09:12am Fri 05 May, 2017
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
06:00pm Tue 02 May, 2017
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
04:27pm Tue 02 May, 2017
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
04:04pm Tue 02 May, 2017
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
05:46pm Mon 01 May, 2017
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
10:40am Sun 30 Apr, 2017
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
12:00pm Sat 29 Apr, 2017
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
10:41am Sat 29 Apr, 2017
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
10:51am Fri 28 Apr, 2017
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
09:03am Thu 27 Apr, 2017
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
07:17am Tue 25 Apr, 2017
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
06:42am Tue 25 Apr, 2017
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