Learnings from the past coupled with modern technology are helping to ensure the region's flood team can react quickly in an emergency. The Bay of Plenty Regional... Read More

Ministers are at odds over the need for further investigation into the Whakaari/White Island rescue and recovery mission. A major WorkSafe inquiry has charged... Read More

Furniture, clothing and a dead pig have all been picked up by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency as contractors clean up illegally dumped rubbish on Bay of Plenty... Read More

The kākā is a large, noisy, olive-brown parrot, endemic to New Zealand and usually found in native forest. Under threat particularly from predatory stoats... Read More

Further funding for feed support services and new animal welfare coordinators will help farmers who continue to feel the effects of an extended drought, says Rural... Read More

Volunteers at Bay of Plenty animal rescues are facing verbal abuse and harassment which makes the work they do even harder. ARRC Wildlife Trust and Vada's... Read More

Heavy rain and gale winds are expected this week across much of New Zealand. The MetService advise that a low pressure will move across central and northern New... Read More

One of the many highlights of the Pepi Toot train ride around the streets of Mount Maunganui is a brief stop at a yellow pohutukawa in one of the quieter side... Read More

Orchids, growing gear and free advice from experts are on offer this weekend to anyone interested in having a go at growing the botanical beauties. All things... Read More

Work is continuing to progress on the Opotiki Harbour entrance. Locals may have heard a distant thumping sound or seen a very large crane operating out... Read More

Residents will be able to loan a variety of pest traps to assist them in combating rodents on their property this weekend. On Sunday, from 3pm until 5pm, a pest... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has lodged an application for resource consent to carry out erosion repair and flooding prevention works in rivers and streams around... Read More