With the recent debate about the amount of waste Tauranga City is sending to landfill, the city's big events are leading by example through their efforts to better... Read More

Fresh air, good company and great beaches are the lure being used by Coast Care volunteers to gather the clans for a few hours of dune planting on Sunday morning. ... Read More

Tauranga recorded 20mm or more of rain in one hour resulting in surface flooding in places this morning as a deluge of rain hit the region. McLaren Falls was raging... Read More

Groups diverting rubbish from the landfill are being encouraged to apply for their share of an annual fund administered by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. The... Read More

A driver who crashed into a bank and rolled their vehicle on Pyes Pa Road is lucky to have escaped the crash without injury. Police were called to the scene, near... Read More

Slips, surface flooding, lightning and thunder were reported last night as a deluge of heavy rain hit the Bay - and there is still more to come. A severe weather... Read More

Members of the public now have ready access to data relating to the region's air quality, says the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. The Air Quality Monitoring Information... Read More

Aspiring young Bay musicians will have the Mauao Performing Arts Centre rocking when the Smokefreerockquest Bay of Plenty regional finals return this Friday. The... Read More

A severe weather warning remains in place for the Bay of Plenty as heavy rain approaches the region. The MetService upgraded is watch to a warning yesterday with... Read More

Despite the low sunshine hours, temperatures are still above average for June and this trend will continue for much of the week, says the MetService. Northerly... Read More

Sixty-eight appeals have been lodged with the Environment Court over the decisions version of the Thames-Coromandel Council's District Plan. The period for lodging... Read More

Waikato locals are becoming increasingly concerned about the state of the environment and are taking more personal action to protect it. This was one of the key... Read More