Environment
11:50am Thu 17 Mar, 2016
Heavy showers similar to those accompanying last night's thunderstorms are forecast for Tauranga later today, making St Patrick's Day a damp one this year. The slow... Read More
03:48pm Wed 16 Mar, 2016
A thunderstorm watch has been issued for the Bay of Plenty this afternoon. Scattered heavy showers and a few thunderstorms have developed over eastern Bay of Plenty... Read More
03:43pm Tue 15 Mar, 2016
The Maungatapu underpass project has tested asbestos free after about 3000 tonnes of asbestos contaminated soil was removed from outside the former Welcome Bay scout... Read More
01:51pm Tue 15 Mar, 2016
News that the council is in breach of its own resource consents for the Te Maunga sludge ponds is causing a stir. 'We all have to start paddling in the same direction,”... Read More
11:32am Tue 15 Mar, 2016
A wounded heron found by a local resident on Domain Drive in Papamoa on Sunday was too badly wounded to survive. As a result, the Department of Conservation ranger... Read More
09:14am Tue 15 Mar, 2016
A trough affecting parts of the North Island today will be followed by a cold front moving up the country on Wednesday, bringing rain for many and cooler temperatures. Cloud... Read More
11:40am Mon 14 Mar, 2016
The Thames-Coromandel District Council is asking people to stay out of the water at Paku Bay in Tairua. This week the council erected ‘no swimming' signs... Read More
11:09am Mon 14 Mar, 2016
Five ‘teenage' Coromandel brown kiwi raised on Rotoroa Island in the Hauraki Gulf were returned to their home in Te Mata on the peninsula on Saturday. They... Read More
08:31am Mon 14 Mar, 2016
The MetService is predicting a week of wind, rain and cooler temperatures for the country, and the weather in the Bay of Plenty will be no exception. A front moving... Read More
10:24am Sun 13 Mar, 2016
State-owned farmer Landcorp's decision to embrace less polluting types of farming at Wairakei Estate near Taupo is being welcomed by Labour and the Greens. Labour's... Read More
09:25am Sun 13 Mar, 2016
Nick Smith's Kermadec Sanctuary project is undermined by the Prime Minister's statement that the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill won't stop people taking fish, says... Read More
09:02am Sun 13 Mar, 2016
Merivale Community Gardens is branching out - into local residents' own backyards. Merivale Community Gardens coordinator Deb McCarthy says the community garden... 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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