Environment

Windy weather week forecast

With fine weather starting off the week, we'll be wishfully looking back to Monday as we move forward, says the MetService. The weather that's making it to the... Read More

Oystercatchers lay egg on Mount beach

Beachgoers are being warned to steer clear from a section of Mount Main Beach where a pair of oystercatchers have laid their egg. The eggs were laid in a nest in... Read More

Getting rid of those pesky weeds

Biosecurity staff at Bay of Plenty Regional Council are pleased with the 'impressive haul” of weeds the public have brought to them as part of a pest plant... Read More

One-clothing layer day

The weather forecast today is for rain with northwesterlies. It's a one-clothing layer day today with a high of 20 and an overnight low of 15 degrees. Low tide... Read More

Locals asked to avoid humpback whales

Department of Conservation officials are warning locals to steer clear, after recent sightings of a humpback whale and calf off the Tauranga coastline. Tauranga... Read More

Bay on heavy rain watch

Bursts of heavy rain are being forecast for the Bay of Plenty. A low pressure system and associated fronts are moving east across the country today, bringing periods... Read More

‘Bug man’ talks biosecurity to students

Naturalist and entomologist Ruud Kleinpaste, aka ‘the bug man', visited Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology on Thursday as part of Biosecurity Week. He talked... Read More

Forecast for occasional showers

The weather forecast is an overcast day with occasional rain and northerlies. It's a one-clothing layer day today with a high of 19 and an overnight low of 16... Read More

Vandals deface Maketu mural

Vandals have destroyed a Maketu mural, something students from Te Kura o Maketu and Paengaroa School worked so hard on. The shorebird mural was created for the... Read More

Reducing landslides in Omokoroa

Doctoral students at the University of Waikato think they might have found a way to stabilise Omokoroa's sensitive soils and reduce the number of landslides. The... Read More

Council looking to score weed(s)

It's that time of the year again - Bay of Plenty Regional Council is offering free native plants in exchange for weeds from your garden. BOPRC biosecurity officer... Read More

Heavy rain for NZ, snow in Australia

Both New Zealand and Australia will have mostly sunny weather on Thursday but conditions are going downhill in Aotearoa as a front and low moves in for Friday and... Read More