08:31am Mon 01 Aug, 2016
The purchase contract securing the 350 tonne travel lift for the Tauranga Marine Precinct has been signed by Tauranga City Council CEO Garry Poole and Cimolai sales... Read More
11:40am Sun 31 Jul, 2016
Winter bared its teeth last night blasting the central North Island and closing the Desert Road State Highway 1. The MetService says the country saw its heaviest... Read More
09:59am Sat 30 Jul, 2016
A severe weather watch has been issued for Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty by the MetService this morning. The watch also warns of possible westerly gales... Read More
07:01am Fri 29 Jul, 2016
For two crewmen on board the Anzac Frigate HMNZS Te Mana, the ship's visit to its home port is also the visit to their home port. Midshipman (MID) Matthew Barnett,... Read More
11:32am Thu 28 Jul, 2016
The Department of Conservation has growing concerns about the health and safety of a young orca which appears to have been separated from its pod. For more than... Read More
01:43pm Wed 27 Jul, 2016
Members of the public are being asked to stay away from an orca calf that's been spotted in the waters off the Bay of Plenty coastline recently. Following sightings... Read More
12:08pm Mon 25 Jul, 2016
Tauranga sailor Peter Burling and crew Blair Tuke will be going into the Olympics in Rio knowing their next ride, a 50ft (15.2m) Americas Cup foiling catamaran is... Read More
09:41am Sun 24 Jul, 2016
After being buffeted with heavy rain and wind last night Bay of Plenty and Coromandel Peninsula can expect more says the MetService. The MetService have issued another... Read More
10:58am Sat 23 Jul, 2016
A green brown scum sighted along beaches mainly in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is not ‘cow poo' but surf diatoms - a naturally occurring single celled organism. The... Read More
08:01am Sat 23 Jul, 2016
A severe weather warning has been issued for Bay of Plenty and Coromandel Peninsula today from the MetService. An active front is forecast to move eastwards across... Read More
10:27am Fri 22 Jul, 2016
Get the family together and head into the CBD for a parade that celebrates the relationship between Tauranga and the Royal New Zealand Navy next weekend. More than... Read More
09:13am Thu 21 Jul, 2016
The Brexit decision and subsequent exchange rate fluctuations has paid off for the Tauranga City Council in its purchase of the 350 tonne vessel hoist for the Tauranga... Read More