Almost 63,000 Bay of Plenty residents live in locations exposed to flooding from 'one-in-100-year” rainfall events, new research led by Earth Sciences... Read More

The Department of Conservation has pleaded with vandals to stop targeting its signs after bullet holes were found in one and repair is proving costly. Green... Read More

More than a third of the population in some regions are at risk from inland flooding and that will increase as a changing climate brings wilder, wetter weather,... Read More

There was a possible eruption at Whakaari/White Island today, based on webcam observations. Earth Sciences New Zealand duty volcanologist Agnes Mazot said... Read More

August 2025 marked a milestone in the construction of Hauraki District Council's $40 million Paeroa Wastewater Treatment Plant - at the halfway mark, it's coming... Read More

Stopping leachate from an old dump site entering a Tauranga stream will cost the council nearly $1.5m to fix. Tauranga City Council must carry out infrastructure... Read More

Two yachts remain grounded at Pilot Bay following strong spring winds that swept through Mount Maunganui. SunLive readers reported two yachts had grounded... Read More

Reported incidents of dogs attacking protected wildlife are increasing, newly released DOC data has revealed. And the data shows kiwi, our national bird,... Read More

Labour Weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, bringing an influx of visitors to the Western Bay - including the first wave of freedom campers. As people... Read More

Conservationist Ben Banks spends a lot of his spare time trying to protect the Okorero -Thornton Lagoon wildlife reserve but it seems joyriders are just as much... Read More

Steph Dryfhout has a 'passion” for trees - and now she's a double world champion at climbing them. The Bay of Plenty arborist has won her second consecutive... Read More

Proposed changes to earthquake strengthening laws could pave the way for reopening Rotorua's heritage Blue Baths building, Mayor Tania Tapsell says. The Government... Read More