One person has died and dozens are injured after a volcano erupted on Indonesia's Java island, officials said on Saturday. Residents were filmed fleeing a... Read More

Centuries of knowledge in traditional Māori art and craft has been combined with environmental science to combat lake weed and improve water quality in the Rotorua... Read More

The health warnings issued in November for Lake Rotorua, the Ohau Channel and western end of Lake Rotoiti have now been lifted by the Medical Officer of Health. Results... Read More

Rotorua could introduce kerbside organic waste collection, a composting facility and upgrade the recycling centre to reduce waste in the district. It could also... Read More

Five organisations have asked Bay of Plenty Regional Council to make changes to its region-wide consent for works on waterways, which is up for renewal. Two... Read More

It was hook, line and stitches for Aroha Rahui when she was injured by a fishhook placed in a recycling bin within Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty's kerbside... Read More

GNS Science are looking into methods of returning to Whakaari/White Island to restore monitoring equipment that has degraded, resulting in no real-time seismic... Read More

TECT has recently approved $1.2 million worth of funding over the next three years to support Wai Kokopu Inc, a community catchment restoration project focusing... Read More

Upgrades to cater for lake level management and to accommodate future climate change effects on Lake Ōkāreka in Rotorua has now been completed. Toi Moana Bay... Read More

A Northern New Zealand dotterel and its chicks are making themselves at home on Mount Main Beach. A post on the Western Bay Wildlife Trust Facebook page is warning... Read More

Analysing rocks ejected from Whakaari/White Island has provided a better understanding of the hydrothermal changes of the rocks inside a volcano and the impact... Read More

Crop trials have started as part of a major project to lift the productivity of Māori-owned land in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. The Ministry for Primary Industries... Read More