11:00am Sunday 26 Jun, 2022
Polystyrene’s typically high level of contamination makes it hard to recycle, but recycling companies around the world are proving it can be done... Read More
11:00am Saturday 25 Jun, 2022
Bay of Plenty Regional Council has adopted its Annual Plan 2022/23 in what chair Doug Leeder describes as a “challenging operating environment”. Leeder... Read More
6:45am Tuesday 21 Jun, 2022
Mount Ruapehu has stabilised after a short period of increased volcanic tremor over the weekend. It remains at alert level 2, which signalled moderate-to-heightened... Read More
8:30am Saturday 18 Jun, 2022
Entries are now open for the 2022 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards. These awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions made around Aotearoa... Read More
8:30am Thursday 16 Jun, 2022
The Tongan volcanic eruption may be responsible for New Zealand’s unusually vibrant sunrises and sunsets, say NIWA scientists. Since late May,... Read More
9:10am Thursday 09 Jun, 2022
Biosecurity New Zealand is launching its winter campaign to help raise awareness of a particularly unwanted pest – the brown marmorated stink bug... Read More
5:00pm Wednesday 08 Jun, 2022
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Compliance officers will start using new infrared camera technology to help detect illegal non-compliant wood burner use... Read More
9:10am Tuesday 07 Jun, 2022
With the change of season, Bay of Plenty Regional Council is again reminding rural landowners of the requirements to protect the region’s stopbanks... Read More
12:00pm Saturday 28 May, 2022
Fish & Game is welcoming the new NIWA-DairyNZ resource to help farmers with wetland design and performance. "New Zealanders are becoming far more... Read More
3:00pm Friday 27 May, 2022
Mummy didn’t get caught kissing Santa Claus but threatened native mistletoe has been discovered in a corner of the Eastern Bay of Plenty where... Read More
9:30am Thursday 26 May, 2022
Farmers and growers surrounding the degraded Waihī Estuary are being urged to seek free support and financial help from local environmental... Read More
5:00pm Tuesday 24 May, 2022
This week, iconic charity Keep New Zealand Beautiful launches Backyard Battle, a citizen science programme which aims to identify the origins of litter... Read More
7:45am Monday 23 May, 2022
Nature is taking with one hand and giving with the other when it comes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s freshwater ecosystems. University of Canterbury... Read More
6:45am Monday 23 May, 2022
Nature is taking with one hand and giving with the other when it comes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s freshwater ecosystems. University of Canterbury... Read More
7:30am Saturday 21 May, 2022
New and rare fish species have been discovered by Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council scientists in the Nukuhou catchment. The announcement... Read More