Dairy prices have fallen again in the latest global dairy auction, as the coronavirus outbreak takes its toll on trade. The average price at the overnight auction fell by almost 3 percent to $US3176 a tonne. Following a 4.7 percent fall at the previous...

Younger voters are being encouraged to take time now to make sure they are enrolled and ready to vote in this year’s election and referendums. The Electoral Commission’s enrolment teams will be at orientation events at universities, polytechnics...

Reports are coming in of a fire in the Wairoa area of Western Bay of Plenty. A SunLive reader has emailed to say they can see fire and smoke in the Wairoa area. They say fire services have been called to investigate but the exact location is unknown. A...

It will be a case of canine delight in Te Puke this weekend, when the annual Doggy Day Out bounds into town. Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s fifth annual event will be held at the eastern end of the district at Jubilee Park on Saturday....

A jury has retired in the trial of a man accused of the kidnapping and assault on his girlfriend who later died in a crash in the Bay of Plenty. Jason Whetu Anaru-Emery, 19, had been on trial in the High Court in Hamilton charged with the kidnapping...

Bay of Plenty Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious crash in the Rotorua area on Thursday, January 23. The crash, involving a car and a pedestrian, occurred at around 1.40pm at the roundabout intersection between Ranolf Street and Malfroy...

Police are seeking witnesses to the fleeing driver and fatal police shooting on State Highway 2 last week. In particular, police want to speak with a couple who were walking on Bethlehem Road, near the intersection of Tamatea Drive (also know as SH2)...

Police can now name the woman who was found dead at a Lynwood Place address in Tauranga on Friday, February 14. "She was Jessie Lee Booth, 30, of Tauranga," says a police spokesperson. "Police extend their sympathies to her family and...

Crankworx Rotorua is back for another week of mountain bike action from March 1 to 8. The Rotorua events will include Maxxis Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza, Rockshox Rotorua Pump Track Challenge, Mons Royale Speed & Style, Crankworx Rotorua Downhill,...

Priority One and Tauranga City Council welcomed today’s announcement by Fletcher Building that it will be relocating its Auckland-based Winstone Wallboards manufacturing and distribution operation to Tauranga. The new state-of-the-art plasterboard...

Bay of Plenty-based firm, Eqalis, is rapidly building its reputation as the most qualified medicinal cannabis producer in New Zealand after hiring two additional global experts. Dr Shane Rutherfurd, a biochemist and former Associate Professor at Massey...

Dealing with fly tippers and people who don’t clean up their dog’s poop is a filthy and frustrating problem, says Whakatāne District Council regulatory staff who are often left to tidy up the mess. Encouraging these people to change their...

  A total of $231,219 has been raised for Surf Life Saving New Zealand, thanks to the support of thousands of New Zealanders.   In an announcement today, BP says the amount was raised between January 20 and February 16 by Kiwis fuelling...

New Zealand Post has temporarily suspended all mail to and from China due to the coronavirus outbreak. The delay is due to NZ Post's airline partners suspending flights into China. "Given the current suspension of many airline services into...

A cyclone that was forecast to develop between Samoa and the Cook Islands earlier this week, is struggling to organise itself as another tropical low forms nearby. It's a case of "too many cooks spoil the broth" - but in this case rather...

New Zealand households, on average, paid no more for housing costs in 2019 than they did in 2018, Stats NZ says. "While rents increased, and mortgage interest payments and property rates decreased, overall housing costs remained unchanged,"...

Waihī's largest employer OceanaGold believe they will be able to "come back even stronger" following a production gap that has cost 17 staff their jobs. OceanaGold Waihī Operation general manager Bernie O'Leary told...

ACG Tauranga are thrilled with their Cambridge International results after students received a perfect pass rate in their inaugural A Level exams. Tauranga’s overall Cambridge pass rates for 2019 show an incredibly high level of achievement across...

Former Prime Minister and current ANZ Chair, Rt Hon Sir John Key, is to attend an exclusive dinner event in Tauranga next month. Sir John will be interviewed on stage by broadcaster, Peter Williams, covering topics such as the economy, local business,...

New Zealanders are increasingly better off under this government as wages rise and families have more disposable income, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says. Statistics NZ reported today that average household disposable incomes after housing costs...

New Zealanders who try to return home independently from the Diamond Princess could be prevented by the government from boarding commercial flights. Eleven New Zealanders are among thousands of passengers due to leave the cruise ship tomorrow after...

Air New Zealand has diverted more than 890 tonnes of in-flight waste from landfill two years on from the launch of Project Green. The initiative, which started in late 2017, sees unused items from a flight service be put onto a subsequent flight. To...

It's already one of the Bay of Plenty's biggest events - now organisers of the Anchor AIMS Games have plans to make it the best in New Zealand as well. Registrations for the annual intermediate-aged sporting tournament - held in Tauranga every...

Many residents around the Welcome Bay and Hairini area have noticed a new wetland taking shape near the Maungatapu underpass. This is an NZTA run collaborative project where the expansion and restoration of two Tauranga wetlands will see more than...

The battle lines have been drawn after a thrilling opening round to this year's New Zealand Motocross Championships in the South Island. But those lines may have to be re-drawn when the four-round FOX-sponsored series resumes with round two set...

Motorists travelling between Tauranga and Rotorua are being warned there maybe some delays. Two crashes are being reported on State Highway 36. The NZTA says there is a single-vehicle crash in the Mangorewa Gorge. A police spokeperson says there is...

  The support groups run by Tauranga organisation Gender Dynamix have helped at least one mother to support her son be himself.   Gender Dynamix runs support groups for transgender and gender questioning adults on Mondays from 5-7pm and...

Police investigating the death of a person in the Waikato say it remains "unexplained". Officers were called to a sudden death at a residential property in Purcell Place, Melville, Hamilton on Monday. Emergency services were called to the...

  Squadrons of light aircraft, including between 150 and 160 pilots and their entourages will descend on Tauranga this week. And it will be quite an event. It’s the week-long Flying New Zealand National Championships being hosted by the...