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Posted at 1:23pm Sunday 22nd Apr, 2012
 Tauranga woman Anna Stockman is the winner of the Tauranga City Council’s Pollution Prevention Quiz after beating 300 other entrants for the top spot.
Anna says she is “over the moon” at winning the quiz, which is run each year as part of the Sustainable Backyards initiative.
Anna Stockman is very excited about her marine prize. Pictured...
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Posted at 8:13am Sunday 22nd Apr, 2012
 People wanting to hunt small game now have to apply for a new permit from the Department of Conservation.
The new permit is for small unprotected game animals on public conservation land (PCL).
It includes animals such as Canada geese, feral geese, hares and rabbits.
DOC hunting advisor Ian Cooksley says the new permits replace earlier versions and...
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Posted at 2:39pm Sunday 15th Apr, 2012
 The Waikato District Health Board is reconfirming the water in Thames is safe to drink.
Test were undertaken at the source (before water gets into the reticulation system) and at the end of the line from people’s taps.
The results showed there was no antimony, arsenic or lead in the drinking water samples taken from four different addresses in...
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Posted at 8:26am Thursday 12th Apr, 2012
 The Bay of Plenty is expected to experience heavy bursts of rain in the next 24 hours as a low pressure weather system moves over the region.
The MetService is forecasting a moist northerly airstream ahead of the trough, which is expected to bring a burst of heavy rain for parts of northern and central North Island.
A heavy rain warning has been issued...
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Posted at 2:16pm Sunday 08th Apr, 2012 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 Divers, a barge and a helicopter are due to arrive on the Coromandel coastline on Monday to help with the rocky coastline clean-up.
Debris from the Rena has been washing ashore at Tairua and Sailors Grave, north of Tairua, since the recent bad weather which saw the stern of the vessel become submerged underwater.
Wood and other debris has been washing...
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Posted at 12:23pm Sunday 08th Apr, 2012 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 A new bridge crossing the Kopurererua Stream a short distance from the Faulkner Street kiosk was lowered into place by crane this week.
The bridge provides public access to an eight hectare island created when the stream’s meandering path across the valley was restored as part of the K Valley project.
The new bridge gives island access.
The span...
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Posted at 8:10am Saturday 07th Apr, 2012 | By Letitia Atkinson letitia@thesun.co.nz
 There has been much confusion among Tauranga residents as to the species of a brown bird spotted in the garden of a Mount Maunganui resident this week.
Mike Kuipers von Lande found the bird in his camellia hedge last Sunday morning claiming the bird was a kea.
Kaka are being sighted in the Tauranga area. Photo: Supplied.
“The bird then flew down...
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Posted at 4:28pm Sunday 01st Apr, 2012
 Bay of Plenty Regional Council is planning to spend $45.5 million during the next eight years to change land use around four of Rotorua’s lakes.
The proposal is aimed at improving the lakes’ water quality, and is included in the Regional Council’s draft Ten Year Plan 2012 - 2022, and is open for public submissions.
To ensure the community...
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Posted at 3:53pm Sunday 01st Apr, 2012
 Rotorua District Council is moving to digital media as a form of informing the public, as is places its State of Environment document on its website.
Previously the State of the Environment report was a hard copy document published every five years, but now the new online reporting will be available at www.rdc.govt.nz
RDC environmental planner Anabella...
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Posted at 1:20pm Sunday 01st Apr, 2012
 Tauranga successfully led the New Zealand Earth Hour celebrations in recognition of the community’s efforts to clean up the environment following the Rena oil spill, say organisers.
More than 1500 people, including families with young children, ventured along to Sulphur Point for a night market and acoustic concert to mark Earth Hour on Saturday.
Tauranga...
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