Environment
12:30pm Sat 15 Apr, 2017
Whakatane District residents and businesses, including those in Edgecumbe, are strongly urged not to hose or wash mud and silt into drains and the stormwater system. Civil... Read More
09:38am Sat 15 Apr, 2017
New video shows just how close one Omokoroa resident was to losing their home completely. Drone video footage shot by Cameron Avery and commissioned by SunLive... Read More
06:55am Sat 15 Apr, 2017
Some Omokoroa residents were taking a break in the weather on Friday to move out of their homes, while engineers assess the danger of more hillside slips. People... Read More
12:04pm Fri 14 Apr, 2017
After the storm passed over last night David and Sian Wood found their drive to look around at storm damage was a very short one. 'We went to go out last night,... Read More
09:18am Fri 14 Apr, 2017
Today, Good Friday, the weather forecast is for a mainly fine day with a few showers from this afternoon and a chance of a thundery evening. Sunset is at 5.48pm. ... Read More
08:48am Fri 14 Apr, 2017
Civil Defence in Whakatane is today focusing on re-opening roads and restoring water and waste water systems. Major highways remain closed and power is out this... Read More
08:12am Fri 14 Apr, 2017
The Thames Coast road remains closed and officials expect this combined with delayed Easter holidayers will triple the traffic volumes on the SH25 eastern route. Tairua-Whitianga... Read More
07:02am Fri 14 Apr, 2017
Concerns of dairy farmers about the way their industry was portrayed in TVNZ's Sunday programme 'The Price of Milk” have been made known to its producers... Read More
04:02pm Thu 13 Apr, 2017
People living in low lying areas of the Western Bay of Plenty are being urged to evacuate their homes as soon as possible, and in daylight hours. The storm surge... Read More
01:26pm Thu 13 Apr, 2017
The storm that was once Tropical Cyclone Cook is now clearly showing up on New Zealand rain radar directly east of Whangarei and heading south into Bay of Plenty.... Read More
08:32am Thu 13 Apr, 2017
As rural Bay of Plenty braces itself for more heavy rainfall today, the Ministry for Primary Industries is working alongside Civil Defence Emergency Management,... Read More
07:42am Thu 13 Apr, 2017
Today Cyclone Cook is expected move onto northern New Zealand during the day then move southwards down the country in the evening and overnight. Very strong winds... Read More
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