Steve Brightwell

BAY OF PLENTY — Pitching tents and exploring just over the fence are the key themes for this years’ Conservation Week from November 1-9.

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BAY OF PLENTY — The Eastern Bay of Plenty’s stunning backyard playground is about to get thrust into a new spotlight with a project called Virtually On Track.

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WHAKATANE — Kiwi Olympian cyclists Karen Hanlen (MTB) and Sarah Walker (BMX) have been getting behind a bunch of young kiwis in an attempt to make a real difference for the future.

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HAWKE'S BAY — One of New Zealand’s most spectacular drives, Te Urewera Rainforest Route, has become even more spectacular with a temporary diversion.

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BAY OF PLENTY — A massive community effort ended in group hugs and cheers on Ohope Beach east of Whakatane early this afternoon as a stranded pygmy sperm whale headed safely out to sea.

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CHRISTCHURCH — As emergency response personnel go building by building to establish the safety of Christchurch infrastructure, a small team whose focus is usually anything but urban is collating the mass of hand-written USAR records into a database for Civil Defence.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Handing out lollipops is not what you'd usually think of as "priority emergency response", but for the Department of Conservation's Shane Cross, it's all part of making helicopter movements safe and efficient in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake.

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Sealing of a substantial part of the Te Urewera Rainforest Route may be heading for the fast-track, according to Ngai Tuhoe tourism operator Joe Doherty.

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HAWKE'S BAY — What should have been an inspection to confirm the continued eradication of an invasive aquatic weed, has instead put Lake Waikaremoana's Rosie Bay off limits to the public.

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BAY OF PLENTY — The first kokako chicks to hatch in the Whirinaki Forest in 100 years have just left the nest and are finding their feet in their new home.

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BAY OF PLENTY — "The King is back", could be the catch phrase for six-times champion Chris Morrissey when the Norske Skog Tasman Kawerau King of the Mountain race takes places this Saturday, October 31.

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BAY OF PLENTY — The economic recession may mean people making simple fun and, if recent training runs are any indication, there’ll be more fun than ever on Mt Putauaki during this month’s King of the Mountain Race.

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BAY OF PLENTY — With less than four weeks until the annual Norske Skog Tasman Kawerau King of the Mountain Race, predictions are starting to firm up in favour of Galatea farmer Sjors Corporaal retaining the title he won for the first time last year.

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BAY OF PLENTY — It's not part of the great New Zealand cycleway, but a new opportunity in Whirinaki Forest Park opening on Saturday September 5 has certainly been greatly anticipated by the New Zealand cycling fraternity.

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BAY OF PLENTY — It's not part of the great New Zealand cycleway, but a new opportunity in Whirinaki Forest Park opening on Saturday September 5 has certainly been greatly anticipated by the New Zealand cycling fraternity.

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BAY OF PLENTY — Once he was everywhere, featuring in some 400 television shows screened right around Planet Earth; these days Dr David Bellamy is a far less-spotted rarity.

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BAY OF PLENTY — With excitement building about celebrations to mark 25 years since milling ceased at Whirinaki Forest Park, organizers of the September 4-6 event are urging would-be visitors to get their accommodation arrangements nailed in place.

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BAY OF PLENTY — The reintroduction of endangered native birds to the forest and the backing of a fair-trade, organically-based business will give Septembers Whirinaki25 event a distinctly kokako flavour.

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BAY OF PLENTY — It’s easy to be smart in hindsight, but fronting up in public 25 years after the fact to justify your bold predictions is a tad harder.

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BAY OF PLENTY — Veteran conservation campaigner David Bellamy has a treetops stay lined up for his return to Whirinaki in September.

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BAY OF PLENTY — You could spend an awful long time looking for an axe buried in Whirinaki Forest Park.

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BAY OF PLENTY — There are more species of fish than there are plants, birds and animals combined.

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Twenty-five years after he coined the phrase, Professor David Bellamy is returning to New Zealand's "Dinosaur Forest".

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BAY OF PLENTY — Flagrant disregard for the boundaries of the Eastern Bay of Plentys only marine reserve, Te Paepae o Aotea (Volkner Rocks), has tarred the Whakatane Tuna Tournament.

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BAY OF PLENTY — When the pohutukawa flower early we are in for a hot summer.

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BAY OF PLENTY — Motorists diverted along the western side of the Kaimai ranges south of Paeroa due to a crash in the Waikino Gorge have the opportunity to inspect some of the more spectacular heritage restoration work being undertaken by the Department of Conservation.

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The Tarawera Trail – a proposed multi-day walking track around Lake Tarawera – can be a vital component in the Rotorua tourism industry and an important key to unlocking the aspirations of the hapu groups whose land the track will traverse say project partners Anaru Rangiheuea of Tuhourangi and Department of Conservation conservator Henry Weston.

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BAY OF PLENTY — There's a quiet revolution sweeping through the Bay of Plenty, winning the hearts and minds of its residents and changing the landscape as it passes.

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BAY OF PLENTY — A great deal is on the table for the Bay of Plenty community.

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