13 Jun 17:01

Rebate scheme for electric/hybrid vehicle buyers

13 Jun 14:30

Bay of Plenty sisters get cooking at Fieldays

13 Jun 13:28

Covid-19: Victorian travel paused until Thursday

13 Jun 11:15

Turn up the heat for BOP families in need

13 Jun 10:02

SH5 Whakarewarewa closed after truck crash

13 Jun 09:38

Mount Maunganui person celebrating large lotto win

13 Jun 08:01

Multiple crashes in Bay of Plenty

12 Jun 18:00

Schools compete for performing arts prize

12 Jun 17:00

New arts collective for Rotorua

12 Jun 15:00

Hundreds attend Armageddon 2021 in Tauranga

12 Jun 14:00

Ultimate day out at Mount for obstacle course

12 Jun 11:15

Tauranga rower heading to Olympics

12 Jun 10:18

Alcohol and drug treatment court opening

12 Jun 09:44

Motorists warned of delays on SH36

12 Jun 08:44

Poor flow in BOP waterways despite rain
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Rebate scheme for electric/hybrid vehicle buyers
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Turn up the heat for BOP families in need

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LOCAL

Avocado industry continues strong growth

Nurses & DHBs on heading back to negotiations
Visa extensions for 10,000 workers

About 10,000 foreign workers on temporary visas are being allowed to stay in the country for another six months...
Kawerau mill to close, 160 lose jobs

  Norske Skog has announced the closure of the Tasman mill in Kawerau and a sales process for the mill's assets...
Powerball and Strike roll over to $6.4 million

  Powerball and Strike have both rolled over, meaning there is a combined prize pool of $6.4 million up for...
Kiwis flock to help Cricket World Cup

Organisers of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 are thrilled to announce that 1000 Kiwis have now signed...

TRAFFIC & CRASHES

Multiple crashes in Bay of Plenty

Working to reduce death and injury on NZ roads
SADD challenges Kiwis this weekend

Students Against Dangerous Driving - SADD is calling for a collective Kiwi response to change the course of a...
Carbon targets threaten small freight firms

Further consolidation is expected in the road freight industry as small firms struggle to meet decarbonisation...

COUNCIL

Today‘s TECT Park trail run with a foodie twist

Maori wards adopted by Rotorua Lakes Council
Council staff owed $1M in unpaid holiday pay

Rotorua's ratepayers will pay a $1 million bill for leave owed to council staff due to nationwide, long-standing...
Western Bay wins Local Government supreme award

­ A commitment to returning ownership of a piece of Matakana Island to its ancestral owners has seen Western...

BLOGS

The Sawmill Brewery range from Matakana

Beer with me Matt Martin Sawmill Brewery, the best thing to come out of Matakana since...I have no idea. So I googled Matakana....
Renewed commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Tamati Coffey  Labour List MP As a member of a strong Labour Government, I recently received more than 30,000 signatures...
Shining a light on NZ volunteers

Sideline Sid  Sports correspondent & historian  www.sunlive.co.nz Volunteers are the backbone of this great country....
Solar Activity and the next Maunder Minimum

Weather Eye  with John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when...
Karen takes over the National Party

  Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. For you boomers out there who don't know what...
Now is the best time to join National

Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. If you ever wanted to know when it was the best time...
The economy and jobs means you!

Todd McClay is the MP for Rotorua and the National Party's spokesperson for Trade and Tourism. It has been a difficult...
National don't have a chance

Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. It's election time and week after week in politics,...