07:01am Wed 29 Apr, 2015
Regional and infrastructure development and green fields subdivisions across the country could be challenged as a result of an Environment Court decision on water... Read More
03:17pm Tue 28 Apr, 2015
After a wet and windy start to the week, sunshine is set to make a welcome return by the time the weekend rolls around. Monday and Tuesday saw an area of low pressure... Read More
11:52am Tue 28 Apr, 2015
Residents are being warned against trying to clean up the oil spill that coated upper harbour beaches in heavy fuel oil yesterday. A valve or pipe under the Mount... Read More
09:40am Tue 28 Apr, 2015
Maungatapu locals near the Hairini causeway are facing a clean-up operation this morning after an oil spill in Tauranga Harbour yesterday. A leaking line on the... Read More
07:00am Mon 27 Apr, 2015
A developer's application for major earthworks on the Gargan Road plateau at the southern boundary of the Tauriko business estate is denied by independent hearings... Read More
10:04am Fri 24 Apr, 2015
Fine weather is expected to greet those getting up early on Anzac Day before heavy wind and rain move in later over the long weekend. 'Many of us will be up early... Read More
08:28am Fri 24 Apr, 2015
A container load of copper on board the Rena when the container ship struck the Astrolabe Reef in 2011 remains missing. The 20-foot container of copper held 21 tonnes... Read More
04:13pm Thu 23 Apr, 2015
Kimberley Maxwell grew up fishing for kahawai with her family at the mouth of the Motu River in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Now, with the support of the inaugural... Read More
09:54am Thu 23 Apr, 2015
New sonar surveys have confirmed that the wreck of the Rena has shifted further down the Astrolabe Reef and is breaking up. A multibeam survey carried out by ADUS... Read More
02:21pm Wed 22 Apr, 2015
An elusive species of native moth unseen in New Zealand for almost 20 years has surfaced in Katikati. And according to Landcare Research scientist Robert Hoare,... Read More
04:34pm Tue 21 Apr, 2015
Dead and dying eels were discovered near the stormwater outlet at the end of Grace Road, near Memorial Park in Tauranga last Monday. The matter was reported to Tauranga... Read More
07:52am Tue 21 Apr, 2015
A founder of conservation genetics, Dr Stephen O'Brien, will be speaking at Tauranga Café Scientifique on April 29, discussing wildlife genetics. Stephen... Read More