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Tauranga butchers win gold

Two Bay of Plenty butchers have scooped medals in this year's Great New Zealand Sausage Competition. The medal winning sausages were announced last night... Read More

Tauranga blind and deaf pianist’s love for music

Being blind and deaf is no reason to give up music for 79-year-old Donnella Woodiwiss. 'If I hear a song I like then I have got to play it - it's as simple... Read More

One new COVID-19 case in managed isolation

There is one new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation today. There are no new community cases. Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has provided... Read More

8 imported COVID-19 cases, 1 in community

There are nine new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand today - eight in managed isolation and one close household contact of a previous case. Dr Bloomfield and... Read More

Vehicle rolls down bank onto train tracks

UPDATE: A vehicle has rolled down a bank in Tauranga this morning. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says the vehicle is resting near the train tracks... Read More

Two new imported cases of COVID-19

There are two new cases of COVID-19 at the border in New Zealand today. The first of these cases arrived on October 19 from the Netherlands via Dubai, and the... Read More

25 new cases of COVID-19 today

There are 25 new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand today. Of these, 23 are imported cases at the border and two cases are linked to the port worker that was reported... Read More

LIVE: No new COVID cases reported

UPDATE: There are no new cases of COVID-19 being reported in New Zealand today. Director-General of Health Dr Ashey Bloomfield says that is no new cases at the... Read More

Māori Party looks set to return to Waiariki

The Māori Party is set to return to Parliament if special votes in Waiariki mirror those already counted, but it's close; last night Rawiri Waititi was leading... Read More

Free cannabis seeds given away at Mount Maunganui

While reggae music wafts from his Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party-branded car across downtown Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty candidate Christopher Coker has been... Read More

Two bodies found near Lake Taupo

Police are making enquiries after two bodies were found lakeside by a member of the public in Taupo this morning. Detective Senior Sergeant Ryan Yardley says... Read More

Rare underwater find for NIWA photographer

A NIWA marine ecologist has added his name to a very short list of people worldwide who have seen - and photographed the elusive football octopus. Not to be confused... Read More