Monday, December 17, 2018
5:21pm Monday 17 Dec, 2018
A crash on State Highway 2 near Te Puna is causing traffic delays. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says the accident is opposite Munro Road on SH2. “Traffic is starting to back up and it looks to be stopped.” “There...... Read More
1:01pm Sunday 16 Dec, 2018
Police are reminding motorists to keep their vehicles safe, especially coming into summer. This comes after police were called to a scene of a car fire on Stableford Drive, in Pyes Pa around 2.20am this morning. One member of the public who messaged...... Read More
9:04am Sunday 16 Dec, 2018
Roading delays are expected today as road works are taking place on State Highway 2. The stretch of SH2 to Athenree at Kauri Point Road in both directions, will be under Stop/Go traffic management from 6am until 3pm. According to the New Zealand...... Read More
11:04am Saturday 15 Dec, 2018
Her given name is ZK-GAU. The family name is Slingsby. This week, the 62-year-old lady came home – carted over the Kaimai Range in pieces to Tauranga, where she will live out her days in a dignified but very public retirement. ZK-GAU spent her...... Read More
1:54pm Thursday 13 Dec, 2018
Students at Papamoa Primary School have taken the front seat to support one of their own during a recent school visit. The school had the chance to meet ex-student and Mount Maunganui D1NZ driver Kurt Blackie on Tuesday afternoon, ahead of the D1NZ...... Read More
8:36am Thursday 13 Dec, 2018
The road is now clear after a two vehicle crash on State Highway 2, near Edgecumbe. Emergency services were called to the intersection on Western Drain Road and Awakeri Road just before 8am. A police spokesperson says one driver reported of a bit...... Read More
2:02pm Tuesday 11 Dec, 2018
Drivers spent less on fuel in November as pump prices eased off record highs, Stats NZ says today. The biggest monthly drop in fuel spending in a decade coincided with people spending more at department stores, bars, cafés, and restaurants. This...... Read More
11:03am Tuesday 11 Dec, 2018
A Coromandel police officer has been injured, when his patrol car was repeatedly rammed by a fleeing wanted man. The constable’s wrist was snapped in the steering wheel, and will undergo surgery at Waikato Hospital after suffering the bad break...... Read More
9:31am Tuesday 11 Dec, 2018
No one was injured in a three vehicle crash that happened on State Highway two yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the nose-to-tail accident that happened near Wairoa Pa Road just before 5pm. Traffic was already heavy at the time,...... Read More
