It isn't rocket science, more residential growth and an increasing population equals a need for more power. Tauranga's rapidly expanding Tauriko industrial estate... Read More

Two canoeists and a kayaker from the Bay of Plenty have been selected by the New Zealand Olympic Committee for the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Tauranga... Read More

A dead bottlenose dolphin has been found at the southeast end of Ferguson Park today, just days after a large pod of bottlenose dolphins entertained thousands of... Read More

Budgets for projects throughout the region are set to increase, after being approved by Whakatane District Council for inclusion in the current year's capital budgets... Read More

Dairy prices have risen to their highest level in eight months in the latest global auction overnight. The average price was up 1.9 per cent to $US3637 ($NZ5301)... Read More

Thirty-seven years ago, a then young farm worker Rick Powdrell found himself bed ridden for weeks with glandular fever-like symptoms. 'I could barely stand up and... Read More

The SPCA is warning rabbit owners to be vigilant after the presence of a new strain of the rabbit calicivirus (Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 or RHDV2) in... Read More

Jizzy Green of Katikati is living proof that you can live a sustainable lifestyle while living in the middle of town. Jizzy and husband Mike‘s 1228 square... Read More

Local farmer Fraser McGougan has been chosen by the dairy sector to be Climate Change Ambassador, the only farmer selected in the Bay of Plenty region. He is one... Read More

Reports are coming in of surface flooding on State Highway 29 and a tornado ripping through Pyes Pa. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says there was a... Read More

Local youth workers will be serving up sausages with a side of inspiration to Tauranga students this month to mark Youth Week 2018. The week is held every May and... Read More

It was Gael Blaymires' dad who unwittingly drove her out into the garden - a sprawling wasteland, as she calls it, in King Street behind the Z petrol station on... Read More