Environment
10:55am Tue 05 May, 2015
Hearings on an application to subdivide New Chum Beach/Wainuiototo Bay have now been suspended for up to two months. The Thames-Coromandel District Council was notified... Read More
10:31am Tue 05 May, 2015
The Thames-Coromandel District Council is currently investigating a small wastewater spill that occurred near Coromandel Town over the weekend. Veolia informed... Read More
06:51am Tue 05 May, 2015
It might pay to keep your umbrella close by over the coming days, with rain set to creep in as the week progresses. The ridge of high pressure that brought fine... Read More
11:14am Mon 04 May, 2015
Most of the 1.5 tonnes of heavy fuel oil that spilled into Tauranga harbour a week ago is now believed to have been contained and collected. That's the message from... Read More
03:04pm Sun 03 May, 2015
OceanaGold Corporation will stump up US$101 million (NZ$132 million) in cash, plus customary adjustments, to acquire the Waihi Gold Mine. It was announced this week... Read More
10:15am Sun 03 May, 2015
There's been some very mixed fortunes for thousands of hunters who turned out for the start of the new game bird hunting season yesterday, with the weather dealing... Read More
09:17am Sun 03 May, 2015
Seagrass, sediment, cockles, mussels and other sea life will give Bay of Plenty Regional Council coastal scientists some answers soon about whether there'll be any... Read More
03:45pm Sat 02 May, 2015
The effects of Monday's oil spill in the harbour are beginning to be noticed further away, as Todd Ranson discovered on Friday. He was fishing on the Two Mile, directly... Read More
01:09pm Sat 02 May, 2015
Tauranga MP Simon Bridges estimates that total clean-up of the oil spill in the Tauranga Harbour will reach $500,000 by the time it is finished sometime next week. About... Read More
07:20am Sat 02 May, 2015
Unpredictable and forever changing weather is on cards for the month of May, with an early dry spell to be followed by more testing conditions. 'The first weekend... Read More
04:48pm Fri 01 May, 2015
A Tauranga cruise boat skipper has branded the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's response to Monday's oil spill as 'too little” and 'too slow”. Brandon... Read More
12:56pm Fri 01 May, 2015
Clean-up crews are working tirelessly to contain the oil spill in Tauranga Harbour, with 12 tonnes of oily waste scooped up so far and counting. That's the message... 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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