Environment
10:38am Mon 02 May, 2016
A smashed up car, overturned picnic table and green wheelie bins was the sight that greeted people on Papamoa Beach in the weekend. A Papamoa resident posted her... Read More
09:07am Mon 02 May, 2016
The proposed Waikato Regional Policy Statement has now finally been signed off, making it fully operative. The RPS was voted in unanimously by elected members during... Read More
07:15am Fri 29 Apr, 2016
The activity observed at White Island over the last two days is now settling. GNS Science, who have been monitoring the Bay of Plenty volcano since it erupted earlier... Read More
01:56pm Thu 28 Apr, 2016
A large section of the Mauao base track will be closed next week. Tauranga City Council is closing a section of the track to allow resurfacing work to be completed. The... Read More
12:18pm Thu 28 Apr, 2016
An eruption at White Island overnight has seen the volcano's alert level raised. GNS duty volcanologist Agnes Mazot says the eruption at White Island happened sometime... Read More
01:38pm Wed 27 Apr, 2016
Despite tough seasons, dairy farmers have stepped up and made significant progress on meeting their environmental commitments to New Zealanders, according to a new... Read More
08:39am Wed 27 Apr, 2016
Te Puna-based local enterprise Grow Food Instead has 24-hours left of their crowdfunding campaign. The mission? To set up and educational market gardens for disadvantaged... Read More
07:02am Wed 27 Apr, 2016
Rocks the size of houses went tumbling into the Martha Mine pit when about two million tonnes of rock collapsed from the north wall. The slip happened just before... Read More
09:33am Tue 26 Apr, 2016
Shorter days, cooler nights and fine autumn days are on the cards for the region this week. The front that affected the country over the weekend has now moved north,... Read More
03:56pm Fri 22 Apr, 2016
Army worm caterpillars are on the march, and munching through newly sown pastures in the Bay of Plenty. Bill Webb of Bill Webb Feed Solutions says paddocks turned... Read More
07:08am Fri 22 Apr, 2016
The ridge of high pressure that has brought sunny skies to many parts of the country over the past couple of days is beginning to slip away, as we head towards the... Read More
10:44am Thu 21 Apr, 2016
A new survey has found an overwhelming proportion of people living in Auckland, Waikato, Northland and the Bay of Plenty consider that preventing the spread of kauri... 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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