Environment

Water shutdown in Western Bay

Residents in parts of the Western Bay of Plenty will be without water overnight on Thursday as repair works are undertaken on a water valve. The water shutdown affecting... Read More

Biodiversity plan for harbour

The signing of a Biodiversity Management Plan is seeing the Whakatane Harbour Care Group reach a new milestone in its aim to improve and protect the Eastern Bay... Read More

Arson attempts prove costly

A spate of 'reckless and irresponsible” arson attempts on reserve bushland along the Waikareao Estuary is leaving Tauranga City Council to foot a $2500 re-planting... Read More

Ballance CEO retiring

Ballance Agri-Nutrients chief executive Larry Bilodeau will be ending 17 years with the co-operative at the end of September when he retires. Under Larry's leadership... Read More

Bridges refutes Rena promise

The Labour Party's promise to remove the Rena wreck from Astrolabe Reef is nothing more than 'empty promises by out of town politicians”, says Tauranga MP... Read More

Labour vows to remove Rena

Labour leader David Cunliffe is vowing to make the owners of the grounded Rena ship pay the full cost of the clean-up and remove the wreck remains from Astrolabe... Read More

Rena salvage op starts

The delayed salvage operation to cut the sunken Rena's accommodation block from the ship and raise it to the surface of the reef begins today. Spokesman for the... Read More

Labour MPs touch down

Labour leader David Cunliffe and his shadow caucus are set for a 'busy” day of Tauranga City today as they sit down and discuss the party's vision and issues... Read More

Blunt force calf killings review

Tauranga woman Nikki Frair is delighted there is to be a review of blunt force calf killings but she's not stopping her online petition opposing the measures just... Read More

Warning issued for Bay lake

The presence of blue-green algae in Okawa Bay has seen a health warning issued for the area. Routine monitoring results provided by the Bay of Plenty have confirmed... Read More

Luncheon a win for wildlife

Work to rehabilitate Tauranga's wildlife and assist with the city's stray cat populations will benefit from a $5000 raised in a fundraiser for the ARRC Trust this... Read More

Possum on pets’ menu

A pet food company selling possum-meat products as an alternative has just completed a multi-million dollar upgrade of its Te Puke factory in hopes of becoming the... Read More