Environment
11:18am Tue 27 Sep, 2016
Two men caught stealing 54 ponga logs from the Rotoehu Conservation Area near Rotorua have been sentenced to a total of 460 hours of community work. Ngongotaha... Read More
07:13am Tue 27 Sep, 2016
UPDATED: A severe weather watch is in place for the Bay of Plenty. Periods of heavy rain are expected from Wednesday evening through most of Thursday. The WeatherScape... Read More
06:15pm Mon 26 Sep, 2016
Scientists are embarking on a voyage of discovery today to map a previously uncharted section of the Colville Ridge, a large and mountainous seafloor structure about... Read More
06:47am Mon 26 Sep, 2016
The seabed and beaches of Tauranga Harbour are in line for a spruce-up next Sunday, October 2. The region's divers are planning an underwater spring clean of Pilot... Read More
03:50pm Sun 25 Sep, 2016
Children as young as five years old and high numbers of teenagers are going to optometrists with eye damage as a result of heavy digital device use. A nationwide... Read More
03:34pm Sun 25 Sep, 2016
UPDATE 6.15pm: SunLive's readers are reporting numerous road hazards as heavy rain lashes the region. Police are urging drivers to stay off the roads amidst multiple... Read More
01:10pm Sun 25 Sep, 2016
What was believed to be a whale washed ashore on the Thames coastline has turned out to be a stranded sunfish. The Department of Conservation and police received... Read More
11:01am Sun 25 Sep, 2016
It's hard to know who would be more chuffed. The noted ornithologist, who gave his name to a cute but very pongy grey fluff ball in a burrow on Mauao, or the fluff... Read More
10:37am Sun 25 Sep, 2016
City councillors this week agreed to pay up $300,000 it has shortchanged the Environmental Mitigation & Enhancement Fund, in recognition of the fact that a Fund... Read More
09:28am Sun 25 Sep, 2016
UPDATED 10.20am: There is a severe weather watch for heavy rain issued by Metservice for Auckland, Great Barrier, Coromandel Peninsula and the Western Bay of Plenty,... Read More
09:00am Sun 25 Sep, 2016
A Tauranga diver's criticism of the Ministry of Primary Industries' draft snapper management plan and the Ministry's consultation process has provoked a reply from... Read More
07:53am Sun 25 Sep, 2016
The first day of daylight saving today is marked with two scheduled outdoor events, the Mainfreight the City to Surf fun run and walk, and the 3km wheel-friendly,... Read More
06-Nov 18:00
Wairoa Bridge cycleway fully closes from Monday
06-Nov 17:00
Two-way traffic returns past gorge's biggest slips
06-Nov 16:00
Weekend events postponed due to rain
06-Nov 14:00
More than 10,000 people expected at Sika Show
06-Nov 12:10
Bay of Plenty on alert for severe thunderstorms
06-Nov 11:45
Coromandel beaches restrict dogs at peak times
06-Nov 11:12
Ōmokoroa: $13m road project adds four lanes
06-Nov 10:00
Allan clocks up 60 years with Katikati brigade
06-Nov 08:03
A ‘lifestyle block on steroids’ in Karangahake
06-Nov 07:00
Tauranga hosts NZ-India sport centenary fest
05-Nov 18:00
Western Bay weighs charges for granny flats
05-Nov 17:00
Man suffers life-altering injuries in Mount attack
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