Tauranga's TECT All Terrain Park has been awarded an international award for park management, an achievement that adds to the park's success in 2011 as New Zealand's... Read More

A Tauranga beach groomer took matters into his own hands when trying to save an oystercatchers' nest from busy New Year's Eve celebrations in the middle of Mount... Read More

With the heat always on for the Western Bay Moana Rural Fire Authority during the busy summer period, this January its board, principal fire officer and volunteer... Read More

The sub-tropical weather system which brought torrential thundery downpours to the Bay of Plenty will continue to ease, allowing for drier and more settled weather... Read More

The idea of a shared building for the Tauranga Fire Station and the Western Bay Moana Rural Fire Authority is being explored following a suggestion from the New... Read More

Re-sealing and re-marking of the Maketu Surf Club carpark is set to begin in the New Year. The work has been given high priority status within the renewal programme... Read More

A plea is being put out to beach-goers who find dead or sick penguins on the shore to keep them, in the name of research. Mount Penguin Monitoring co-ordinator Dave... Read More

A Tauranga couple is regenerating native plants by encouraging their family to plant kauri trees on their 10 acre property to be enjoyed in generations to come. Maree... Read More

Rich in history and tracing the steps of Maori and early settlers, the Motu Trails start in Opotiki and carves their way through spectacular coastal, bush and hill... Read More

A net used to protect an illegal cannabis plot is being blamed for the death of a native New Zealand bird. A kiwi, named Matimati Ma by the Whakatane Kiwi Trust,... Read More

One -man band Xavier Rudd is bringing his sound of rich tapestry of blues, reggae and folk music to Waihi on December 28. Rudd will be joined by fellow blues travelers,... Read More

Mayor Island is now home to 17 critically endangered native parakeets. The parakeets were transported from the South Island to the island in the Bay of Plenty to... Read More