08:30am Wed 09 Sep, 2020
Death's veil was lifted a little on Monday as the community discussed the honest reality of what happens to your body after you die. The slightly morbid topic... Read More
10:45am Tue 08 Sep, 2020
It has been a year of rolling with the punches and creating new scenarios that work in between COVID-19 restrictions. NZ Landcare Trust's Janie Stevenson and... Read More
10:15am Tue 08 Sep, 2020
Plans to set up worm farms and green waste composting has seen Pacific Lakes Village in Mount Maunganui receive a $10,873 grant from the Tauranga City Council... Read More
02:30pm Sat 05 Sep, 2020
New Zealand has just experienced its warmest winter on record, according to official NIWA climate data. NIWA's Seven Station Temperature Series, which began... Read More
09:30am Sat 05 Sep, 2020
Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Kia harikoa. Kaua e manukanuka. Kia hari to whanau me o hoa. Today the weather is expected to be fine with westerlies with... Read More
07:55am Fri 04 Sep, 2020
Pongakawa's rural recycling trial proved so successful that it will be resumed and run until the end of June 2021. Western Bay of Plenty District Council's Performance... Read More
11:15am Thu 03 Sep, 2020
The trap was set for Debra Jager two years ago while listening to a Radio NZ interview with Alison Evans called 'Let's get trapping”. Since then, Debra... Read More
07:08am Thu 03 Sep, 2020
Bay of Plenty based Comvita is helping to raise awareness of Bee Aware Month, a nation-wide celebration of bees and their importance to the eco-system. Nearly... Read More
02:00pm Tue 01 Sep, 2020
A Tauranga man has been prosecuted for burning demolition waste at a residential subdivision site in Rotorua in June 2018. Kevin John Davies pleaded guilty and... Read More
06:31am Tue 01 Sep, 2020
Large chunks of Waihi Beach have disappeared into the ocean, but they should return says the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. The dunes between the settlements... Read More
06:00pm Mon 31 Aug, 2020
The deployment of five more DART buoys is being welcome by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare. DART stands for Deep-ocean... Read More
10:45am Mon 31 Aug, 2020
Some people in Auckland and Bay of Plenty had an early morning wake up this weekend with a M5.2 earthquake occurring 120km north-east of Whangamata on Saturday... Read More