Environment

Endangered whitebait released in the Bay

Ngāi Tahu Tourism owned Rainbow Springs are thrilled to welcome several hundred giant kōkopu (galaxias argenteus) into the park in Rotorua. Giant kōkopu are... Read More

Bay woman on trip of a lifetime

A Bay of Plenty woman is one of 78 female leaders taking part in a unique gender forum in Antarctica this month. Environmental engineer Amanda Kirk is currently... Read More

Support for Kaiaua Coast property owners

Property owners considering raising the floor level of homes or buildings following coastal flooding in the Kaiaua Coast area in January now have one less thing... Read More

Lakes residents still not allowed home

More tests, including ground penetrating radar checks of suspected subsurface defects, are being undertaken at the former Bella Vista homes sites on The Lakes Boulevard... Read More

New provisions for glass recycling

Tauranga City Council has been making provisions for city glass recycling in response to Tauranga's private kerbside collection providers ceasing to accept glass... Read More

Waihi fisherman named

Police say the name of the man found in water near the rocks at Homunga Bay, Waihi, yesterday afternoon was Yingbo Xu, 28, from Hamilton. Another man, who was believed... Read More

No museum in my front yard

Residents from Cliff Road - the council's proposed museum site - have claimed that any development would be in conflict with the city council's own spatial framework... Read More

Coromandel bracing for heavy rain

The severe weather warning from MetService remains in place for The Coromandel this evening as Cyclone Hola moves slowly down the North Island. "While the weather... Read More

Sentencing ahead for Pyes Pa developer

Five charges have been laid against a man who carried out subdivision development work in the Pyes Pa area. Amandeep Singh is due to appear in Tauranga District... Read More

Hot grass gets weeds smoking

Tauranga City Council staff are experimenting with electrifying weeds in efforts to find a non-toxic weed control mechanism. The virtues of Hot Grass were praised... Read More

Earthquake felt in Western Bay

Western Bay of Plenty residents are reporting feeling the ground shaking following an earthquake overnight. Several SunLive readers have emailed in saying the quake... Read More

International regatta starts in Tauranga

An unusual task for organisers of this week's PacRim regatta on Tauranga harbour is finding enough of the Noelex 25 yachts that will be used by the teams of the... Read More