Outdoor lessons are even more fun at Te Ranga Primary School in Te Puke thanks to a $2000 grant from Rural Women New Zealand and Farmlands. The school is one of... Read More

Tauranga City Council is unveiling its vision to have city wide tsunami evacuation routes and signs in place by 2015 allowing residents to move safely away from... Read More

Visitors to Papamoa Hills Regional Cultural Park are being asked to take extra care during the next six weeks as a forestry block on the property is harvested. BOPRC... Read More

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council is advising residents with bores or water takes near Saturday's fuel tanker crash at Paengaroa to check for signs of contamination... Read More

Otanewainuku Kiwi Trust supporters are eagerly waiting to hear whether the trust will be named winner of the 2014 Mitre 10 Community of the Year Award this week. Otanewainuku... Read More

Tauranga Independent MP Brendan Horan is calling for swifter action on cleaning up New Zealand's rivers, lakes and streams claiming current attempts are 'intermittent... Read More

Zespri's forecast record returns for green growers is good news for the Bay of Plenty and the country, says Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated president Neil Trebilco. Yesterday... Read More

As young competitors prepare for this week's national carnival, organisers of the Under-14 NZ Surf Life Saving Championships are working tirelessly to prepare Mount... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is calling for residents to have their say about how councils should manage the potential impacts of natural hazards in the region.... Read More

An informal Tauranga City Council environmental think-tank is challenging the new council to take them and their advice on agri-chemical usage in the city seriously. Since... Read More

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is throwing his weight behind calls for complete removal of the Rena claiming anything less portrays New Zealand as a maritime... Read More

Te Puna Quarry Park volunteers are being thanked for their part in changing what could have been 32 hectares of a 'naked rock face in the hills” to a thriving... Read More