Tributes continue to flow through social media for the Mount Maunganui teenager Hamish Rieger who apparently drowned after being swept off rocks on Leisure Island. The... Read More

The grieving parents of Hamish Paul Rieger who was swept away by a wave thank police and searcher for bringing their son's body home. Greg and Donna Rieger have... Read More

Searchers looking for a teenage boy who was swept off the rocks in Tauranga on Saturday night have found a body. The Stuff.co.nz website have reported the missing... Read More

A waka that overturned while crossing the Whakatane bar early this morning has now been successfully recovered. Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Department of Conservation,... Read More

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council is asking people to respect a protection order issued over the Pee Jay V which sunk off the Whakatane coastline earlier this week.... Read More

A thorough clean-up of the former Tay Street artificial surf reef is promised after a second sheet of geotextile material washed up this week. It's the second such... Read More

A voyaging waka with six people on board capsized and broke up while crossing the Whakatane bar. Surfers in the water took people to a nearby sand spit where they... Read More

Lifeguards are pointing to a rescue scare at Shark Alley at the Mount to remind beach goers that conditions are going to be testing over the next four days. Large... Read More

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission is looking at setting up an exclusion zone around the wreck of the tour charter boat that sank after catching fire... Read More

People are being asked to stay clear as an oil spill exercise takes place at the Port of Tauranga today. The exercise is to help maintain and build oil spill response... Read More

A mystery fish-like creature with legs has popped up on Te Papa Museum's Facebook page. Images of the black creature was reportedly sent to the museum by Claudia... Read More

If you go crazy for your kaimoana, then the beautiful seaside town of Maketu is where you will want to be this Waitangi Day. Paua, mussels, kina, scallops, crayfish,... Read More