Environment

Cause of Friday night Mount power outage unknown

A power cut to Mount Maunganui on Friday night meant that many bar and restaurant patrons were faced with a late night dinner in the dark. The power outage which... Read More

Traffic changes on Sunday due to City to Surf

The arrival into port of one of the season's largest cruise ships, combined with hundreds of people running from Tauranga to Mount Maunganui means business as... Read More

First cadet announced for Kawerau Pathway to Work

The first cadet employed under Industrial Symbiosis Kawerau or ISK's Kawerau Pathways to Work Cadetship programme has been announced. Tanaya Rudolph-Wilson... Read More

Blue mats hit the beach

Bright blue mats were rolled out across Mount Maunganui beaches on Labour weekend. The portable, roll out mats located at Pilot Bay, the Mount Maunganui Cenotaph... Read More

When Dean fell for Foster’s Favourite

'Mother Nature is my girl, and these are my babies.” Dean Morman, a 50-something-year-old horticulture landscape designer musing on his Papamoa backyard.... Read More

A big first year for Tauranga‘s glass recycling

Tauranga City Council's glass recycling service is celebrating its first anniversary with some stellar results. In its first year, the kerbside glass collection... Read More

From garden to table to classroom

The garden beds appear overgrown as flowers, grass and a few weeds weave their way between the plants, but everything is planted with a purpose. The barley is... Read More

Cultivating a new industry for the BOP

A new primary industry could emerge in Tauranga as a local company teams up with an Australian-based medicinal cannabis company to grow the plant, and research... Read More

Early morning quake not felt by many in BOP

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake happened early this morning 20km south of Tauranga. The weak quake happened at 5:44am and was 276km deep so wasn't felt by many. A... Read More

SMART accreditation for Tauranga dolphin business

Dolphin Seafaris is the first tourism operator in the North Island to have been awarded the Department of Conservation's SMART accreditation. SMART stands for... Read More

Skydive Tauranga commits to carbon neutrality

Skydive Tauranga has committed to become carbon neutral by 2025 through a partnership with conservation charity Trees that Count. The aviation business is dependent... Read More

Flower power needed for oversize orchid

Craig Parson's presents his 25-year-old award-winning orchid with a bright smile plastered across his face. 'It's a spectacular specimen. There's nothing I don't... Read More