Environment
05:12pm Wed 01 Jul, 2020
Northland iwi turning the tide on dwindling kiwi populations and city slickers-turned-predator trappers preserving local reserves are just some of the biosecurity... Read More
10:35am Wed 01 Jul, 2020
No properties, urban or rural, can light a fire within 100m of the neighbouring dwelling house. This is the new outdoor burning rule announced by the Bay of Plenty... Read More
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08:56am Mon 29 Jun, 2020
A Tauranga bus company is set to increase its workload substantially following the signing of a contract which will see more electric buses take to the streets... Read More
04:00pm Sat 27 Jun, 2020
The weather blast that ploughed its way across Papamoa just before noon today causing mayhem and property damage, also threw itself at other suburbs. Around... Read More
02:30pm Sat 27 Jun, 2020
Te Runanga o Ngati Awa has welcomed the announcement and funding of its Korehaha Whakahau predator eradication project. Funding was confirmed today by... Read More
10:30am Sat 27 Jun, 2020
Goodwood, a Mount Maunganui-based wood waste recycling plant will be receiving further Government funding, it was announced today. An extra 4,000 tonnes... Read More
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09:15am Sat 27 Jun, 2020
A light earthquake has rattled the central North Island about 8.40am today. Geonet says the 4.9 magnitude earthquake happened at a depth of 107km and was centred... Read More
08:30am Sat 27 Jun, 2020
The MetService has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch this morning. 'This watch affects people in the Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and... Read More
03:30pm Sun 21 Jun, 2020
WeatherWatch advise that the weather will be mainly anticyclonic for New Zealand on Monday, with an area of low pressure to the northeast directing a southeasterly... Read More
12:00pm Sun 21 Jun, 2020
The Aongatete Forest Project are asking for volunteers to help get some plants in the ground next Saturday, June 27. The re-vegetation of the paddock has been... Read More
10:00am Sun 21 Jun, 2020
Before dawn this morning, celestial navigator Jack Thatcher led a hikoi to the summit of Mauao to conduct a dawn karakia while a significant star cluster rose... Read More
08:30am Sun 21 Jun, 2020
Heavy rain is expected today about Gisborne, Coromandel Peninsula, and in the Bay of Plenty north of Katikati. SH25 between Hikuai and Tairua has been closed... Read More
05-Nov 11:55
Man charged with arson after car fire
05-Nov 11:41
Bay of Plenty Lotto player wins nearly $34k
05-Nov 10:49
Voter access concerns after ramp door locked
05-Nov 08:48
Car ends up off road in Ōhauiti, house undamaged
05-Nov 08:30
Heavy traffic snarls Hewletts Rd commuters
05-Nov 08:00
Bay homes offer a retirement alternative
05-Nov 07:00
Resident says shelterbelt is reducing visibility
05-Nov 06:00
SPCA renews fireworks ban call as Guy Fawkes nears
04-Nov 18:00
BOP fisherman receives international recognition
04-Nov 16:25
Tauranga hit-and-run accused removed from court
04-Nov 16:00
Little girl's wish tops Katikati tree with star
04-Nov 11:45
More than 1400 hurt by fireworks in five years
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