UPDATED 9:50AM – Fire crews have now left the scene of a two-car crash on State Highway 29A near Barkes Corner. Northern Fire Communications shift manager Paul Radden says two appliances from the Greerton and Tauranga stations were dispatched...... Read More

Seven drivers, three passengers, one motorcyclist and one cyclist. They were the people who set out on our roads last Christmas and did not come home alive. They were the ‘you and I’s’ who became statistics, whose epitaph will read...... Read More

Bluff Road between Matarangi and Rings Beach continues to be closed to the public due to health and safety concerns around slips. Thames-Coromandel District Council roading manager Matt Busch says anyone who is caught trying to remove protective fences...... Read More

The Kaimai Variable Speed Sign trial is beginning to receive awards because of a reduction in accidents on the road, with the two year trial just over half way through. Early results show there have been fewer serious injury crashes and an overall reduction...... Read More

The Eastern Bay of Plenty’s first electric vehicle fast charger has been installed in Whakatane. The charging station, located on Quay Street, is a partnership between Horizon Networks, the Eastern Bay Energy Trust and Whakatane District Council.   Horizon...... Read More

The woman killed in a single vehicle crash at Omokoroa on Friday was Mary Rangirorea Donald, 92, of Tauranga. Police say the Serious Crash Unit continues to investigate the cause of the crash. Mary died in a crash on Anderly Avenue just before 7.30pm...... Read More

February 24-25, 2017: The 2016-2017 Demon Energy D1NZ National Drifting ChampionshipRound three of the championship will see Tauranga’s ASB Baypark Stadium transformed into a drift circuit, giving fans the closest possible drifting experience. The...... Read More

The sport of motorcycle racing may be regarded as high risk and high reward, but Bay of Plenty’s Duncan Hart is planning on taking no risks at all in the near future. The Yamaha ace doesn’t need to. The 40 year-old workshop manager from Tauranga...... Read More

What does every motorcyclist riding in the Coromandel region need for their bike?  A handy map of the location which doubles as a visor cloth of course. New Zealand Police Road Policing Group in the Coromandel have teamed up with the local Road...... Read More

This summer SunLive will be keeping you up to speed with petrol prices around Tauranga. Every Friday a sample of local petrol station prices will be up on our site, so you can keep track of the changes and make an informed decision about where to fill...... Read More