03:00pm Thu 13 Mar, 2025
Video of a fireball streaking across the Bay of Plenty night sky has surfaced online. A post on Fireballs Aotearoa Facebook page said that team member... Read More
11:50am Thu 13 Mar, 2025
A Bay of Plenty quarry business, the company director and one of the landowners have been fined $272,000 after extracting huge amounts of pumice in breach... Read More
10:10am Wed 12 Mar, 2025
A large digger isn't something usually seen in a protected wetland, but it's proven vital in a collaborative effort to remove an invasive weed species. The... Read More
08:00am Tue 11 Mar, 2025
A free public lecture at the University of Waikato Tauranga campus this week will feature internationally renowned peace advocate and former Tauranga local Alyn... Read More
02:00pm Sun 09 Mar, 2025
New Defence Force figures show more than half a million litres of diesel fuel aboard the Manawanui when it sank has not been taken off it. The survey ship... Read More
04:00pm Sat 08 Mar, 2025
An unlikely coalition of more than 80 companies, councils and not-for-profit organisations is urging the government to introduce a long-awaited recycling scheme. The... Read More
10:00am Sat 08 Mar, 2025
The main deer hunting season - the Roar - is about to go into full swing, and hunters everywhere are being reminded of the need to identify their target beyond... Read More
06:30am Sat 08 Mar, 2025
Tauranga City Council is backing the nationwide Love Food Hate Waste campaign this March to help residents cut grocery costs and reduce household food waste. Many... Read More
08:00pm Fri 07 Mar, 2025
The Government's City and Regional Deals initiative has received a great response from regions across New Zealand, and is now into the assessment stage... Read More
05:00pm Thu 06 Mar, 2025
Although one source of odours plaguing Ōpōtiki residents has been located and rectified, there are still complaints about a bad smell in the town. Bay... Read More
09:00am Thu 06 Mar, 2025
OceanaGold has submitted an application through the Fast-track approvals process for the Waihī North Project. "We welcome the new consenting process... Read More
05:00pm Tue 04 Mar, 2025
The North Island weka population is booming in the Bay of Plenty. Numbers are growing and the birds are becoming more common, spreading towards Rotorua and... Read More