07:30am Sun 29 Oct, 2023
It's just not the dynamics of the ocean that needs to be considered when dealing with coastal erosion - the dynamics of community are equally as important. ... Read More
03:30pm Sat 28 Oct, 2023
When complaints rolled in about shopping trolleys being dumped in a local waterway, the Whakatāne supermarket owner waded in to help. Bruce Jenkins, a former... Read More
11:15am Sat 28 Oct, 2023
The push is now on for road work crews across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty in the lead up to Christmas. The next two months will see a flurry of chipsealing,... Read More
03:00pm Fri 27 Oct, 2023
Dancing, waving hands and greeting all the road users while waiting for their signals to change, is the technique the traffic spotters at the intersection of... Read More
08:30am Fri 27 Oct, 2023
Regulations have now been approved that will change the way New Zealand manages the 6.5 million tyres that reach their end of life every year. Regulations... Read More
08:00pm Thu 26 Oct, 2023
One of the world's most common banana varieties - Cavendish - is facing possible extinction, stoking concerns of a worldwide shortage. A fungal disease... Read More
06:00pm Thu 26 Oct, 2023
Ahead of a long, hot summer for Mount Maunganui beaches, sand will be replenished at Pilot Bay starting next week. Also known as beach renourishment, sand... Read More
08:00am Thu 26 Oct, 2023
A dry hot summer is being forecast, and growers and farmers alike are being urged to prepare for the implcations of an El Niño season. The Bay of Plenty... Read More
10:45am Wed 25 Oct, 2023
Waikato Regional Council has been notified of possible wallaby sightings in Leamington near Cambridge, and near Kinloch on the W2K Trail. 'These sightings... Read More
05:00pm Tue 24 Oct, 2023
Whether you live in the North or the South Island, MetService forecasters share that based on current El Niño data, we're all in for a different kind... Read More
06:30am Tue 24 Oct, 2023
Mount Maunganui residents and visitors have told Tauranga City Council that improving air quality, and making it easy and safe to get around, are key as the... Read More
12:00pm Mon 23 Oct, 2023
The trial kākāpō population in the heart of the Waikato continues to give insights after a determined parrot found a way to leave the fenced sanctuary. Four-year-old... Read More