Bay of Plenty iwi are asking for an exclusion zone surrounding the Rena following the decision by an independent hearing panel to leave the wreck on Otaiti (Astrolabe)... Read More

The decision on whether the wreck of the Rena will be permitted to remain on the Astrolabe Reef will be made public on Friday. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council... Read More

Opotiki District Council has started the formal procurement process with a call for Statements of Interest and Ability (SIA) for design and construction of the Opotiki... Read More

Health warning signs will remain in place at Pilot Bay until the Tauranga City Council gets confirmation that yesterday's sewage has dissipated. Tauranga City Council... Read More

A marlin spiked a fisherman in the leg as it was being boated in Bay of Plenty today. A 55-year-old fisherman was impaled through the lower leg by the marlin spike... Read More

Swimmers are advised to steer clear of Pilot Bay until a sewage spill into the western end of the bay has cleared. Tauranga City Council communications advisor Marcel... Read More

Brilliant weather, fishing competitions and mechanical failures saw the Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard on the water for 19 hours in the weekend. The boats were on... Read More

The Ministry for Primary Industries has issued a public health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested from certain coastline areas... Read More

Paralytic Shellfish Poison is still being detected in the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel at levels nearly twice the safe levels set by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Recent... Read More

They're stranded on the beach after being blown ashore by strong winds. They are Janthina Janthina - also known exotically as the violet snail or purple storm snail. Janthina... Read More

It was disgusting, it was selfish, it was inconsiderate - and it was starting to whiff. Someone had gone down to the water's edge at Rotary Park and dumped a sack... Read More

A man found in the water clinging to a floating container for several hours overnight after the boat he was in overturned has been rescued. Two men were rescued... Read More