Environment

Growing food resilience this March

From walking the ‘aisles' of your own backyard supermarket, to growing your own lettuce in recycled bottles - there's plenty to learn about food resilience... Read More

DIVAS! to bring the ultimate soirée to Tauranga

Events Innovated has announced a rip-roaring new show, celebrating some of the most heralded female artists and vocalists of the last six decades. Playing at... Read More

A grand rescue: Operation helps pair back to safey

A grandmother and granddaughter who set out for a bush walk on Sunday afternoon are no doubt thanking their lucky stars after a late night rescue. The pair... Read More

Geothermal bore blasts up from BOP ground

Users of a geothermal bore found themselves without hot water this morning after scheduled maintenance resulted in bubbles and steam billowing from a motel... Read More

Warning to keep out of harbour construction site

People are being warned to stay away from an active construction site on a Bay of Plenty coastline. While great progress is being made on the Ōpōtiki Harbour... Read More

The big danger in NZ's carbon credit surplus

The government has been urged to quickly shrink the number of carbon credits available for polluters to buy, after four failed auctions in 2023. The Climate... Read More

Strong dung odour from stopbank works

A cow dung-like smell wafting from earthworks along the Whakatāne stopbank has Riverside Drive residents holding their noses. However, while Bay of Plenty... Read More

21-year-old Kiwi killed in Japan avalanche

The family of one of the New Zealanders killed in an avalanche in Japan say she was full of vitality and passion for life. Authorities had confirmed two New... Read More

Allergic woman trapped in home as wasps swarm

A Rotorua woman says she is forced to shut herself inside her home as "millions" of wasps from a neighbouring property swarm around her house. Lynne Coutts... Read More

BOP man vies for national excavator title

Rotorua man Lloyd Jenks will be bringing big dig energy to Feilding at the end of this week when he climbs into the cab of a 13-tonne excavator to represent... Read More

Research: Love for the environment a driver

Dr Roshean Woods says helping bring the latest tools and technology into dairy farmers' hands is one of the best things about her role. The DairyNZ senior... Read More

Collection: Stunning image of mallard on stamp

A stunning image of a mallard drake in flight captured by a Northland photographer, David Towgood, has been selected as the image for the coveted 2024 Game Bird... Read More