Kerbside collection services no longer accept glass in recycling bins from today, but council controlled rubbish collection would be able to restore it, says Tauranga... Read More

The Ministry for Primary Industries has directed a fourth bulk carrier from Japan to leave New Zealand waters following the discovery of brown marmorated stink... Read More

The Bay of Plenty is one of five regions where Keep New Zealand Beautiful is looking to merge nature with art as part of its 2018 Nature Murals competition, which... Read More

Making sure it can meet a number of significant challenges as it plans for the future is a key feature of Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Long Term Plan Consultation... Read More

It's the numbers that drive Jenny Galey to pick up the knitting needles each day. Numbers like 700 million - the estimated number of supermarket plastic bags New... Read More

Rat traps will be popping up in the backyards of Merivale and Matua next month as local environmental groups begin a push for the Bay of Plenty to become predator... Read More

Kiwifruit growers Mark and Catriona White and their Coastal Kiwis orchard have won the Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Ten years ago, the couple... Read More

Tourists spent a record $1 billion in the Coastal Bay of Plenty last a target that was not expected to be hit for another 12 years. According to Ministry of Business,... Read More

The Mangrove Management Bill being sponsored by Coromandel MP Scott Simpson will have submissions heard in Thames, says Scott. 'I'm pleased the committee has accepted... Read More

A special meeting of the Whakatane District Council's Policy Committee has agreed the Murupara water supply can remain untreated, as requested by the community. Work... Read More

The current national whooping cough epidemic has triggered a need for families and individuals to check they are up-to-date with immunisations, especially people... Read More

An invasive pest, the Asian paddle crab (Charybdis Japonica) has been discovered in Tauranga Harbour. Regarded as an invasive pest that is bigger and more aggressive... Read More