A Motiti Island resident has placed an unflattering perspective on Maori opinion about the Rena resource consent hearing. In her evidence, Ngarima Chapman has described... Read More

Bay of Plenty residents are being warned to expect beaches to turn green over the coming months, with a severe lettuce season predicted. With a strong El Nino weather... Read More

The traditional method of using bundles of pigfern to catch koura is being used by scientists studying freshwater crayfish population levels in the Rotorua Lakes. Local... Read More

The MetService has issued a heavy rain warning for the Bay of Plenty with up to 100mm of rain expected over the next 12 hour period. A complex trough of low pressure... Read More

The lure of anglers hooking the 'big one” has just taken on a whole new perspective with Fish & Game's announcement of a major fishing promotion on Rotorua's... Read More

UPDATE: 2.15pm: The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management has cancelled the National Tsunami Warning (Marine and Beach Threat) issued yesterday after... Read More

One of the world's top divers has endorsed recreational diving on the wreck of the Rena, saying spending too much effort making the wreck ‘safe' is a waste... Read More

Minor fluctuations in sea-level have been recorded in Tauranga and the East Cape as the first set of predicted tsunami waves hit New Zealand. A warning was issued... Read More

UPDATED - 3.30pm: Initial tsunami waves recorded by DART Buoys in the Pacific suggest wave heights between 0.2m - 1m may hit the Coromandel coastline later tonight.... Read More

The crown case at the Rena hearing in Mount Maunganui is following the Waitangi Tribunal's recommendation that it participates actively in the resource consent process,... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is working with iwi, landowners, communities and territorial authorities to protect and restore the Rangitaiki River catchment and... Read More

It may have been identified as a key economic opportunity in the Bay of Plenty Growth Study, but Fish & Game say they 'strongly oppose” commercial trout farming... Read More