05:01pm Fri 31 Jan, 2020
New Zealand households throw out 1.7 billion plastic containers in their rubbish and recycling bins each year, according to new research. The research, carried... Read More
04:04pm Fri 31 Jan, 2020
Emergency road works will be in carried out on State Highway 2 near the Waihi Road underpass between 4.00am and 11.00am Saturday, February 1. The uneven road... Read More
02:57pm Fri 31 Jan, 2020
Projects by Bren and Keep Tauranga Beautiful are joining forces with Western Bay Wildlife Trust and Predator Free BOP on Saturday morning February 1, to launch... Read More
02:17pm Fri 31 Jan, 2020
Western Bay of Plenty residents are being urged to conserve water or restrictions will be enforced. One week's notice is being given for residents before a decision... Read More
01:58pm Fri 31 Jan, 2020
Lake Karapiro was the setting of great success for a BOP rowing club on the weekend, with every entered athlete progressing to the finals. The Bay of Plenty Coast... Read More
12:49pm Fri 31 Jan, 2020
Police are looking for the driver of the vehicle that mounted a roundabout in Te Puke this morning. A police spokesperson says they received reports of the vehicle... Read More
11:45am Fri 31 Jan, 2020
The Stewart men will close the doors to their business in late March. And for the first time in 60-odd years no one will be back the next day to reopen it. After... Read More
11:05am Fri 31 Jan, 2020
In just 15 months it has gone from a concept to a big hole in the ground, and now a steel skeleton is rising well above the fence line. The new Farmers Tauranga... Read More
10:30am Fri 31 Jan, 2020
Extensive research shows cigarette use continues to fall among young Kiwi teenagers, and vaping is not being taken up by non-smoking youth despite scaremongering,... Read More
09:57am Fri 31 Jan, 2020
More Police are being deployed to the frontline as a new wing of officers graduate from the Royal New Zealand Police College. Police Minister Stuart Nash says... Read More
09:29am Fri 31 Jan, 2020
An intense heatwave in Australia will cross parts of New Zealand this weekend and the first two days of next week, pushing overnight lows above 20 degrees and... Read More
09:09am Fri 31 Jan, 2020
The World Health Organisation has declared the coronavirus outbreak in China a public health emergency of international concern. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO... Read More