11:45am Thu 03 Feb, 2022
After a two-year tussle over tsunami sirens in the Coromandel, a community group is planning to buy its own. Thames Coromandel's sirens were disconnected last... Read More
06:30am Wed 02 Feb, 2022
Water Safety New Zealand is working closely with their partners to ensure appropriate warning signage is in place at New Zealand's waterways whilst also backing... Read More
11:55am Sun 30 Jan, 2022
Fast-track consenting made available for Provincial Growth Fund projects could see work start on a $29.4 million marina in Whakatāne mid-year. Named Te Rāhui... Read More
05:00pm Sat 29 Jan, 2022
New Zealand Civil Defence says there is no tsunami risk from a magnitude 6.4 quake which struck near the Kermadec Islands on Saturday afternoon. The National... Read More
03:00pm Sat 29 Jan, 2022
Fast-track consenting made available for Provincial Growth Fund projects could see work start on a $29.4 million marina in Whakatāne mid-year. Named Te Rāhui... Read More
02:00pm Sat 29 Jan, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 97 new community cases in NZ and 58 new cases identified at the border. Of the new community cases, 61 are in Auckland, one... Read More
01:30pm Fri 28 Jan, 2022
Tauranga filmmakers working on a documentary about the response to the Rena disaster are thanking the Bay of Plenty community for getting behind a crowdfunding... Read More
11:45am Fri 28 Jan, 2022
A Tauranga woman is proving that you can live on a yacht and work at a Tauriko-based business at the same time. Fiona Birchall is a business development manager... Read More
06:45am Fri 28 Jan, 2022
The lack of lifejacket use continues to be the biggest reason the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Harbourmaster team has to interact with boat users. Since Labour... Read More
09:15pm Thu 27 Jan, 2022
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck off the coast of Tonga. The United States Geological Survey reports that the quake struck about 219km west-northwest of... Read More
03:00pm Thu 27 Jan, 2022
A commercial fisher who set and hauled nets within dolphin protection areas has been fined $11,900. Following a successful Ministry for Primary Industries prosecution,... Read More
10:12am Thu 27 Jan, 2022
An iwi move to create the first fin fish farming operation off the Coromandel coast has the tick from the local council. Thames-Coromandel District councillors... Read More