Conflicts with existing river users, including waka ama, kayak paddlers and rowers are among the concerns expressed by Whakatāne Yacht Club to the consent... Read More

Biosecurity New Zealand is launching its winter campaign to help raise awareness of a particularly unwanted pest - the brown marmorated stink bug - BMSB. "BMSB... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Compliance officers will start using new infrared camera technology to help detect illegal non-compliant wood burner use in Rotorua. The... Read More

University of Canterbury researchers have published the world's first study confirming the discovery of microplastics in fresh snow in Antarctica. Most people... Read More

A company looking to build five large scale solar farms, with one in Coromandel and one in Eastern Bay of Plenty, has got the financial backing of some well heeled... Read More

Trekking through our native forests with his mum inspired a 10-year-old's winning artwork that will go up on billboards across the Bay of Plenty to encourage people... Read More

With the change of season, Bay of Plenty Regional Council is again reminding rural landowners of the requirements to protect the region's stopbanks from the effects... Read More

A competition combining art and gardening is open to anyone with a green thumb and some ingenuity. "The Innovation Garden Club has come up with a novel way of... Read More

Tauranga based University of Waikato Professor Dr Ian Hawes has been awarded the New Zealand Antarctic Medal as part of The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee... Read More

A popular short walk on Rakiura/Stewart Island has been renamed in honour of the Platinum Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced... Read More

The Rotorua Airshed boundary will be extended from Friday June 3 to include future residential housing developments in areas next to the existing airshed. The... Read More

Having trouble remembering which day to put your bin out each week? Get a reminder straight to your phone and join Western Bay of Plenty District Council's crusade... Read More