10:05am Mon 28 Nov, 2016
Tossing gutted fish into Tauranga Harbor brought a pair of surprise scavengers after a snack. Bruce Adams filmed a pair of 'good sized” bronze whaler sharks... Read More
06:52am Fri 25 Nov, 2016
A bar crossing safety video produced by the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regional councils have now cracked 200,000 YouTube views. The clip gives boaties information... Read More
10:36am Thu 24 Nov, 2016
Mount Maunganui Lifeguards have issued a warning about a naturally occurring phenomenon that could become a hazard for swimmers. A massive and deep gutter has formed... Read More
07:21am Thu 24 Nov, 2016
The Ministry for Primary Industries has extended the public health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested in Eastern Bay of Plenty. The... Read More
12:14pm Wed 23 Nov, 2016
The dredging around the Jack's Point boat ramp has been so successful there's now access at the ramp three hours either side of high tide, says the Thames-Coromandel... Read More
07:29pm Tue 22 Nov, 2016
Coastguard and emergency services have launched a search in the waters between Maketu and Whakatane tonight. Two Coastguard vessels from those units have been seen... Read More
05:39pm Mon 21 Nov, 2016
Regular users of Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Live Monitoring website may notice a number of gaps in the data as radio interference causes a number of issues. Council's... Read More
01:46pm Fri 18 Nov, 2016
The Ministry for Primary Industries today issued a public health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested in Eastern Bay of Plenty... Read More
09:20am Fri 18 Nov, 2016
Noel Haszard has just clocked up his 21st year with the Regional Council. Compare that to his 70 years boating experience though, and it doesn't seem that long... Read More
09:10am Thu 17 Nov, 2016
Mother Nature delivered a timely reminder about the importance of never overloading your boat on Monday when a vessel flipped while collecting crayfish pots off... Read More
05:58pm Wed 16 Nov, 2016
Bay boaties are being given the chance to learn the skills needed to navigate the Kaituna bar this weekend. The Maketu Coastguard will be offering a Bar Crossing... Read More
11:41am Tue 15 Nov, 2016
It's high time would-be poachers learn a lesson from court penalties - and give up trying to poach trout, especially from protected spawning streams. This is the... Read More