Environment
12:14pm Wed 21 Jan, 2015
Community action group Protect Karangahake have taken matters into their own hands today and lodged a claim with the High Court. The group is challenging the granting... Read More
07:01am Wed 21 Jan, 2015
A trial scheme along a small plantation for manuka honey and oil on the Rangitaiki riverbank is providing pleasing results. Bay of Plenty Regional Council is working... Read More
02:41pm Tue 20 Jan, 2015
An 18-metre Pohutukawa tree planted by ‘Jinty' - one of Tauranga's pre-eminent historians - was cut down today after being deemed dangerous. Jean Euphemia... Read More
12:46pm Tue 20 Jan, 2015
A working party has now been established for the New Zealand World War One Memorial Forest which will see 18,166 trees planted across the Coromandel. During a recent... Read More
12:40pm Tue 20 Jan, 2015
A World War One Memorial Forest will be created on the Coromandel to commemorate all New Zealand soldiers who died in the Great War. Starting this Anzac Day, a total... Read More
09:45am Tue 20 Jan, 2015
Cercarial dermatitis, also known as ‘swimmer's itch', is being attributed as the cause of an allergic rash suffered by two swimmers who took a dip at the southern... Read More
07:58am Tue 20 Jan, 2015
Locals headed for the boat ramp and jetty while stingray headed for the shallows as a pod of orca came to dine at Tanners Point late yesterday evening. The pod of... Read More
11:55am Fri 16 Jan, 2015
Popular Welcome Bay swimming spot Kaiate Falls has been labelled unsafe after faecal coliform bacteria was found in the water. Medical officer of Health Dr Jim Miller... Read More
08:25am Fri 16 Jan, 2015
It's a real love hate relationship. That's because she can be moody, unpredictable and difficult to live with. But John ‘Tuna' Baker is loving and forgiving... Read More
07:19am Fri 16 Jan, 2015
After sightings of water discolouration last Friday, samples were taken from the middle of Lake Tarawera and at Te Rata Bay near Hot Water Beach, and test results... Read More
07:00am Fri 16 Jan, 2015
The sunshine gods will continue to smile on the Bay this weekend as a front marches northwards. The MetService says after a sustained period of settled weather for... Read More
11:29am Thu 15 Jan, 2015
The danger of fire throughout the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga City has reached 'extreme” levels, prompting a suspension of all new fire permits from... 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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