MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane told the Bay of Plenty Times that only “Sunday looks like it may have a very small chance for a shower, but the rest of the weekend looks to stay dry”.

Waitangi Weekend is forecast to be mostly settled, but forecasters warn the weather could still throw a “spanner in the works”. Niwa meteorologist Chester Lampkin told the Bay of Plenty Times the ...

A Tauranga College Girls’ student has been treated for minor injuries after a crash involving a car and truck earlier today. Emergency services responded to the incident at about 8.50am on 22nd Ave, ...

New Zealand has just named its team to contest the Oceania Women’s Motocross Championships in Australia next month. The event, scheduled for Wonthaggi, south of Melbourne, on the weekend of March ...

A Pāpāmoa woman missing in the Kaimai Range has been found safe and well, police say. Nicola O’Connor’s house bus was found on Rapurapu Track in the Lower Kaimai area on Tuesday. Search and rescue ...

OEMCKE, Kenneth Edmund (Ken) ...

A service for Keith will be held at Pyes Pa Memorial Park Chapel, 403 Pyes Pa Road, Tauranga on Monday, 9th February at 2pm.

Part of the temporary road cordon around the Mauao landslide site is due to be lifted today. Tauranga City Council said this morning it aimed to have Adams Ave between Maunganui Rd and Marine Parade ...

The Tauranga mayor said any decisions on the land immediately surrounding the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide will be months away, but feels it is unlikely that the area will rema ...

Police are seeking the public’s help to find missing Pāpāmoa woman Nicola O’Connor. Detective Senior Sergeant Kristine Clarke said her house bus was found on Rapurapu Track in the Lower Kaimai area ...

A new Bay of Plenty lifejacket rule expected to be in effect by mid-2025 has been put on hold. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council decided to make wearing lifejackets mandatory whe ...