Bay of Plenty Regional Council staff spent 16 continuous hours punting slowly back and forth across the Kaituna River last week carrying out some critical work. From... Read More

Over the past two years, the New Zealand public has become used to a new vocabulary with words and phrases now in common use due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One... Read More

A $5 million commercial regenerative seaweed farming pilot is set to get underway in the Bay of Plenty and Hauraki Golf. The scheme is backed by the Government... Read More

Katikati based Project Parore is now able to put people, as well as ideas, to work for the benefit of its ecological restoration projects in the catchments of... Read More

Pale blue in colour, and with a resemblance to what could be described as an extra-terrestrial being, the blue bottle jellyfish is once again invading Bay of Plenty... Read More

Two years on from the disastrous Whakaari/White Island eruption, a lawyer representing Australian victims says the regulatory shortcomings are "terrifying". Horrific... Read More

A concrete company has been fined $60,000 after emptying liquid contaminant into the Whangamatā Harbour. Fletcher Concrete and Infrastructure Limited of Firth... Read More

A female turtle carrying eggs has been caught in a Coromandel trap set up for the often-dumped species. Red-eared slider turtles are listed as one of the world's... Read More

The northern headland of New Chum Beach in Wainuiototo Bay will remain undeveloped after being purchased by the New Zealand Coastal Trust. Wainuiototo Bay, also... Read More

Rising above Pāpāmoa are ancient stories of the past, hidden away and waiting to be told. For local iwi, these stories are already known and treasured, as it's... Read More

The Government is investing in farm sustainability, this time backing two new research projects to investigate the impacts of regenerative farming practices. 'We're... Read More

All residents in the Western Bay of Plenty can now access new liquefaction maps online. The maps are available on Western Bay of Plenty District Council's website... Read More