06:44am Fri 10 Aug, 2018
Tourists stocking up on mānuka honey by the trolley load are turning it into a quasi export, a Nelson honey producer says. Producers told a public meeting yesterday... Read More
01:50pm Thu 09 Aug, 2018
New treatment and cleaning rules for imported vehicles and machinery will make it harder for brown marmorated stink bug to make landfall in New Zealand, says the... Read More
10:01am Thu 09 Aug, 2018
A temporary culvert is being installed in a Western Bay of Plenty road after a large hole formed. A Bell Road resident sent in photos of the hole, which shows... Read More
01:00pm Wed 08 Aug, 2018
Business could be about to boom for avocado growers in the Bay of Plenty. AVOCO, New Zealand's largest avocado export group, is predicting a strong fruit set... Read More
09:11am Mon 06 Aug, 2018
Justice Minister Andrew Little was in Indonesia when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Lombak overnight, killing at least 32 people. The quake struck Lombok at a... Read More
10:00am Sun 05 Aug, 2018
Packaging waste in landfill is set to become a thing of the past with a commitment by The Packaging Forum's members to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable... Read More
07:35am Sun 05 Aug, 2018
Tauranga's Sailability is looking to boost their supporter numbers to help them get more people with disabilities on the water. The volunteer-based charitable... Read More
09:01am Sat 04 Aug, 2018
Interested Eastern Bay of Plenty residents will have the chance to hear an update on repair work which is being carried out in the wake of the April 2017 floods,... Read More
06:15pm Thu 02 Aug, 2018
Rainbow Springs, a Ngāi Tahu Tourism company, is thrilled to welcome two very rare pāteke (brown teal) ducks to the nature park in Rotorua today. This is a... Read More
11:41am Thu 02 Aug, 2018
At least five kiwis have been mauled to death by dogs in Coromandel since Easter. The bodies of eight kiwis were found in the Moehau Kiwi Sanctuary area. It's... Read More
05:11pm Wed 01 Aug, 2018
'Down-sizing” his products was key to the growth and success of Kings Seeds, the business Ross King founded in 1978. 'I was importing seeds and growing... Read More
01:59pm Tue 31 Jul, 2018
More than 50 people braved the winter cold to attend a meeting on climate change on Tuesday at the Tauranga Boys' College. The first of a series of public meetings... Read More