7.30PM: Police have lifted all cordons, residents are now able to head home. 6:28PM: A local resident is handing out water to the residents stuck outside the cordon on No 2 Road.  6PM: A Te Puke resident, who lives nearby the property...

UPDATED 12.40PM: Armed police cordons remain in place on a Tauranga street this afternoon. Armed police have cordoned off Haukore Street following a shooting in the Hairini area earlier this morning. A reporter at the scene says a scene examination...

Two men have been arrested following an assault on The Strand on Sunday morning. The men, aged 20 and 21 were arrested last night in relation to the assault says a police spokesperson. “The men have been charged with wounding with intent to...

A Greerton business has been the target of a number of incidents this month. The Bladed N Faded Barber Shop and Tattoo Studio in Chadwick Road has been gutted by a fire this morning. A SunLive photographer at the scene say the building is completely...

A large Police presence has been observed in the Western Bay of Plenty this afternoon, involving the Armed Offenders Squad and Police dog units. A SunLive reporter says that over 15 Police vehicles and the Armed Offenders Squad have descended on a...

People were woken to loud screaming as an assault took place on The Strand in the early hours of Sunday morning. Cordons are still in place between the water fountain and railway bridge on The Strand in Tauranga following an assault at around 1.45am...

Update: 10.10am Police are continuing to investigate a report of an assault at The Strand in Tauranga at around 1.45am this morning. The victim, a man, received critical injuries and remains in Tauranga Hospital in a critical condition. The area...

An exhibition honouring the survivors of the holocaust through images of current day Auschwitz will open at Bethlehem College this evening.   The photographic exhibition titled ‘Auschwitz. Now’ tells the stories of holocaust survivors...

If you're a stallholder, food truck operator, street performer or musician and want the opportunity to promote yourself or your business at the Coro 200 Illume Festival  - the Thames Coromandel District Council wants to hear from you. Over...

“Completed shocked. Completely surprised,” says Robyn Hays, stunned on learning she has won first prize in the 2020 Trustpower Photographic Exhibition.   From thousands of entries, judges last night announced Robyn Hay and...

A 28-year-old man has been charged following a fatal police chase early this morning in Rotokawa, near Taupo.  The passenger, a 45-year-old man, died at the scene.  The driver is due to appear in Taupō District Court today on a charge of...

Crowds by the thousands gathered at the Tauranga Airport on Saturday to watch planes of all different shapes and sizes take over the sky. The Classics of the Sky – Tauranga City Air Show has been gracing our skies for more than a decade now...

A line-up of ex-military and aerobatic aircrafts entertained crowds of people ahead of annual Classics of the Sky – Tauranga Air Show. The Black Falcons performed an aerobatic display on Friday night as a lead in to today’s show, which...

  The Black Ferns Sevens team trained in Tauranga this morning ahead of the HSBC World Series tournament next weekend. The resounding notion is one of excitement to be playing in Hamilton, with captain Sarah Hirini saying they want to make a...

It wasn't just boiling mud and steam that erupted into Susan Gedye's life when a mud pool unexpectedly opened up in her Rotorua garden, there were "beautiful things" too.  Gedye's Meade St home made national headlines...

  A 34-year-old man has been charged and convicted following a 13 hour standoff with Tauranga Police.   The standoff started on Wednesday, January 8, and carried on through to the early hours of Thursday morning. The event unfolded when...

Work will start on a permanent fix for a sinkhole which formed on Oropi Road, Tauranga, in 2019. The sinkhole, near the Oropi Stream Bridge, was the result of erosion from the stream. Work to fix the hole will start on Monday, January 20. A Tauranga...

On Saturday night, Dave Greig, who is the president of the Tauranga Astronomical Society, headed up to the Minden Lookout at Te Puna to see if he could film the moonrise. The night sky was clear of cloud, and around 9pm the full moon of January, also...

Angela was at home in Windermere on Friday when the vegetation fire broke out in the nearby reserve. She was one of the first to call emergency services. “The fire blew through the Waimapu Estuary like a freight train and was fuelled by the relatively...