Environment

Children learn the importance of water

Tahatai Coast Primary School children are learning real-life skills like compassion and empathy in their latest hands on project where every drop counts. Five classes... Read More

Shaky night for Whakatane

Whakatane residents may have felt like the ground was moving under them last night, and they would have been right. A 'moderate” earthquake was registered... Read More

Papamoa Hills Park planting begins

Members of the public are invited to help re-cloak Papamoa Hills Regional Park in 50,000 native plants, following a pine harvest operation on the park's lower slopes... Read More

Messy showers expected to pass through

Despite a brief narrow bridge of high pressure for New Zealand on Wednesday, the next week looks dominated by low pressure systems, one after the other, coming... Read More

'Crucial' wastewater works for Omokoroa

Omokoroa residents are being asked to minimise the amount of water they use overnight on Tuesday, July 11. The Western Bay of Plenty District Council is planning... Read More

What will today's weather bring?

The weather forecast today is for a mostly sunny day with southwest breezes. It's a three-clothing and one-windproof layer day with a high of 15 and an overnight... Read More

Damaged Thames road to close

A Thames road damaged from recent intense weather will be closed to some much needed TLC. The Tapu-Coroglen Road has will be closed from 7am Tuesday, July 4, until... Read More

Myrtle rust low risk to honey

Myrtle rust is believed to be a low risk to New Zealand's growing manuka honey industry, says Comvita CEO Scott Coulter. New Zealand Manuka honey is produced from... Read More

Too sexy too soon

Australian ‘sexploitation' expert Melinda Tankard Reist is bringing her message about the link between pornography and violence to Bay parents, educators... Read More

Navy design a badge competition

New Zealanders are being presented with a rare opportunity to design the badge for the Royal New Zealand Navy's newest and largest-ever ship, HMNZS Aotearoa. 'This... Read More

Heavy Rain in the Bay

Bay of Plenty is expected to have the heaviest rain in the North Island today. Metservice have released information saying that Mount Taranaki, Rotorua, and the... Read More

Earthquakes near White Island

A relatively shallow earthquake near White Island today follows deeper earthquakes near the Bay of Plenty's island volcano on Friday. Today's earthquake within... Read More