08:04am Mon 18 Dec, 2017
In light of recent media coverage of a proposed new harbour entrance, Opotiki District Council has clarified the numbers and reminded those outside the district... Read More
06:52am Mon 18 Dec, 2017
Sport Climbing has become a new Olympic sport and Tauranga has claimed a big chunk of the New Zealand action, thanks to the University of Waikato Adams Centre for... Read More
10:20am Sun 17 Dec, 2017
Another Christmas, another splurge of unbudgeted spending, and more families stretched beyond their financial limits. 'November was our busiest month this year,”... Read More
07:00am Sun 17 Dec, 2017
A new member has joined AVOCO's senior management team to expand on market development in Asia and oversee grower communications at home. A familiar face to many... Read More
01:56pm Sat 16 Dec, 2017
Recent financial assistance provided by New Zealand Community Trust is set to help create more jobs in the Bay of Plenty. A total of $25,000 has been received by... Read More
12:49pm Sat 16 Dec, 2017
A post on social media has sparked outrage after it said 'only English language is to be spoken” by staff in a Bay of Plenty supermarket. Posted on a Papamoa... Read More
12:10pm Sat 16 Dec, 2017
Statistics NZ's has re-released its household income and housing-cost statistics because of an error which increases average household income over the last ten... Read More
10:00am Sat 16 Dec, 2017
It doesn't bode well for shellfish gatherers this summer. Biotoxin alerts warn of paralytic shellfish poisoning in the Bay of Plenty, from Waihi Beach to Opape,... Read More
07:00am Sat 16 Dec, 2017
A givealittle page has been opened by the Tauranga Moana Nightshelter to help raise $100,000 to build ten studio apartments on the Elizabeth Street site. The transitional... Read More
03:11pm Fri 15 Dec, 2017
The 168,666 GT engineering and technological marvel, Ovation of the Seas, will arrive in Tauranga on December 22 for the first time this season. Having successfully... Read More
10:14am Fri 15 Dec, 2017
Nongfu Spring has welcomed the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's decision to publicly notify its consent applications to expand the Otakiri Springs water bottling... Read More
06:49am Fri 15 Dec, 2017
Companies tendering for bus contracts from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council will now be viewed more favourably if they make a commitment to higher driver pay. First... Read More