Most international travellers return home inspired by encounters, experiences, people, food, music and adventures. Not Geoff Brann. 'We've travelled extensively,... Read More

Today's public planting day at Papamoa Hills Regional Park has been rained off. "Heavy rain overnight has made the steep planting area slippery and unsafe,... Read More

An upcoming seminar is set to rethink the important role mangroves play in helping to fight the impacts of climate change, sea-level rise and coastal inundation. Dr... Read More

Envirohub Bay of Plenty's Sustainable Art Challenge has returned for another year, with sustainable fashion and short films at the forefront of celebrations... Read More

Not only are our houses and cars getting smarter, our rubbish bins are too. Tauranga City Council installed 10 ‘smart technology' waste and recycling... Read More

The deaths of two breeding kiwi who were an integral part of Kiwis for kiwi's strategy to grow the kiwi population has been a massive blow to the programme. The... Read More

It was hot chocolate near Matamata on Wednesday night - after a truck's trailer unit caught fire on State Highway 27. Emergency services were called to the... Read More

Antarctica has lost about three trillion tonnes of ice since 1992 and scientists say the window of opportunity to prevent major meltdown of the icesheets is narrowing. The... Read More

Glass recycling will be a woe of the past for Tauranga residents as city council introduces a new kerbside collection service. The interim, rates-funded... Read More

Plastics that were once able to be recycled are now heading straight to New Zealand landfills as China's waste import ban starts to bite. China stopped accepting... Read More

Residents in the Eastern Bay of Plenty are in clean up mode following a surge of bad weather that saw heavy rain and winds hit the region. A number of trees and... Read More

More than 100 people, including representatives from six Te Arawa iwi gathered at Tukotahi Marae yesterday, beside the Kaituna River, to celebrate the start of... Read More