Rain from recent cyclones passing through the Bay of Plenty is believed responsible for White Island's crater lake refilling. Scientists from a GeoNet monitoring... Read More

Edgecumbe residents are contesting work which is currently planned to repair the stopbank. The stopbanks of the Rangataiki River burst at Easter in 2017, causing... Read More

Three Ruapehu tribes have shared plans on Friday for a major ecological and cultural restoration and tourism project with the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations,... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council shows steady progress addressing the recommendations of the Rangitaiki River Scheme Review. On April 6, 2017, a breach of the Rangitaiki... Read More

Tourism Bay of Plenty is seeking an increase in funding of $621,000 in order to manage the region's exponential tourism growth, so that it doesn't impact negatively... Read More

They may be just three or four years old, but the children of Katikati Kindergarten are helping to feed their local community and learning to protect and enhance... Read More

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It's looking like an alrightish sort of weekend, not too hot, not too cold, a chance of a shower on Saturday. 'It's not looking too bad,” says Lisa Murray... Read More

It looks heartening, but can also be an eyesore and a menace. The recycling bins stationed around town are often chock-a-block with bottles, and bottles that can't... Read More

A Bay of Plenty native plant nursery is to receive a $5.8 million boost from the Government Provincial Growth Fund to expand production. Ngati Whare's plant nursery... Read More

An artist is blurring the boundaries between art, craft, science and philosophy by utilising natural materials, colours from nature, water and plants to highlight... Read More

Nearly all insurance claims that resulted from the Edgecumbe floods in in 2017 have been partially or fully settled, says the Insurance Council. The banks of... Read More