, Rotorua. Police were called around 3.34 pm. Initial indications state...

Motorists are being warned to expect a "huge amount" of road works this summer. The Transport Agency's general manager of transport services Brett Gliddon told a parliamentary select committee today the Agency planned to do double its...

A minute’s silence will be observed at 2.11pm on Monday December 16 in honour of the victims of the Whakaari White Island eruption, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed. “Wherever you are in New Zealand, or around the world, this...

New Zealand's greatest Olympian, Sir Peter Snell, was planning on a roast dinner and a game of table tennis when he died in Dallas, aged 80. Peter's wife Miki told Stuff her husband was having a good day, despite a health scare last month when...

Update, 4.15pm: Fire damaged a packhouse in the Western Bay of Plenty so severely that bulldozers were being discussed. Firefighters quickly got several calls from the Athenree Gorge scene around 11am on Saturday. Eight fire engines were at the packhouse...

The NZ Transport Agency have advised of a road hazard on State Highway 29 in the lower Kaimai Range. Due to a breakdown in this section of highway, the left lane is blocked. Motorists are advised to pass the scene with care. At the scene? Phone 0800...

Stay cool but fence the pool. That’s the message from Sport BOP, Water Safety NZ and Tauranga City Council, who are reminding the public that any pool filled above 40cm must be properly fenced to keep youngsters safe. The legal requirement...

State Highway 29 will be closed on Sunday and Monday nights between the Baypark and Te Maunga roundabouts.   Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises State Highway 29A between the Baypark and Te Maunga roundabouts will be closed on Sunday night...

Discounted electric bikes will be offered up to public sector staff across the country as part of the Government’s work to reduce transport emissions and support healthier transport options. Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter officially...

Cate Williams put her hand up to do the family Christmas dinner this year. But for her, it’s a much bigger task than most. Her ‘family’ typically numbers 200 to 250 guests – none related, but Cate embraces them all anyway because...

Kia ora and welcome to Saturday. Waiata ka kia whakakiia te hau e waiata ana. It’s looking fairly sunny, but still watch out for a few morning showers, which will be followed by fine weather and northerly breezes. It’s a one-clothing-layer...

The bodies recovered from Whakaari / White Island have been taken to Auckland for the post mortem and disaster victim identification process. Together with Police DVI experts, forensic pathologists, ESR, odontologists and the Coroner’s office,...

Heavy rain and severe gales are on the way, but there's still some doubt about which parts of the country will be hit hardest and when.   MetService meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree warned Tuesday was looking to be a day of excitable weather...

Thousands of presents will fill the Tauranga Salvation Army social hall next week for the annual Christmas Santa’s Grotto. The event takes the pressure off more than 200 local families, providing struggling parents with free gifts for their...

Men’s and women’s sevens champions will be looking to go back to back at this year’s TECT National Sevens tournament in the Bay of Plenty. The top 28 men’s and women’s sevens teams in the country will battle it out at...

Scrapped National Party roading projects are in the mix for consideration in the government's new infrastructure package. On Wednesday Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced $6.8 billion of the government's $12b package would go towards...

Bay of Plenty men’s and women’s coaches have gone with a squad stacked with youth, excitement and speed for this weekend’s TECT National Sevens Tournament. Men’s coach Lance MacDonald says he is happy with the way his side has...

Katikati College students have cooked up a treat for Western Bay’s foster and pound dogs. Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s animal services officer Betty Hall was thrilled to receive a bundle of home-made dog biscuits baked by Year...

Starting next week, Wairoa Road and Te Puna Station Road will be closed at the junctions to the Wairoa River Reserve. These closures will taking place on Monday, December 16 and Tuesday, December 17 from 9am to 4pm. This is to enable installation...

Digging soil, harvesting vegetables, growing flowers and doing “real, genuine hands-on work”. These are the projects that will keep Tauranga students busy next year as part of a garden therapy initiative led by local special needs educators....

Step into Bethlehem, Tauranga, and find yourself stepping back in time to Bethlehem, Jerusalem, to experience the original Christmas story. The Road to Bethlehem – held at Tauranga Adventist School on Moffatt Rd – is again hosting the walk-through...

  One person is in hospital in a serious condition following a crash along the Te Puke Highway yesterday morning.   Emergency services were called to the crash near AFFCO at around 11am, and the road was closed for some time. A police...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says authorities felt an enormous duty of care to make sure that the victims who died in the eruption were brought home. “We know that reunification won’t ease that sense of loss or grief because I don’t...

  A surf lifesaver from Switzerland – what are the chances?  Switzerland is landlocked, there is no surf.   But there is 20-year-old Cyril Senften, a Swiss surf lifesaver. “They do exist,” he insists proudly, if not...

Police have successfully recovered six bodies from Whakaari/White Island. Police deputy commissioner John Tims say the bodies recovered will shortly be returned to the mainland before being transferred to Auckland. “The recovery team are safe...