02:00pm Thu 07 Dec, 2023
Paralytic shellfish toxins have been found in Waikato, prompting a warning against collecting or eating shellfish from the Kawhia region. The warning affects... Read More
11:45am Thu 07 Dec, 2023
Plans to make it legal for vehicles to access a Bay of Plenty beach through a pedestrian boardwalk has been slammed as unsafe by a Waiotahe Drifts resident. Resident... Read More
06:00pm Wed 06 Dec, 2023
Brown kiwi are thriving in Eastern Coromandel as sustained predator control by DOC and the local community pays off for the threatened birds. Surveying of... Read More
10:10am Wed 06 Dec, 2023
More than a quarter of the deaths from the tsunami that hit Japan's eastern coast in 2011, were due to people being trapped in their cars while trying to escape... Read More
08:00pm Tue 05 Dec, 2023
University of Canterbury researchers and partners are using digital technology to help every New Zealander join the fight against invasive pests. Find-A-Pest... Read More
12:00pm Tue 05 Dec, 2023
Bay of Plenty residents and visitors alike will be able to enjoy the beauty of Te Rere o Ōmanawa/ Ōmanawa Falls this summer after the newly-enhanced site opens... Read More
07:00am Tue 05 Dec, 2023
An investigation is ongoing after a man was fatally shot while hunting in the Te Urewera Ranges, Rutuahuna, early Friday morning, December 1. Police responded... Read More
08:00pm Mon 04 Dec, 2023
Toka Tū Ake EQC (Earthquake Commission) has awarded 14 research teams a total of more than $1.2 million in this year's Biennial Grants round. These research... Read More
06:00pm Mon 04 Dec, 2023
Heavy industry is set to stay in Mount Maunganui but stricter controls around what will be allowed in future have been put in place. Mount Maunganui's industrial... Read More
07:30am Sun 03 Dec, 2023
He's a heavy diesel mechanic by trade and a ‘Tree Shepherd' come tinsel time when the bells ring out for Christmas. For Steven Chinnery-Brown and his wife... Read More
10:45am Fri 01 Dec, 2023
A long-running project to establish a wastewater system in the Bay of Plenty town of Matatā has made headway, but questions are being raised on why it's... Read More
08:30am Fri 01 Dec, 2023
Western Bay of Plenty District Council is calling on people to have their say about how waste is dealt with in the district. There's one week left to join... Read More