Environment

Partnership to reduce agricultural emissions

The Government and four further companies are together committing an additional $18 million towards AgriZeroNZ to boost New Zealand's efforts to reduce agricultural... Read More

Stopbank project more than halfway completed

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Safeguarding Our Stopbanks - SOS - project is now more than halfway through its four-year schedule, with completion... Read More

Death on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing

Update, 4.50pm: A rāhui has been placed on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. "It is with great sadness that Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro and Ngati Tūwharetoa... Read More

10 years of Good Neighbour

Helping out with community needs is what the not-for-profit organisation ‘Good Neighbour' is all about, from food rescue, teaching life skills to young... Read More

Grass fire danger as dry conditions persist

With elevated fire danger levels predicted in certain regions until the end of April, researchers at Scion are calling for greater public awareness about the... Read More

Book celebrates NZ’s ‘six-legged ghosts’ 

New Zealand insects, whose lives are often invisible to city-dwellers, are put under the microscope in a new, richly illustrated book.   Six-legged Ghosts:... Read More

Paraglider crash on Mauao

Emergency services are responding to an incident at Mount Maunganui. Police were advised around 5.40pm that a paraglider has crashed on Mauao. A SunLive... Read More

Brigades respond to fires in Pyes Pa and Pāpāmoa

Fire emergency services are responding to two fires in the Western Bay of Plenty. Fire and Emergency NZ shift manager Josh Pennefather says they are responding... Read More

BOPRC 10-year plan: BOP regional parks poised

Rotorua and Katikati could be home to two new potential regional parks proposed in the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's plan for the next 10 years. Whether... Read More

Rare dog parasite discovered in NZ

Dog owners are being told not to panic despite a new parasite claiming the life of a dog in Canterbury. Biosecurity New Zealand said it was the first time... Read More

Colossal Squid: Freaky Features! exhibition

The ‘Colossal Squid: Freaky Features! Te Ngū Tipua: Ngā Wāhanga Weriweri!' exhibition is open to the public until Thursday, June 27 at Te Ao Mārama... Read More

Tips to prevent soaring electricity bills

Summer is officially over which means it's the time of the year when hot showers get longer, heaters get turned on and lights get turned on earlier due to daylight... Read More