Years of dedication and hard work by members of the Kaharoa Kokako Trust were recognised in Wellington on Thursday when they were presented with the supreme award... Read More

About 35 volunteers, mainly from Karewa Parade and surrounding streets participated in the Coast Care dune planting project in Papamoa on Sunday. They planted 1500... Read More

Western Bay people are heading to the Kopurererua Valley to plant trees as part of Centennial Trust Planting Day on Sunday morning. The trust has 10,000 plants... Read More

The Environment BOP pilot project to harvest green algae at Lake Rotoiti and then use it to create useful products has begun. The harvested algae can be used to... Read More

A pilot project on Lake Rotoiti could turn algae into a useful product - while cleaning up the Bay of Plenty's waterways. The project is designed to investigate... Read More

An environmental forum of Tauranga high school students are working together to devise strategies that will assist in the preservation of the region's environment. Young... Read More

Some Tauranga organisations are having their say on the use of methyl bromide at an Environmental Risk Management Authority public hearing on May 20. ERMA is undertaking... Read More

Environment Bay of Plenty is planning to spend nearly $0.75 million over the next few years to improve its ability to monitor groundwater use. The money is the... Read More

The plastic cocoon highway users will have seen round the Karangahake Gorge rail bridge this week is to protect the river from pollution from lead based paints. 'This... Read More

Protestors, many wearing gas masks, picketed the Port of Tauranga's Hull Road gate to protest the port's continued use of methyl bromide gas. Methyl bromide's main... Read More

Environment BOP has approved the Lake Rotoma action plan, which looks at what interventions should be carried out to protect and improve the lake's water quality. The... Read More

Bay of Plenty drivers are continuing to damage sand dunes with their vehicles, says Environment BOP's coast care coordinator Pim de Monchy. He says one of the most... Read More