05:59pm Fri 23 Sep, 2022
Despite the majority of Bay of Plenty Regional Council candidates agreeing climate change was an issue facing Tauranga, they all drove their car on World Car Free... Read More
07:00am Fri 23 Sep, 2022
No matter how you slice it or dice it, today means winter is over and spring is here as the spring equinox arrives. The spring equinox is a precise moment in... Read More
06:21am Fri 23 Sep, 2022
A strong 5.8 earthquake has rattled the top of the South Island, and lower North Island overnight. GeoNet says the quake was centred about 30 km north-east of... Read More
07:00pm Thu 22 Sep, 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand continues to strengthen global emergency management capability with a new agreement between New Zealand and Australia, says Minister for Emergency... Read More
06:00pm Thu 22 Sep, 2022
Scientists from all around the country descended on Gisborne this week to present on the potential impact of a tsunami in the region. Tairāwhiti Emergency Management... Read More
04:00pm Thu 22 Sep, 2022
The first group of New Zealand Defence Force personnel have arrived in Antarctica on the Royal New Zealand Air Force's first ice flight for the 2022/23 season. Each... Read More
02:45pm Thu 22 Sep, 2022
There may have been an eruption on Whakaari/White Island recently but no one knows for sure. Scientists are unable to confirm because of faulty monitoring equipment... Read More
11:15am Thu 22 Sep, 2022
Beachgoers ignoring clear signage and traipsing through a key nesting site in the Coromandel are putting vulnerable dotterels/tuturiwhatu and variable oystercatchers/torea-pango... Read More
09:10am Thu 22 Sep, 2022
The Port of Tauranga is hosting a corporate clean up this Friday as part of Keep New Zealand Beautiful's Clean Up Week. This annual event is once again asking... Read More
02:46pm Wed 21 Sep, 2022
A volcano seismologist says the raising of the alert level for the Lake Taupō volcano from zero to one is more a sign of improved monitoring rather than unusual... Read More
08:30am Wed 21 Sep, 2022
Former Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark - and Waihi Beach locals - officially launched Sustainable Waihī Beach as its ambassador on Saturday, September 10. 'Waihī... Read More
02:46pm Tue 20 Sep, 2022
The Volcanic Alert Level for Lake Taupō has been raised from 0 to 1 after more than 700 tremors have been recorded under the central North Island's super-volcano... Read More