Environment

Rethink on Otumoetai beach name

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

Rain for Tauranga next week

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

May dry and warm for Tauranga

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

Finalists go for green glory

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

Mount company gets $30m project

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

Matua focus of flood works

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

Fanworms found in harbour again

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

Pillans pupils clean up estuary

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

Cemetery back with Maori

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

Duck shooting ends Monday

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

Last weekend for duck hunting

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

Oil spill responders on the water

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