08:48am Mon 09 Jun, 2014
Revised plans to incorporate ‘Otumoetai' into the naming of a stretch of beach on Tauranga Harbour are going back out for public consultation after objections... Read More
03:49pm Sat 07 Jun, 2014
Rain is expected to settle over Tauranga next week as a broad trough over the Tasman Sea edges closer to New Zealand. The MetService says the wettest weather can... Read More
10:04am Sat 07 Jun, 2014
Tauranga experienced an especially dry month with less than 30 per cent the normal May rainfall recorded in the region. According to the latest climate summary from... Read More
04:42pm Thu 05 Jun, 2014
Te Puke MP Todd McClay says the two Western Bay of Plenty organisations named finalists for the 2014 Green Ribbon Awards are good role models for the community. Both... Read More
01:32pm Thu 05 Jun, 2014
A Mount Maunganui solar power company will begin construction on projects to provide renewable energy to the Pacific Islands worth more than $30 million. Foreign... Read More
01:19pm Thu 05 Jun, 2014
The majority of the $3.4million today approved as part of a $5million ratepayer funded levy to fix stormwater problems around the city will be spent in the suburb... Read More
11:08am Thu 05 Jun, 2014
Divers from Bay of Plenty Regional Council and University of Waikato will start searching high risk areas of Tauranga Harbour this week for the unwanted marine pest... Read More
05:21pm Wed 04 Jun, 2014
Cow bones, miscellaneous shoes and a computer mouse were among the rubbish cleared from Waikareao Estuary today in an operation involving about 100 children from... Read More
09:58am Thu 29 May, 2014
The Mission Cemetery in Tauranga will be handed back into Maori ownership after the New Zealand Mission Trust Board Empowering Bill was passed overnight. Maori Party... Read More
03:34pm Wed 28 May, 2014
Bay of Plenty game bird hunters are being urged to make the most of Queen's Birthday weekend, with Eastern Fish and Game Region's season for mallard and grey ducks... Read More
03:12pm Wed 28 May, 2014
Thames and Coromandel hunters are being reminded Auckland Waikato Fish and Game region's mallard, grey and shoveler duck season ends 6.30pm this Monday on Queen's... Read More
11:19am Mon 26 May, 2014
First responders in a potential oil spill will be out practising their skills on Tauranga Harbour this week, to ensure they are ready for any incidents on the water. The... Read More