Two men are safely back on shore after being rescued from their overturned boat at Kaituna River this afternoon. The Maketu Coastguard rescue boat. Photo: file. Emergency... Read More

More than 90 per cent of sediment in the Tauranga Harbour is made up of erosion off stream banks, landslides and earthworks, a comprehensive report has found. Tauranga... Read More

Sharks have been spotted swimming in the shores of Papamoa Beach this weekend - but lifeguards say this is normal behaviour. A shark was spotted swimming near Golden... Read More

A pair of snorkelers caught with more than nine times the legal limit of undersized paua have been dealt $1500 fines. James Francis Grant, 20, of Mount Maunganui,... Read More

The fate of the Rena wreck on Astrolabe Reef is heading to the Environment Court after the Bay of Plenty Regional Council granted the ship's owners application to... Read More

UPDATE 10.40AM: The 22 pilot whales stranded on Byran's Beach, near Ohiwa, this morning have died. The Department of Conservation made the decision to euthanise... Read More

UPDATED 3.15PM: Department of Conservation staff and a host of volunteers have successfully returned more than 20 stranded whales back into the ocean from Ohope... Read More

Up to eight whales have died and more have been beached after two pods of pilot whales became stranded in Whakatane's Ohiwa Harbour this evening. Police staff have... Read More

Divers are likely to die in salvage operations involving the wreck of the Rena, an independent study has found. The ‘second opinion' on the fate of the former... Read More

A free-style jet skier injured during a display at the Tauranga Waterfront at the weekend remains in Waikato Hospital. Adrian De Villers was performing a jet ski... Read More

It seems beachgoers weren't the only ones making the most of the weekend's summery conditions, with a pod of orca whales frolicking in the water at Mount Maunganui. Shani... Read More

A second whale, believed to be the mother of a juvenile cuvier's beaked whale found earlier this week, has been found washed up in Maketu. A second cuvier's beaked... Read More