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Environmental hui in three BOP locations

The Annual Regional Environment Hui will be taking place in three locations around the Bay of Plenty during June. Envirohub and New Zealand Landcare Trust are... Read More

White gold and Ruapehu tea at Happy Valley

Fancy some white gold and Ruapehu tea? Happy Valley at Whakapapa is opening today. The Mt Ruapehu, Whakapapa and Turoa Areas Facebook page administrators have... Read More

Gypsy Day for dairy farmers

Today, June 1, is gypsy day for dairy farmers. This is an important day when farms and cows are bought and sold. It's also the day when farm workers, farm managers,... Read More

Award-winning photographer to speak at Bird BoP

Years ago Marie Bilodeau asked famous Canadian nature photographer Freeman Patterson, where he thought the best place was to take photographs. His answer surprised... Read More

Meech adds another silver medal at Laser Europeans

There's a good reason why Sam Meech is seen as one of the world's most consistent Laser sailors and today he added another silver medal, this time at the... Read More

National weather forecast

This past week has followed the trend for the month of May, which has proven to be well below average for many places around the country in terms of rainfall but... Read More

What‘s on - celebrations, sports and cow dump day

Kia ora and welcome to Sunday! The weather forecast is showing a fine start to the day, with possible morning fog. Cloud will be increasing overnight, and there... Read More

Woman rescued after Mt Ruapehu crevasse fall

A climber was lucky to escape serious injury after she fell 15 metres down a crevasse on Mt Ruapehu on Saturday May 25. Police received a distress call from a... Read More

Celebrate Matariki in Tauranga

Events celebrating the Maori New Year in Tauranga Moana will be taking place from late May to early July. Matariki is the Maori name for the start cluster also... Read More

Car flipped on No 2 Rd south of Te Puke

Police report that a car has crashed south of Te Puke on Saturday afternoon. The crash happened about 12.20pm on No 2 Road. It appears that that it was a single-vehicle... Read More

Dates announced for reinstated bus routes

Bay of Plenty Regional Council will roll-out re-instated bus routes 41, 36 and 71 over the next six weeks in Tauranga. Following public feedback route 41 from... Read More

Regional Council endorses regional refresh

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has endorsed a refreshed regional development framework. Coined Bay of Connections 2.0, the new framework is designed to support... Read More