News

Rabbits and redbacks threaten beetles

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

No typhoid cases in the Bay

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

Cleaning up the back yard

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

Focussing on protecting the elderly

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

Celebrating cemeteries week

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

More heavy rain for the Bay

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

Goals and drama on opening day

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

Fears healthy rivers plan is uneconomic

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

Fifty families a night sleeping in cars

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

Mystery deepens in Kaituna crash

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

White dolphin snapped near Motiti Island

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

Morning cloud to drift over Bay

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