Environment
10:40am Fri 24 Jul, 2015
A large wintertime high has brought settled weather to much of the country this week and continues to do so as it moves slowly eastwards over the next day or so. Many... Read More
02:54pm Thu 23 Jul, 2015
To commemorate the Kiwi soldiers who fell in the Battle of Le Quesnoy about 120 trees have been planted by Whangamata locals on Wednesday. On November 4, 1918, New... Read More
02:34pm Thu 23 Jul, 2015
Do not disturb: That is the message from the Department of Conservation following sightings of a southern right whale east of Rabbit Island at Mount Maunganui. DOC... Read More
09:50am Thu 23 Jul, 2015
A comet discovered last year was snapped in Bay of Plenty skies overnight. Comet C/2014 Q1 Pan-STAARS is now visible for few a days to the unaided eye, just after... Read More
08:48am Thu 23 Jul, 2015
Zespri's 16th annual general meeting at the Mount yesterday will go down as one of the shortest and least controversial in the company's history, thanks to increasing... Read More
08:06am Thu 23 Jul, 2015
Allan Birt was nursing a broken arm after falling off the roof. But when presented with the opportunity to get up close and personal with an eight-metre southern... Read More
07:18am Thu 23 Jul, 2015
BNZ has made the difficult choice to end its sponsorship of Kiwis for kiwi, the national charity that raises and distributes funds to support kiwi conservation projects. BNZ... Read More
01:12pm Wed 22 Jul, 2015
UPDATED 3.50pm: Despite reports of a stranded whale off the shore of Mount Maunganui main beach, the Department of Conservation have confirmed that the mammal is... Read More
11:43am Tue 21 Jul, 2015
Bay of Plenty residents woke to a chilly start this morning, as the tail end of an icy southerly flow moves off the country. Snow and ice has seen the closure of... Read More
01:37pm Mon 20 Jul, 2015
Police's ICT engineers get to some challenging places - and in the depths of a Southland winter, things can get pretty rugged nearly one-and-a-half kilometres above... Read More
11:35am Mon 20 Jul, 2015
It's not unusual for waves to lap at the windows of Chris Ellett's Coromandel seafront home. Even after the Cooks Beach woman pulled up her two-storey home and... Read More
02:43pm Sun 19 Jul, 2015
Six NIWA scientists are working with scientific colleagues from Japan in a science exchange programme focussing on seabed imagery. The autonomous submersible Sentry... 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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