More than 100 Tolaga Bay locals have turned out to a meeting to discuss recent flooding and the damage caused by the leftovers from forestry operations. Slash... Read More

There's good and bad news for stay-at-home bird spotters across the country. The latest State of New Zealand Garden Birds report has been released - and shows... Read More

Wellington Environmentalist of the Year 2017, Kelvin Hastie, and Waikato University's Dr Carolyn King are the keynote drawcards at this year's Regional Environment... Read More

Judith Stanway will chair the independent panel that will review what happened and what contributed to flooding in Ngongotaha on April 29 and make recommendations... Read More

Anglers are being urged to get into some 'terrific” fishing on the Rotorua lakes - after reports of excellent catches and record spawning runs underway. Trout... Read More

A road in Waihi will remain closed for several days after a large tomo, which caved in underneath the road last night, leaving a hole about 1.8m wide at the surface... Read More

A road near Waihi has caved in, forcing the Hauraki District Council to close the road. Trig Road South is closed near the Mathers Road intersection, says Hauraki... Read More

Kauri dieback disease has been found in a forest on a private property at Tairua, on the Coromandel Peninsula. Waikato District Council said it was the sixth place... Read More

Proposed changes have now been publicly notified in regards to the Whakatāne District Council's District Plan and Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Regional Natural... Read More

In a New Zealand first, three sub-orbital helium space weather balloons are being launched from near Tauranga from this weekend. As the balloons prepare to take... Read More

Bottle tops, fabric scraps, egg cartons, school disco debris, old bus tickets and even a deflated plastic swimming pool found its way from the landfill to the stage... Read More

They were once considered the realm of hippies, liberals and vegetarians, but the modern-day food co-op is simply about people looking for good, wholesome food... Read More