Environment Bay of Plenty's hazmobile is to be phased out. Declining returns and a manufacturer's chemical return scheme are putting the hazmobile out of business. The... Read More

Mihi Awhimate is the leader of a care group which has put thousands of native plants back into sand dunes to enhance a stretch of beach near Otamarakau. Since 2004... Read More

St Mary's Catholic School has recently been accepted into the national Enviroschools Programme, its application assisted by its new gardening project, ‘grow... Read More

Bay of Plenty residents are getting the chance to have their say on the way pests are managed in the region. Environment Bay of Plenty is urging people to provide... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty residents are getting the chance to dispose of their electronic waste free. ... Read More

The Horaparaikete Ahu Whenua Trust is trying to boost the native bird population in the Bay of Plenty by encouraging land owners to plant native trees, bush and... Read More

The blue penguins that have been washing up dead along Bay of Plenty beaches are not the victims of foul play. Tauranga biodiversity programme manager for the Department... Read More

Local community groups looking for funding for an environmental project still have time to apply to Environment Bay of Plenty's Environmental Enhancement Fund. ... Read More

Resource consent has been granted to mechanically remove mangroves from Tauranga Harbour. The... Read More

Rotorua's air pollution has again exceeded national standards. Environment Bay of Plenty (EBOP) announced air pollution in the city breached national standards... Read More

Tauranga's sea lettuce has the same lethal potential as its equivalent on a French beach that knocked out a rider and killed a horse, says Eddie Grogan, Environment... Read More

Tauranga high school students are mapping safe zones, evacuation areas and common meeting places during mock civil defence scenarios this week. Environment Bay... Read More