With rain forecast this weekend and temperatures in the North Island set to hit 24C, it can only mean one thing: the humidity is on the way. The dreaded... Read More

The countdown is on for Envirohub Bay of Plenty's much-anticipated Climate Action Festival 2025, returning for its third year from November 9-16. The week-long... Read More

Tauranga City Council says a full overnight closure will be in place on Mauao over the next three nights after fireworks were let off on the maunga on multiple... Read More

The Tauranga City Council is preparing Waikorire/Pilot Bay for the busy summer season by replenishing the sand and seawall this month. The essential maintenance... Read More

Ash was emitted in two recent eruptions on Whakaari/White Island, an observation flight has confirmed. There were two distinct eruptions at the active... Read More

Tauranga wildlife experts are urging the city council to extend a Mount Maunganui beach dog ban to protect native birds. A year-round ban on dogs at Mount... Read More

Almost 63,000 Bay of Plenty residents live in locations exposed to flooding from 'one-in-100-year” rainfall events, new research led by Earth Sciences... Read More

The Department of Conservation has pleaded with vandals to stop targeting its signs after bullet holes were found in one and repair is proving costly. Green... Read More

More than a third of the population in some regions are at risk from inland flooding and that will increase as a changing climate brings wilder, wetter weather,... Read More

There was a possible eruption at Whakaari/White Island today, based on webcam observations. Earth Sciences New Zealand duty volcanologist Agnes Mazot said... Read More

August 2025 marked a milestone in the construction of Hauraki District Council's $40 million Paeroa Wastewater Treatment Plant - at the halfway mark, it's coming... Read More

Stopping leachate from an old dump site entering a Tauranga stream will cost the council nearly $1.5m to fix. Tauranga City Council must carry out infrastructure... Read More