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

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

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council says a court decision to fine a Tauranga company $70,000 for repeatedly discharging an objectionable odour from its... Read More

Friday, December 1, marks an important date in the calendar of keen trout fishers around the region. Several Eastern Region streams, which have remained... Read More

A woman was left covered in 'itchy” bed bug bites after spending a night in Wellington. 'In the morning, I got out of bed and saw little bugs crawling... Read More

Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti Civil Defence emergency management teams are closely monitoring flooding and water levels in streams and rivers across the regions... Read More

Farmers are being reminded to take care when hay bailing this season to avoid fires. Fire and Emergency's national wildfire manager Tim Mitchell says... Read More

Tauranga's cruise ship industry missed a much anticipated economic opportunity today due to an Australian cruise ship failing to meet NZ's strict biosecurity... Read More

Egg producers are hopeful prices have peaked and the egg shortage of early-2023 will soon be a distant memory. The country's layer hen population is continuing... Read More

The discovery of 81 Mediterranean fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii) on the sea floor in Pilot Bay is not the early Christmas present that the Bay of Plenty Regional... Read More

Three protected native geckos have been returned to the wild after years in illegal captivity. The release of the lizards in the Southern Alps came just... Read More

In a region with more road cones than people, drivers are mystified why potholes keep reappearing on Bay of Plenty roads soon after they are fixed, with some... Read More