Environment

Kauri Point Road repair to begin in spring

Repair of the roadway in the Kauri Point Historic Reserve roadway is expected to start in September/October 2019. Construction has been slightly delayed due... Read More

Papamoa school celebrates waste reduction success

Mayor Greg Brownless has helped Golden Sands School celebrate their achievement in the Tauranga City Council Resource Wise Schools programme. This free, five-stage... Read More

Environmental monitoring under the spotlight

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has welcomed findings from an independent report into compliance, monitoring and enforcement by New Zealand's regional and unitary... Read More

New video to educate visitors about biosecurity

A new inflight biosecurity video will remind international visitors about the importance of protecting Aotearoa from unwanted pests and diseases. Biosecurity... Read More

Record number of kiwi to be released this season

New Zealand's largest kiwi hatchery is celebrating a record 145 chicks being released back into forests as the hatching season wraps up. The last chick of the... Read More

Award-winning photographer to speak at Bird BoP

Years ago Marie Bilodeau asked famous Canadian nature photographer Freeman Patterson, where he thought the best place was to take photographs. His answer surprised... Read More

National weather forecast

This past week has followed the trend for the month of May, which has proven to be well below average for many places around the country in terms of rainfall but... Read More

Nearly 200 earthquakes in 24 hours

An earthquake swarm of nearly 200 earthquakes near Whakaari/White Island started on Thursday. Over the past 24 hours the rate and magnitude of earthquakes has... Read More

Sighting signals recovery of whale population

The sight of a tohorā/southern right whale such as Matariki in Wellington harbour wasn't just a fluke or a one-off - a report released today by the Department... Read More

What‘s on - celebrations, sports and cow dump day

Kia ora and welcome to Sunday! The weather forecast is showing a fine start to the day, with possible morning fog. Cloud will be increasing overnight, and there... Read More

Council discuss pressing pause on projects

Putting a pause on some projects in Tauranga was heavily discussed during Annual Plan deliberation meetings that took place this week. Councillor Steve Morris... Read More

Woman rescued after Mt Ruapehu crevasse fall

A climber was lucky to escape serious injury after she fell 15 metres down a crevasse on Mt Ruapehu on Saturday May 25. Police received a distress call from a... Read More