12:00pm Sat 12 Mar, 2022
About a dozen protest boats are expected to arrive in Helena Bay by early Saturday afternoon as a peace flotilla calling for the NZ government to freeze a Russian... Read More
03:53pm Wed 09 Mar, 2022
Hundreds of people are reporting feeling an earthquake in the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday afternoon. GeoNet says the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck... Read More
09:10am Wed 09 Mar, 2022
In a tradition that was started back in 1989, Matahui School pupils continue to learning boating skills. The school swapped its classrooms for the Omokoroa... Read More
07:00pm Tue 08 Mar, 2022
Greenpeace Aotearoa is throwing its support behind a peace flotilla planned to converge on Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov's luxury coastal retreat in Helena... Read More
04:45pm Sun 06 Mar, 2022
Every year Matahui School holds their popular Matahui Boat Day, and it is returning once again on Monday to Ōmokoroa . 'This event is held at the safe and shallow... Read More
02:30pm Sun 06 Mar, 2022
On Sunday afternoon Interisland announced they have received dispensation from Maritime NZ for two sailings to go ahead on Sunday night if no additional crew test... Read More
09:00am Sun 06 Mar, 2022
Evoking memories of New Zealand's tradition of peace flotillas of the 90s, a schooner set sail from Whitianga on Saturday morning in support of Ukraine and... Read More
09:00am Sat 05 Mar, 2022
A reminder of what to do in the event of a potential tsunami is being issued by the Bay of Plenty Civil Defence Emergency Management Team. This comes on the... Read More
08:00pm Fri 04 Mar, 2022
Rotorua tourism icon Rainbow Springs is closing, Ngāi Tahu Tourism chief executive Craig Ellison has confirmed. 'After a consultation process with affected kaimahi,... Read More
10:45am Fri 04 Mar, 2022
The Stoney Creek 2022 One Base Fishing Competition in Tauranga is providing a platform for massive achievements. Angler David ‘Macca' Mcintyre, onboard... Read More
04:00pm Thu 03 Mar, 2022
A world-leading shark expert's 300-day wait for Department of Conservation permits to study great white sharks in the Bay of Plenty has been slammed as 'simply... Read More
10:00am Thu 03 Mar, 2022
Two people have been winched to safety after their boat sunk off the coast of Tairua. A search and rescue operation was launched on Wednesday after the Rescue... Read More