06:49am Sun 17 Jul, 2016
Fisheries patrols conducted by the New Zealand Defence Force are proving successful with the patrols snaring a number of commercial fishing vessels in the southwest... Read More
03:57pm Fri 15 Jul, 2016
Kiwis might not have really felt the brunt of Brexit yet, but Tauranga personal trainer and boxing coach Sean Hayden is in the ring fighting for the NZ$5000 he feels... Read More
11:16am Wed 13 Jul, 2016
Ski lanes at Hunters Creek and Panepane Point are the two hot topics in the current Navigation Safety bylaw review. Regional Council planning staff are currently... Read More
07:47am Wed 13 Jul, 2016
The biggest container ships to call at New Zealand will be using the expanded and deepened Port of Tauranga sooner than expected following Tuesday's announcement... Read More
01:35pm Sat 09 Jul, 2016
Reports have come in of a light earthquake in the Eastern Bay of Plenty measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale. The quake was located 15 km southeast of Murupara at... Read More
06:28pm Wed 06 Jul, 2016
Bay of Plenty's weather is starting to sound like a trailer to the movies JAWS - 'just when you think it was safe to go back in the water”. After a week or... Read More
06:48am Wed 06 Jul, 2016
Tauranga boaties are frantically writing submissions against a proposed second ski lane at Panepane Point - just a short distance from an already existing ski lane... Read More
06:40am Mon 04 Jul, 2016
A bunch of burly Regional Council staff took to the water to show just how difficult it is to put on a lifejacket once you are in the water and in need of it. Aged... Read More
08:50am Sun 03 Jul, 2016
It doesn't take a genius to figure out it's cold in the Bay of Plenty, with a number of roads in the region caked in ice this morning. While it's expected to get... Read More
12:07pm Fri 01 Jul, 2016
A pod of orca have been entertaining walkers on the track round the Mount this morning. 'I was coming in from a training run on my racing kayak,” says Tim... Read More
11:47am Fri 01 Jul, 2016
Tauranga yachties are being asked to submit against a proposal to introduce moving exclusion zones around ships calling at the Port of Tauranga. Tauranga Yacht and... Read More
01:38pm Thu 30 Jun, 2016
The Tauranga Harbour Marine Precinct has its first owners, after a successful tender process for the sale of Stage 1 lots on the precinct. Today Mayor Stuart Crosby... Read More