Environment
03:00pm Wed 17 Aug, 2022
Residents are being reassured that a yellow powdery substance appearing in waterways around the Bay of Plenty is nothing to be concerned about. The Bay of Plenty... Read More
08:00pm Tue 16 Aug, 2022
Weeds, rodents, stoats, possums, fire ants and other invasive species cost Aotearoa New Zealand about $170 million per year. That's according to new research... Read More
04:00pm Tue 16 Aug, 2022
Not many Kiwis know that we connect to Antarctica every time we open a map on our phones - thanks to data collected by the Scott Base Geomagnetic Observatory! As... Read More
06:00pm Mon 15 Aug, 2022
More New Zealand home owners are scrambling for their insurance documents as the country is increasingly battered by severe weather events. Storms, floods, landslides... Read More
09:11am Mon 15 Aug, 2022
Wastewater sampling, the testing of groups of workers and daily case numbers all confirm a consistent trend, computational biologist David Welch says. The number... Read More
07:30am Mon 15 Aug, 2022
Smoke from the devastating Australian wildfires impacted the atmosphere in a way that's never been seen before. Scientists at NASA and New Zealand's National... Read More
06:32am Mon 15 Aug, 2022
A 6.4 earthquake was recorded south of the Kermadec Islands at 1.45am. Its epicentre was about 600km north-east of East Cape. Civil Defence says there was no... Read More
10:45am Fri 12 Aug, 2022
The final supermoon of the year will rise in the night skies tonight, Friday August 12, - and will be a 'Sturgeon Moon”. A building high-pressure system... Read More
08:30am Fri 12 Aug, 2022
Tauranga will have the opportunity to meet, hear from and ask questions to Hon James Shaw, Minister of Climate Change tonight. Shaw will be at The Village Hall,... Read More
10:10am Thu 11 Aug, 2022
Waikato Regional Council believes it is highly likely a human hand is involved in bringing a wallaby to a small town. On July 25, a landowner found the dama... Read More
06:30am Thu 11 Aug, 2022
New research by Department of Conservation staff confirms what has long been suspected - feral and domestic cats are repeatedly hunting and eating New Zealand's... Read More
03:17pm Wed 10 Aug, 2022
Police can now name the man who died climbing on Mount Ngāuruhoe on Friday. He was Wayne Pooley, 51, of Auckland. Police were alerted shortly after 5pm on Friday... Read More
17-Dec 08:00
Lamb takes out ham this Christmas
17-Dec 07:30
Summer traffic squeeze: Key SH2 and SH25 changes
17-Dec 06:30
Coping with grief during the Christmas season
16-Dec 18:00
SH2 speed limits reduced in Karangahake, Waihī
16-Dec 17:00
Neighbour starts Givealitte page after house fire
16-Dec 16:00
Lifeguard saves siblings at Waihī fundraiser
16-Dec 14:30
Father-son crashes spark Boxing Day showdown
16-Dec 13:02
Food prices fall for third month
16-Dec 11:43
Mayor makes a splash at Tauranga manu event
16-Dec 11:00
Thames-Coromandel moves to restricted fire season
16-Dec 10:05
Discovery Princess makes Tauranga debut
16-Dec 08:17
Asphalt: Pāpāmoa streets face $2000–$7000 bill
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