Environment

Biology students’ futures “in jeopardy”

Olympiad dreams of New Zealand's best biology students are in danger of being crushed after being told the money originally allocated to them is now unavailable. The... Read More

Kauri dieback budget: More than $5m unspent

The Department of Conservation has underspent its budget for kauri dieback mitigation by $5.7 million over the past seven years. But the department says it will... Read More

Tauranga archaeo-astronomy talk postponed

An archaeo-astronomy presentation planned for Tauranga is being postponed due to adverse weather. Gary Spark, president of the Hawke's Bay Astronomical... Read More

Mobile recycling service coming to WBOP

A new mobile recycling service is coming to the rural Western Bay of Plenty. The mobile recycling trailers are similar to Western Bay of Plenty District Council's... Read More

Sowing the seeds of food security

Grow On Katikati is helping connect the community to their own backyards to grow themselves into becoming more food secure. Emerging after the lockdown in early-2020,... Read More

Plans to refurbish Tauranga historic gardens

One of Tauranga's oldest gardens is set to provide a new experience thanks to a Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival project. The garden, belonging to the historic... Read More

Archaeo-astronomy in Tauranga

Archaeo-astronomy in Peru. Now this is a statement that will have most people intrigued and wanting to know more. Gary Spark, president of the Hawke's Bay... Read More

Plastic Free July: WBOPDC encourages participation

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is getting behind the Plastic Free July movement this month and is encouraging its residents to take up the wero (challenge)... Read More

Port of Tauranga court case over wharf extension

The Port of Tauranga's application to extend its wharves and shipping channel by dredging 1.8 million cubic metres of seabed will be heard in the Environment Court... Read More

Seal sightings sought in Hauraki and Coromandel

Residents around the Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel are being urged to report sightings of kekeno/NZ fur seals over the next three months. The call comes as part... Read More

Diseased trees to be removed from Blake Park

A large stand of cypress trees will be removed from a Mount Maunganui park next week. Tauranga City Council says the trees are affected by a disease called cypress... Read More

Tauranga woman‘s chilly research

The world's coldest, iciest, driest, windiest and highest continent is the focus for Tauranga's Sophia Rauzi. Sophia, who is doing a doctorate in Earth Science... Read More