Dog control fees in the Whakatāne District will remain the same for the 2019/20 year, which starts on 1 July. That follows a decision by the Whakatāne District Council’s Policy Committee to retain the existing fees for dog registration, impounding and microchip...

Submissions on the Whakatāne District Council’s draft 2019/20 Annual Plan will close at 5pm on Monday, 29 April, so now is the time to have your say! Key focus areas highlighted for feedback in the Council’s Annual Plan consultation document include: Whakatāne...

Ōpōtiki District Council has released an information document on the 2019-20 Annual Plan Your assets, your community, your future – our plan in action.  The documentshows what rates are expected to be and tells how we plan to progress our major...

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has today welcomed the release of Environment Aotearoa 2019 by the Ministry for the Environment. The report highlights the most pressing environmental issues New Zealand is facing and outlines nine...

Sixty minis will line up in Kaitaia this Easter, on Good Friday, at the start of an epic 2,500 km journey to Invercargill. It will take the teams six long days to reach their destination, following the route taken in the classic Kiwi movie “Goodbye Pork Pie.” A...

Customer satisfaction with KiwiSaver providers has dropped in Consumer NZ’s annual survey. Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin said almost all of the 13 providers rated in the survey saw their customer satisfaction ratings fall. “Overall, 48% of...

There have now been six cases of measles reported in the Bay of Plenty region in the past month. “The most recent case, reported last night, is linked to the previous cases in the Mount Maunganui area,” says Dr Neil de Wet, Medical Officer of Health for Toi Te Ora...