Rooks are large, glossy, purplish-black bird with a prominent, powerful bill.

Wild rabbits are largely an agricultural pest and they compete with livestock for pasture. 

Exotic caulerpa is a fast growing, invasive seaweed that can form dense underwater fields, threatening native marine life. It hasn’t reached the Bay of Plenty, and we need you to help keep it out!  

Any effects, whether positive or negative, long or short-term, or when combined with each other, need to be identified.

Butterflies feeding on moth plant can die from starvation due to feeding parts becoming gummed up.

The Ōtara stopbank upgrade will improve flood defences (stopbanks and floodwalls) along the left bank of the Ōtara River, from Ford Street to Princess Street in Ōpōtiki. 

Two new high-tech, live-feed cameras have been installed by Coastguard Whakatāne with funding support from Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

The rising number of abandoned and derelict boats in Tauranga Harbour is becoming a costly issue, with ratepayers often footing the bill for their disposal if they sink.

Provides a framework for sustainably managing the region's natural and physical resources.

A conifer tree bears cones and has needle-like or scale-like leaves.