Environment
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
03:00pm Wed 10 Aug, 2022
Kākāpō numbers have increased from 197 to 252 in the 2022 breeding season, and there are now more of the endangered parrots than there have been for almost... Read More
12:00pm Sun 07 Aug, 2022
Storm damage is costing the Department of Conservation millions of dollars with repair bills rising nearly fivefold over the past five financial years. Engineers... Read More
07:30am Sun 07 Aug, 2022
Tauranga artist Emma Christie's poster that greets people at Fergusson Park's entrance is spreading an anti-pollution message. The 10-year-old Matua Primary... Read More
03:12pm Sat 06 Aug, 2022
A three-day rāhui has been placed on Mount Ngāuruhoe from Saturday until Tuesday following the recovery of a deceased man from the mountain. Police were alerted... Read More
02:00pm Fri 05 Aug, 2022
Western Bay of Plenty tourism operators are signing up to make the switch to greener tourism. The first cohort in Tourism Bay of Plenty's The Green Room/Te Rūma... Read More
06:45am Fri 05 Aug, 2022
The recent collapse of State Highway 35 could have been prevented if action was taken sooner. This is according to a regular user who drives the route to... Read More
02:00pm Thu 04 Aug, 2022
Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash has turned the sod for the new Whakatāne Commercial Boat Harbour, cut the ribbon for the revitalised... Read More
11:45am Thu 04 Aug, 2022
Ōpōtiki District Council is at risk of receiving an abatement notice from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council if it does not make improvements to its wastewater... Read More
09:11am Thu 04 Aug, 2022
A track on Mauao will be temporarily closed tomorrow. Tauranga City Council says the Te Ara Motukauri track (4WD track) will be closed from 9am to 12pm. "This... Read More
07:30am Thu 04 Aug, 2022
The woman injured in a Rotorua sinkhole says it has been 'quite an ordeal” but those first on the scene were wonderful. The sinkhole opened up on the footpath... Read More
07:00pm Wed 03 Aug, 2022
In "beaking" news, the bat has decided to bow out of the 2022 Bird of the Year competition and give the underdog birds.... or "underbirds" a chance. After causing... Read More
18-Dec 13:00
MetService tips warm, dry Christmas for BOP
18-Dec 11:30
Flames and smoke pour from car on SH29
18-Dec 11:00
Christmas Day in prison
18-Dec 10:00
Police refused chopper, wrongly thought teen dead
18-Dec 08:15
Firefighters cordon Pāpāmoa petrol station
18-Dec 08:00
Tauranga's $306m civic precinct: Who should pay?
18-Dec 07:00
Dive into Katikati’s newly upgraded pools!
18-Dec 06:30
Cops crack down on drinking in alcohol-free areas
17-Dec 18:04
Snapchat predator case moves to High Court
17-Dec 16:43
SH2, north of Katikati, open after serious crash
17-Dec 16:00
Shoppers visit Ikea in ‘unprecedented’ numbers
17-Dec 14:30
Mt Ruapehu crater lake shows temperature rise
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