09:04am Thu 28 Jun, 2018
OceanaGold (NZ) has lodged resource consent applications with Hauraki District Council and Waikato Regional Council for further mine development in Waihi. The... Read More
12:55pm Wed 27 Jun, 2018
Omanu Beach users are being advised to take caution, while an asbestos decontamination process is taking place in the area. Asbestos warning signs and blocks... Read More
08:42am Wed 27 Jun, 2018
The wreck of the Rena will stay put on Astrolabe Reef. A legal challenge against leaving the remains of the container ship on the reef has been dismissed by a... Read More
01:11pm Tue 26 Jun, 2018
More than 20 people braved the mud at Papahikahawai Island in Te Awa Ngatoroirangi Maketū Estuary, to help plant 5000 plants. It was the first of three public... Read More
07:33am Tue 26 Jun, 2018
Want to see a robot in space? It may sound like a SunLive is promoting a science fiction movie, but no. We're wanting to share with our readers a two minute highlight... Read More
11:47am Mon 25 Jun, 2018
A traveller's grisly gift for his family did not make it past airport biosecurity officers. Arriving from Apia last week, the passenger declared a bat's... Read More
10:05am Sat 23 Jun, 2018
The new Kaituna River Document has been launched and celebrated by Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority. Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority Chairman Dean Flavell... Read More
09:36am Sat 23 Jun, 2018
Tauranga Riding for the Disabled is one of many organisations celebrating the hundreds of hours committed by volunteers each week. The organisation has a strong... Read More
11:11am Fri 22 Jun, 2018
A Tauranga high school has reacted swiftly and unequivocally to unconfirmed reports of students harvesting suspicious mushrooms on the banks of a gully bordering... Read More
06:29pm Thu 21 Jun, 2018
A gathering at dawn today was held to commemorate the Battle of Te Ranga. The Te Ranga Reserve on the corner of Pyes Pa Road and Joyce Road was the site of this... Read More
03:51pm Thu 21 Jun, 2018
Scientists say a large lahar from Mount Ruapehu is inevitable, but could it again reach Desert Road, as it did around 450 years ago? Lahars are made up of mud... Read More
01:13pm Thu 21 Jun, 2018
Keep New Zealand Beautiful has launched an online resource, The National Litter Hub, to provide Kiwis with a central source of litter disposal, waste minimisation... Read More