Motoring

Programme making better young drivers

A new set of 16-year-olds with fresh learner licences head out on to New Zealand roads each year. That's why the Bay of Plenty Rotary Clubs brought to the... Read More

Learning the road code through board games

Learning the road code for your learner driver's licence test is essential, but studying for it no longer has to be boring. Entrepreneur and Driven to Success... Read More

Hayden Paddon wins Rally Bay of Plenty

Hayden Paddon completed another dominant event to win Rally Bay of Plenty on roads around rural Te Puke and Rotorua at the weekend. Paddon (Hyundai New Zealand... Read More

Luck abandons Team NZ in its hour of need

It was a mixed weekend of emotions for the men from Downunder at the Motocross of Nations, the so-called 'Olympic Games of Motocross”, at the weekend. There... Read More

A 'sensational' NZ Mini Motocross Nationals

A heady mix of bravery, tenacity and talent in equal measures were on show at the 2024 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals in Taranaki at the weekend. Held... Read More

NZ switched on for "Olympic Games of Motocross"

A talented three-man Kiwi motocross squad is revved up to race in the United Kingdom this coming weekend, determined to again challenge, and hopefully beat,... Read More

Future stars of motocross head to nationals

Don't let the size of these racers fool you, their hearts are huge and their desire and determination perhaps even greater than that. Run by the Taranaki... Read More

Rotorua roadworks steaming ahead

Roading crews will be a familiar sight around Rotorua this summer, with the maintenance season officially starting next week. There is a lot to get done in... Read More

Govt reverses speed limit reductions

The Government's new speed limit rule has been signed to reverse Labour's blanket speed limit reductions and enable Kiwis to get to where they want to go quickly... Read More

State highway works for October

Over the past two weekends on State Highway 1 near Cambridge, helicopters truly had the power, pulling transmission wires across SH1 as part of work on the National... Read More

School welcomes Chapel Street safety upgrade

The risk of serious injury to students has reduced following safety feature upgrades to the Chapel Street/Maxwells Road crossing, says Pillans Point School's... Read More

Shelter belt fire on SH33, Paengaroa

Emergency services are responding to the scene of a shelter belt fire on State Highway 33 in Paengaroa. 'Due to a shelter belt fire near Maungarangi Rd, State... Read More