Environment
01:01pm Sun 27 Sep, 2015
Conservation Minister Maggie Barry has announced the Coromandel will receive funding to help New Zealand's national birds to thrive in the wild. Coromandel is one... Read More
02:07pm Sat 26 Sep, 2015
Sunshine has made a welcome return to the Bay of Plenty and is expected to stick around for a while. While many places around the country are expected to have a... Read More
06:53am Sat 26 Sep, 2015
Scrub and grass is already drier than normal - and the trend is expected to continue as the Western Bay of Plenty faces an El Nino weather pattern over the summer. Pumicelands... Read More
04:29pm Fri 25 Sep, 2015
Heather Wills cares for two gardens - one around her house, and the other on public land at Tanners Point, north of Katikati. Together with husband Bernie and a... Read More
10:04am Fri 25 Sep, 2015
The long-awaited capital dredging programme to deepen Tauranga Harbour shipping channels is set to get underway next week. Danish dredging company Rohde Nielsen... Read More
04:45pm Thu 24 Sep, 2015
More rain is on the cards for the Bay of Plenty this weekend, as a moist easterly flow makes its way over the country. The MetService says this will bring cloud... Read More
04:12pm Thu 24 Sep, 2015
A Motiti Island resident has placed an unflattering perspective on Maori opinion about the Rena resource consent hearing. In her evidence, Ngarima Chapman has described... Read More
02:14pm Thu 24 Sep, 2015
The Whenuakite Kiwi Care Group is set to receive a $48,000 under the Government's Community Conservation Partnerships Fund. Announced on Wednesday, the group will... Read More
10:52am Thu 24 Sep, 2015
Bay of Plenty residents are being warned to expect beaches to turn green over the coming months, with a severe lettuce season predicted. With a strong El Nino weather... Read More
08:30am Thu 24 Sep, 2015
A number of Bay of Plenty residents had a shaky start to their morning after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. The quake was centred some 25km south-west of Rotorua and... Read More
03:40pm Wed 23 Sep, 2015
The threat of isolation in Te Puna in the wake of a natural disaster has spurred a group of residents to take matters into their own hands. The Te Puna Heartlands... Read More
03:34pm Wed 23 Sep, 2015
The MetService is forecasting further downpours for the Bay of Plenty as a band of rain embedded in a moist easterly flow moves over the country. This rain band... Read More
18-Dec 18:00
Tauranga seeks sacrifices to meet rates cap
18-Dec 16:38
Govt fast-tracks Waihī North gold mine expansion
18-Dec 16:03
The cost of a Christmas meal
18-Dec 14:30
Innovation festival brings futurist to Tauranga
18-Dec 13:00
MetService tips warm, dry Christmas for BOP
18-Dec 11:30
Flames and smoke pour from car on SH29
18-Dec 11:00
Christmas Day in prison
18-Dec 11:00
Tauranga hairdressing apprentice wins top award
18-Dec 10:00
Police refused chopper, wrongly thought teen dead
18-Dec 08:15
Firefighters cordon Pāpāmoa petrol station
18-Dec 08:00
Tauranga's $306m civic precinct: Who should pay?
18-Dec 07:00
Dive into Katikati’s newly upgraded pools!
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