Tauranga City's waste problem will be the subject to a council investigation over the next 12 - 18 months. Over half of everything that Tauranga sends to landfill... Read More

State highways around Rotorua will get a $1 million safety boost this month. Targeted safety upgrades designed to reduce the risk of death and serious injury crashes... Read More

Bay of Plenty residents are being warned of heavy rain this afternoon as a front moves up from the South Island. The MetService has issued a severe weather warning... Read More

Tauranga's long Indian summer may have extended the activity of a voracious agricultural and garden pest as Pyes Pa resident Geoff Chard discovered. He discovered... Read More

The Green Party has launched a campaign and petition to ensure New Zealand's rivers are safe for swimming now and in the future. Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei... Read More

The birdlife of Ohiwa Harbour will be the topic of conversation at this week's Bird Bay of Plenty's meeting. Bird BOP members Meg and Mike Collins will be discussing... Read More

GeoNet has registered a light earthquake near White Island in the Bay of Plenty. The quake happened at 1.11am within 5km of White Island GeoNet says. Preliminary... Read More

Previously unsuspected volcanic action lifting up the Matata coast is the cause of a swarm of small earthquakes near Matata between 2004 and 2011, say scientists. A... Read More

The Kiwifruit Claim is congratulating the Ministry for Primary Industries for intercepting yak meat carried by a passenger arriving to the country from Mongolia. Had... Read More

Over the last working week people have spoken to SunLive about seeing flashes of light in a clear night sky. The first caller thought what she saw an effect from... Read More

Crisp blue skies and frosty calm conditions prevail for the long weekend as a winter ridge sidles over New Zealand. Overnight temperatures for many towns and cities... Read More

Tauranga experienced one of the warmest autumns on record since 1913. The MetService says it was an extremely mild May across the country, due to the combination... Read More