Heavy rain falling across the Bay of Plenty today is no cause for alarm, says Bay of Plenty Regional Council duty flood manager Roger Waugh. MetService is forecasting... Read More

Work at the Aniwhenua Dam Head in Whakatane has won an award at the recent Civil Contractors New Zealand's national awards held in Dunedin. The Aniwhenua Dam project... Read More

This is one of the wettest Bay of Plenty winters in a decade, according to data from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's weather stations. A network of around... Read More

The annual drawdown of Lake Rotoiti began on Monday, dropping the lake 100mm below its normal operating range. To achieve the drawdown, the Okere Gates were fully... Read More

Bird watching at Pukorokoro-Miranda is now wheelchair friendly and accessible in winter thanks to a major upgrade of a walking track from East Coast Road to a bird... Read More

The America's Cup will be on display in Tauranga, accompanied by Emirates Team New Zealand helmsman Peter Burling, in just over two weeks' time on Sunday August... Read More

The drilling phase of the Southern Pipeline Harbour Crossing was successfully completed on Saturday when the drill reached the Memorial Park side from Matapihi,... Read More

Following a public outcry, Rotorua Lakes Council has decided not to use imported Korean mud in December's Mudtopia festival. Rotorua Lakes Council's Acting Group... Read More

A dire warning that Korean mud for the Rotorua mud festival could also bring foot and mouth disease into the country is being given by Kiwifruit Claim chairman... Read More

Tauranga's building boom continues to run at a steady pace, with Tauranga City Council issuing the highest value of single dwelling consents in the last two years... Read More

Surely it doesn't suggest Greerton is a hotbed of neo-Nazism? Or does the village simply have a healthy intellectual interest in 20th century German history and... Read More

Katikati's $4.5 million double-storied library and service centre building and single-storey community hub has been approved by the Western Bay of Plenty District... Read More