Smoky outdoor fires on cool days are ramping up the number of complaints being made to Bay of Plenty Regional Council about smoke nuisance. The Regional Council... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty rates are going up an average of 4.96 percent allowing for the collection of $54.78million in district rates in the 2014-15 year. This equates... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has held its rate increase to an average of $2 a year for average properties in its Annual Plan. The council today approved a general... Read More

Tauranga-based Trustpower is expanding into the Australian market buying five New South Wales state-owned renewable energy generators for $A72.2 million. Trustpower... Read More

A Tauranga Family Court decision overturning a mother's will has been upheld by the High Court and means her 75-year-old son has $700,000 to buy a house. Clive Harwood... Read More

Upper Omanawa Road residents are hoping a meeting with Western Bay of Plenty District Council staff today will help resolve a simmering dispute over the state of... Read More

Gisborne sheep and beef farmer Myles Mullooly credits much of his recycling to his partner Adriana, who he says is a greenie through and through. Myles is among... Read More

New Zealand's primary industries will need 50,000 more employees by 2015 if it's to reach the target of doubling exports within 11 years, says Primary Industries... Read More

A Whangarei orchardist is the 2014 Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower of the Year after a day-long contest in Tauranga so close entrants had to deliver a second speech... Read More

Tauranga resident and Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy is one of the top 50 most trusted people in New Zealand. The Readers Digest Most Trusted people... Read More

Katikati drystock farmers Rick Burke and Jan Loney of Pukekauri Farms are among 10 national contenders for the prestigious Gordon Stephenson sustainability trophy. The... Read More

Five contestants, including the first woman to take part in four years, go head to head tomorrow in a day-long contest for the 2014 Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower... Read More