Rural

Perfect weather for ducks

The start of the duck shooting season on Saturday coincides with the arrival of a large area of high atmospheric weather over most of the country, bringing with... Read More

Thinking big with conservation

Conservation groups in the Western Bay of Plenty are banding together in an effort to conserve their efforts and make them more effective, Tauranga City Councillors... Read More

Quad bike rider struck by train

A rescue helicopter has been called to Benner Road at Pongakawa after a Person riding a quad bike was struck by a train this afternoon. Emergency service are at... Read More

Official start on new Zespri HQ

Kaumatua Kihi Ngatai led the ceremonials today for the ground breaking ceremony marking the construction start for Zespri's new headquarters in Maunganui Road. Starting... Read More

New city suburb on the table

Tauriko West, at the foot of the Kaimai Range, is set to become one of the Western Bay's next growth areas, with a long term plan underway that looks to improve... Read More

EQC support for flooded homeowners

If you've been affected by the recent flooding on the Coromandel or in the Bay of Plenty, you might be eligible to make a claim for loss or damage to your home... Read More

Sweet 70th for honey dynasty

Rheumatism and a desire to put the frighteners up some noisy partygoers played a big part in establishing one of the Bay of Plenty's largest family honey businesses. Mossop's... Read More

Hemp seeds to be legalised as food

Hemp seed will soon be legalised as food after the New Zealand and Australian food safety authorities reached an agreement on Friday. During the Australia and... Read More

Flooded farms in recovery mode

After two weeks of pumping away water, farmers on the Rangitaiki Plains have begun spreading fertiliser and grass seed and repairing fences, in preparation for... Read More

TCDC extends nomination period for YES

Thames-Coromandel District Council has extended the nomination period for its Youth in Emergency Services Programme, which now closes May 8. YES is designed to... Read More

Door-to-door farm visits welcomed

Teams from the local Rural Support Trust and Red Cross have been documenting destroyed pastures, damaged homes and inundated orchards, as they carry out assessment... Read More

Anzac Day: ‘We will remember them’

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning - we will... Read More