Environment

BOP Trust welcomes vote for settlement process 

The Whakatōhea Pre Settlement Claims Trust has welcomed a vote on whether to continue the current Settlement process, re-mandate, or hold a Waitangi Tribunal... Read More

TCC’s treatment plant’s pipeline route finalised

Tauranga City Council's third water treatment plant has reached a major milestone with the finalising of the underground pipeline route. The Waiāri Water Supply... Read More

Educators vote to reject Ministry offers

Primary teachers and principals have rejected the Government's latest collective agreement offers. The secret online ballot for NZEI Te Riu Roa members closed... Read More

Quake swarms near Lake Taupo

A swarm of 28 earthquakes has struck the country - and they all occurred in an area relating to volcanoes, faultlines and geothermal activity. GeoNet's seismometer... Read More

BOP logging company fined $100k

An investigation into a worker being struck by a tumbling log has lead a Rotorua-based logging company to be fined and sentenced. Cropp Logging appeared in the... Read More

Potato virus found for the first time in NZ

A potato virus which affects potatoes used to make chips has been found for the first time in New Zealand. The potato mop-top virus, known as PMTV, has been found... Read More

Needle found in Auckland strawberry punnet

Police are urging anyone who has bought Choice brand strawberries to return them to where they bought them after needles were found in a punnet sold by St Luke's... Read More

National experts coming to Tauranga

National experts on topics ranging from farm planning and water science to Maturanga Māori and kiwifruit conversions, will be sharing their knowledge in Tauranga... Read More

Council takes up Kiwi Camp offer for campers

Western Bay of Plenty District Council has accepted a $200,000 grant from Central Government to trial a KiwiCamp facility in Waihi Beach this summer to help manage... Read More

Bay Conservation Alliance launches

Bay Conservation Alliance launched on Friday September 21 2018, as part of National Conservation Week and with the support of Conservation Minister Hon. Eugenie... Read More

Paengaroa kids abuzz over beeswax wraps

Students from Paengaroa School marked Bee Aware Month by making sustainable beeswax wraps using beeswax from locally-owned hives. On September 12, representatives... Read More

River improvement targets exceeded

More than 136 kilometres of Bay of Plenty waterway margins have been protected from stock access in the past year through riparian management partnerships between... Read More