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Is it Crankworx Rotorua without a bit of rain?

Today's history-making Maxxis Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza is providing a platform for women to compete in a Diamond Level Slopestyle event for the first... Read More

Youth like the sound of jazz

More than 600 secondary students from across New Zealand will perform in The Wright Family Foundation 46th National Youth Jazz Competition in Tauranga this week. The... Read More

6.7M quake in PNG, no tsunami threat to NZ

A 6.7M has struck a remote part of northern Papua New Guinea on Sunday morning. The NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu initially reported the... Read More

BLACKCAPS skipper back for Plunket Shield decider

BLACKCAPS Test captain Tim Southee is set to play his first Plunket Shield game in two seasons in the final round of this season's Plunket Shield. After seven... Read More

Two Lotto players share $1 million

Two lucky Lotto players from Northland and Kāpiti Coast will be jumping for joy after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in Saturday night's live... Read More

One person injured following SH2, Bethlehem crash

One person has received serious injuries following a two-vehicle crash that closed State Highway 2 near Bethlehem on Saturday night. "Police responded to... Read More

New home building rules for WBOP

Rules to help fast-track much-needed housing in Ōmokoroa and Te Puke are now in place. This month Western Bay of Plenty District Council made changes to... Read More

Male riders pull out of Crankworx event

Due to male rider requests for more renumeration and support not being met, the Men's Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championship event will not be going... Read More

One-vehicle crash in Welcome Bay

Police are responding a one-vehicle crash in Welcome Bay. Police received a report of the crash on Welcome Bay Road, Kairua, around 6.11pm. It is unknown... Read More

Two taken to hospital after South Waikato crash

Update, 5.20pm: Arapuni Road, in South Waikato, has now reopened following a two vehicle crash this afternoon. Police responded to the crash around 4pm. Two... Read More

Rain and gales in the week ahead

MetService has issued a severe weather outlook for parts of New Zealand in the week ahead. "Heavy rain and gales are possible for parts of the South Island... Read More

City Cenotaph receives clean ahead of Anzac Day

Tauranga's Memorial Park Cenotaph has been restored to its former glory by a team of natural stone sealing specialists ahead of this year's Anzac Day commemorations.... Read More