Two months of works are about to begin to drill a new, deeper groundwater bore hole in Ōmokoroa. Bay of Plenty Regional Council has a groundwater bore at... Read More

4.42pm: The man reported to be lost in the Omanawa Falls area has been located. Police initially received reports he was lost around midday. "He is... Read More

An increase in visitors hoping to catch the southern lights is resulting in a call for the Catlins to be made a dark sky reserve. On Wednesday, Owaka Going... Read More

People in the Bay of Plenty, and visitors to GeoNet's volcano cameras page may have spotted an almost continuous steam and gas plume from Whakaari/White Island... Read More

Parts of Te Papa's colossal squid have found their way to Katikati. Colossal Squid: Freaky Features is developed and toured by the Museum of New Zealand... Read More

Rural Women New Zealand is once again joining forces with Massey University to help raise awareness and funds to combat leptospirosis. 'Leptospirosis is a... Read More

When you think of electricity, fibre optics don't immediately spring to mind. But lines company Powerco is installing 164km of it around its Coromandel network... Read More

Recreational water users in the Bay of Plenty and Lakes districts should be aware of potential blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) blooms when using local waterways... Read More

The Environmental Protection Authority has approved the release of a rust fungus to control the spread of Chilean needle grass, an invasive weed that not only... Read More

Katikati will not be getting its own sandy beach after all. Katikati Boating Club members are disappointed with the Western Bay of Plenty District Council's... Read More

It takes a village to raise a pontoon, and the Bay Coast Rowing Club has proven just that with the completion of their long-awaited pontoon project. On Thursday,... Read More

A research project to capture an inventory of all exotic planted forests in New Zealand — to provide a valuable tool for commercial forestry decisions... Read More