10:20am Mon 20 Nov, 2017
Two Western Bay of Plenty teenagers have each scooped a $15,000 Zespri academic scholarship despite vastly differing levels of orchard experience. Katikati College... Read More
09:41am Mon 20 Nov, 2017
Police are looking to locate 33-year-old Nigel Peterson, who is missing in the Rotorua area. He was last seen at around 3pm on Friday November 17 on Otonga Road,... Read More
09:28am Mon 20 Nov, 2017
City councillors are today considering rejecting Tauranga as a city with heart and soul, as councillors consider a new set of community outcomes to be included in... Read More
09:06am Mon 20 Nov, 2017
New Zealand is towards the upper end of drowning death rates in the OECD, yet water safety funding is mostly voluntary. In 2016 there were 78 preventable fatalities... Read More
08:48am Mon 20 Nov, 2017
A kiwi chick with rare white feathers has hatched at Rainbow Springs' Kiwi Encounter in Rotorua - the first with white feathers around its leg in almost a decade. Bloomers,... Read More
08:18am Mon 20 Nov, 2017
The Western Bay council is to vote this week on whether it will introduce Maori ward seats to the district. The decision on whether to establish Maori wards for... Read More
07:27am Mon 20 Nov, 2017
A study presented at the Opotiki District Council recently has revealed an expected population increase for the region. A quiet paper titled ‘Opotiki District... Read More
07:00am Mon 20 Nov, 2017
New research has found that while New Zealanders have a positive attitude towards reducing food wastage, an eighth of the food we buy each week is wasted. The research,... Read More
03:45pm Sun 19 Nov, 2017
Baywide Cup newcomers GM Painters Lake Taupo CC rubber-stamped their premier credentials when they won their first Baywide cricket encounter, beating Cooney Lees... Read More
03:00pm Sun 19 Nov, 2017
Zespri employees in Mount Maunganui left their desks this week to serve smoothies and science, cook porridge and play games alongside students from Arataki School. Their... Read More
02:00pm Sun 19 Nov, 2017
Despite surface high pressure dominating across the country for most of this week, not everyone experienced the fine weather that often accompanies these systems. The... Read More
01:00pm Sun 19 Nov, 2017
Passenger bus users will soon benefit from the implementation of a Regional Integrated Ticketing System. Horizons, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki,... Read More