Illegal rubbish dumping has cost ratepayers across the Eastern Bay nearly $90,000 in the last financial year. Figures obtained from the three district councils, Kawerau, Whakatāne and Ōpōtiki, show that illegal dumping costs ratepayers tens of thousands......
Whakatāne fishing and tour operators are losing thousands of dollars a day due to restrictions put in place following the Whakaari/White Island eruption. As they head in to what is usually their peak season, they're anxiously waiting to hear more......
Wild weather seen in the Bay of Plenty overnight, is expected to continue today. SunLive has received reported of trees being uprooted, including a possible tornado uprooting a tree in Memorial Park overnight. An ambulance was crushed when a tree......
Police admit they may never find the bodies of two people still missing after the eruption on Whakaari / White Island. The eruption last Monday left 16 people confirmed dead while two people remain missing, presumed dead. Police yesterday named tour......
In a split decision, the Environment Court has dismissed iwi and residents' appeals against the proposed expansion of the water bottling plant at Otakiri. The expansion has been vehemently opposed by both iwi and community groups since consent......
A prominent Māori performing arts educator, Donna Mariana Grant, has pleaded guilty to defrauding a whare wānanga and the Tertiary Education Commission out of $1.25 million. Grant, 61 - the daughter of the late Sir Howard Morrison - pleaded guilty......
