An aquatic mural is getting underway in the Bayfair underpass as part of the Baypark to Bayfair Link project, and the community is invited to watch it take shape.... Read More

A yachtsman is recovering at home thanks to the rescue efforts of Coastguard Waihi Beach after his vessel ran aground. A search and rescue operation was launched... Read More

Two surgeons are calling for more airgun restrictions after research that saw them use air rifles to shoot pig carcasses. In a paper published today in the... Read More

Some licensed companies have been doing such a poor job of removing asbestos in schools, the Ministry of Education is looking at tighter controls. The ministry... Read More

Work is underway on a pilot project to bring wider footpaths, greener spaces and some one-way streets to Tauranga city centre. The one-way traffic system... Read More

New planning rules have been adopted in the Western Bay of Plenty, but one councillor has likened them to 'swallowing a dead rat”. The new rules allow... Read More

Police are responding to a crash in the Lower Kaimai. Police say this is a two-vehicle crash that has occured on Poripori Road. The crash was reported... Read More

The Tauranga City Tridents play host to one of the largest single-day flag American football tournaments the country has seen this Saturday. They will welcome... Read More

Now is the time to involve your tamarki/children in protecting the whenua and preparing for the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. Bay of Plenty... Read More

Reports are coming in about a fire in Omanawa in the Western Bay of Plenty. Fire and Emergency Central North Island Communications team says the fire is contained,... Read More

Whakatāne District Council does not have the financial capacity to deliver what is needed in the three waters space over the next 10 years, the public heard... Read More

An award-winning colleague who excelled at his job and a loyal family member - that's how explosives detector dog E-Zak is being remembered. The nearly... Read More