Motoring

Council takes wheel of Te Puke’s licensing agency

Road user charges and driver licence applications have a new home alongside the books and colourful imaginative resources at Te Puke Library. From Monday, March... Read More

Age is no limit for Te Puna racer

Te Puna-based Formula Ford racer Kim Crocker is showing that age is nothing but a number. The 70-year-old has been racing cars on and off since 1978, and is showing... Read More

New Zealanders react to temporary fuel tax cuts

Petrol prices should have fallen about eight percent or 25 cents a litre overnight, back to what they were three or four three weeks ago. To counter the rising... Read More

Sprint Car champ wins Piston Cup at Baypark

Former national Sprint Car champ Dean Brindle is making the last lap count in 2022. Brindle won Saturday's Daltons Bay Piston Cup feature at Baypark Speedway,... Read More

Have you seen David Holland?

Police are asking for the public to help find David Holland, 31, who has been reported missing from his Papamoa Beach home. David was last heard from on the evening... Read More

Tauranga man breaks landspeed record

Tauranga's Scott Wilkins has etched his name into the history books recently, taking his Kawasaki Ninja H2R to a national record-breaking speed of 364.5km/h... Read More

Dirt track racing assembles at Baypark

The fastest cars in New Zealand dirt track racing have assembled a championship quality field for an exciting new event at Baypark Speedway on Saturday night. Sprint... Read More

Midget car rising star‘s home-track success

Midget car rising star Aaron Hodgson raced to a home-track success at Baypark Speedway, extending a recent run of winning form. Hodgson drove to victory in the... Read More

Petrol companies report theft increase

Petrol thefts are on the rise as more motorists struggle with pain at the pump. At one North Island station on Tuesday, motorists were filling up to make the... Read More

Trucking industry crying out for drivers

The trucking industry is calling for all hands to the pump as New Zealand faces an indefinite length of time in the red "traffic light" setting which will strain... Read More

Motocross: Scott takes win for Honda

The man is fast, reliable and versatile ... and so too is his powerful 450cc bike. Fresh from racing at the Waikato Motocross Championships a week ago, Oparau's... Read More

Council urged not to repeat mistakes in Tauriko

Tauranga business leaders are calling for public transport accessibility to be catered for in the Tauriko West plans to avoid the mistakes made on the eastern... Read More