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Heavy vehicle ban for Mount Maunganui streets Part of Oceanbeach Road, between Golf and Girven Road, will be subject to change. File Image. SunLive. '); } else { // } Tauranga City Council commissioners have voted to ban heavy vehicles from numerous roads in Mount Maunganui to “protect the quality of life” for residents. Heavy vehicles are set to be banned in the area stretching from Golf Road and Girven Road after an amendment to the Traffic and Parking Bylaw was adopted by commissioners this week. A potential ban on heavy vehicles from the region has been on...

Carbon targets threaten small freight firms File Image. SunLive. '); } else { // } Further consolidation is expected in the road freight industry as small firms struggle to meet decarbonisation targets on their own. An industry report from Westpac New Zealand indicates the key to meeting carbon targets is to improve operational efficiencies, which would likely leave the road freight industry with far fewer than the 4700 firms currently in business. "Reducing fossil fuel consumption and minimising the carbon content of fuel used is easier said than done," Westpac in...

Multiple vehicle crash on Maunganui Road File image/SunLive. One lane of Maunganui Road is blocked after a multiple vehicle crash tonight. One southbound lane of Maunganui road is blocked between Spur Avenue and Concord Avenue after a crash around 6.20pm, says a police spokesperson. “At this early stage it looks like three or four cars are involved.” The spokesperson says there are no reported injuries. At the scene? Call 0800 SUNLIVE or email photos to newsroom@thesun.co.nz '); } else { // replace with your tablet/desktop ad unit id 300x250 document.write(' '); }

Covid vaccines for wider NZ public pushed back Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas. '); } else { // } The roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine for the wider New Zealand population has been moved back by weeks. The Ministry of Health has changed the timeline on when the general public will be vaccinated from "from July" to "from the end of July". In the latest update from the government this afternoon, Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins says he would not read too much into the wording change, ...

Social agencies warn of child poverty issues Labour MP Angie Warren-Clark spoke at the event. File Image. SunLive. '); } else { // } Only a small percentage of children will be lifted out of poverty over the next three years by Budget announcements last week, Tauranga social agencies have been told. About 40 members of social agencies gathered to discuss the effects of the Budget announcements on child poverty at a breakfast meeting organised by the local Western Bay Child Poverty Action Group. Speaker Janet McAllister from CPAG says the announcements last week loo...