Environment

Top award for Mount Holiday Park

The Mount Beachside Holiday Park has topped its gold sustainability award with a platinum award as part of the ‘Instep' Carbon and Sustainability reporting... Read More

Changing weather whips up pollen

Picking your outfit this week will be a challenge, as a collection of conditions looks set to dictate the wardrobes of those treading outdoor catwalks - including... Read More

Papamoa house fire

A spectacular fire in a two storey house in Dickson Road drew a large crowd this afternoon as firefighters from Papamoa, Mount Maunganui, Greerton and Tauranga battled... Read More

Organising urban sprawl

More inner city and city edge living in Tauranga, and new urban areas at Te Tumu and Tauriko and are being recommended as future urban growth areas in the Western... Read More

Trustpower's misleading ads

Trustpower will plead guilty to seven charges laid by the Commerce Commission over a series of television, online and billboard advertisements the company ran in... Read More

Turning trash into treasures

A specialised sewing machine, recycling bins, and help to divert food from the landfill are some of the equipment and projects for 2016 that will receive funding... Read More

The last good weekend of winter

Bay residents should expect a relatively cloud-free weekend in what the MetService says will be the last good weekend for winter. There are just two weekends left... Read More

Taking on the alcohol industry

Two leading public health and alcohol harm experts are inviting the Tauranga community to a free public lecture focussing on how alcohol directly causes cancer.... Read More

Fine weather to dominate the week

This week's weather will be dominated by a ridge of high pressure which gradually slides across the country, spelling good news for those itching to get outdoors. The... Read More

The weather then and now

It was warmer, drier and sunnier. That pretty well summarises much of the nation's weather for the month of July. July was warm and dry this year. File photo. Air... Read More

Help for ‘threatened' lake

Silt traps have been created on two Waikato peat lakes Ruatuna and Rotomānuka by Living Water partners, Fonterra and the Department of Conservation. Described... Read More

Kiwifruit export rules change

Cabinet has approved changes to the Kiwifruit Export Regulations that will allow for closer shareholding alignment with production, update the definition of Zespri's... Read More