Environment

Papamoa to get a clean up

G.J.Gardner Homes has teamed up with Keep New Zealand Beautiful for a nationwide clean-up week September 10 to 16. The Tauranga branch have decided to hold an... Read More

Tauranga gets ready for new glass collections

Tauranga City Council is currently delivering around 53,000 glass collection crates across the city in preparation for the new rates-funded kerbside service that... Read More

Minister has run-in with 1080 protesters

Protesters have biffed fake 1080 pallets all over Parliament's steps and scattered dead birds, as their campaign to ban the poison continues. A large and... Read More

Searching for community civil defence champions

Champions who can help in a time of crisis are the pieces of gold being sought in Western Bay communities by newly appointed Emergency Management and Community... Read More

Spring clean at Pilot Bay

Relics from the 1980's were found during a Pilot Bay clean up on Sunday September 9. Envirohub's Pilot Bay Spring Clean on Sunday for Sustainable Backyards Bitesize... Read More

Quake jolts central New Zealand

A powerful earthquake has been felt in central New Zealand. Geonet originally recorded four moderate earthquakes from Te Kaha in the north, to Arthur's Pass... Read More

Thousands protest against the use of 1080

Thousands of anti-1080 protesters marched across the country on Saturday imploring the Government to stop allowing the controversial poison to be used. Protesters... Read More

Living a life without plastic

If you've already ditched the plastic bags and want to look for other ways to reduce the plastic in your life, a group of Otumoetai College students have come... Read More

Help shape Omokoroa’s future development

Four options for the future location of schools, a town centre, community hub and recreational reserves will be presented to the Omokoroa community at a public... Read More

Mucking in at Merivale School

They hit The Weekend Sun with a mass mail dump to hammer home the message. Well, it was one big envelope containing 12 of the best letters written by the kids... Read More

Glass bins coming to a kerbside near you

Blue collection crates have started turning up on Tauranga kerbsides this week in preparation for a new rates-funded glass collection service in October. The... Read More

Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off Fiji

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has shaken Fiji, hitting 101km east-southeast of Suva, according to the US Geological Survey. That measurement was revised from an... Read More