Environment
10:11am Wed 25 Feb, 2015
A three-week hearing on the resource consent application to leave part of the MV Rena wreck on Astrolabe Reef will begin in June. Bay of Plenty Regional Council... Read More
02:25pm Tue 24 Feb, 2015
The kiwifruit industry is seeking assurances that the Ministry for Primary Industries is doing everything it can to lower the chances of pests and disease entering... Read More
11:05am Tue 24 Feb, 2015
A sprinkling of showers have ushered in the start of the week in the Bay of Plenty, as a weak area of low pressure sits across the country. The MetService is forecasting... Read More
08:45am Tue 24 Feb, 2015
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake near White Island has rattled the Bay of Plenty overnight. GeoNet reports the earthquake struck 110 kilometres north of White Island,... Read More
07:00am Tue 24 Feb, 2015
The Waikato Regional Council says the dry summers experience over recent years highlights the need for farmers and other water users to plan carefully. Waikato Federated... Read More
12:25pm Mon 23 Feb, 2015
The unusual sound of rain on windscreens across the Bay of Plenty has sparked a reminder from police about sensible wet weather driving. Overnight Tauranga received... Read More
11:28am Mon 23 Feb, 2015
The Bay of Plenty's kiwifruit industry is nervously awaiting developments in Auckland in the hope that the Queensland Fruit Fly population discovered in Grey Lynn... Read More
07:02am Mon 23 Feb, 2015
Many cities around the world are moving to minimise their overall city carbon emissions. Vancouver has gone as far as aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050. What... Read More
12:37pm Sat 21 Feb, 2015
The kiwifruit industry is dismayed an isolated breeding population of fruit fly has been found but remains confident it can be contained and eradicated. Peter Ombler,... Read More
01:31pm Fri 20 Feb, 2015
Brisbane residents are being urged to start sandbagging their properties as category five cyclone Marcia hits land near Rockhampton in Queensland. The cyclone's... Read More
11:26am Fri 20 Feb, 2015
Harold the Giraffe has quite a following in schools all around the country and now he can educate in the comfort of his newly outfitted mobile classroom. Life Education... Read More
11:21am Fri 20 Feb, 2015
Winter is looking pretty snug and cosy for Maketu Educare and its children as it happily pulls up its newly installed ‘big blankets' of insulation. This week... Read More
07-Nov 19:02
Election: Incumbents lead in Tauranga and Mount
07-Nov 18:08
Coroner unable to find cause of infant’s death
07-Nov 16:00
Hot rods rev up for animal charity
07-Nov 12:00
Young actors debut on public stage
07-Nov 11:45
Check labels if you want NZ ham for Christmas
07-Nov 07:00
Yellow-belt siblings sweep national golds
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
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