02:24pm Mon 03 Apr, 2017
The ‘co-habitation' of rabbits and Australian redback spiders is threatening the existence of an endangered New Zealand species, shows a study led by AgResearch. Carried... Read More
02:05pm Mon 03 Apr, 2017
While Auckland deals with an outbreak of typhoid, Bay of Plenty health officials are reassuring the public that there are no cases here. A typhoid outbreak in Auckland... Read More
01:31pm Mon 03 Apr, 2017
Learning about recycling, waste and cleaning up the backyard is what 50 or so people did with their Sunday afternoon. Two-year-old Kalissa Belbin, Aliana Belbin,... Read More
12:59pm Mon 03 Apr, 2017
A month-long campaign is focussing on the leading cause of injury and incapacitation to the elderly. The national April Falls campaign -Stand up to falls- is highlighting... Read More
11:33am Mon 03 Apr, 2017
Tauranga's Mission Cemetery provides a closer link to NZ Archaeology Week and NZ Cemeteries Week than many people may think, says Heritage New Zealand's Lower Northern... Read More
10:44am Mon 03 Apr, 2017
UPDATED 2.52PM: An energetic low over the Tasman Sea is expected to direct large amounts of moisture originating from the tropics onto New Zealand. In other words,... Read More
10:24am Mon 03 Apr, 2017
The opening day of the 2017 Loaded WaiBOP Premiership, the Waikato Bay of Plenty region's top regional football league, saw 29 goals fly into the back of the net... Read More
10:11am Mon 03 Apr, 2017
King Country farmers Reon and Wendy Verry fear Waikato Regional Council's Plan Change 1 could make their farming business uneconomic, impacting on staff and others... Read More
09:38am Mon 03 Apr, 2017
Tauranga's ongoing housing shortage is seeing about 50 families a night sleeping in their cars, a city council workshop has been told. A workshop on Freedom Camping... Read More
08:53am Mon 03 Apr, 2017
A car which crashed into the Kaituna River on Friday night has been recovered, but its driver and any other occupants have failed to surface. Police divers were... Read More
08:21am Mon 03 Apr, 2017
A man fishing off the coast of Tauranga in the weekend was treated to a rare surprise when he spotted a white dolphin. The man was fishing near Motiti Island when... Read More
07:36am Mon 03 Apr, 2017
Today low lying cloud is drifting past Mauao and parts of the Bay. These will lift, although there may be some morning showers. It's a one layer of clothing... Read More