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Passenger’s story of Tauranga plane evacuation Fiona Birchall has told her story of today’s Tauranga plane evacuation. Photo. Fiona Birchall. '); } else { // } A passenger on a plane evacuated prior to take off at Tauranga Airport is praising the response of all involved to the hair-raising incident. Emergency services were called to the airport shortly before 8am this morning. Air New Zealand flight 8807 was scheduled to take off from Tauranga, heading for Christchurch, at 6.15am but never took flight. Fiona Birchall was sitting in seat 6A on the outbound fl...

Te Waihi estuary clean up ideas sought Wai Kokopu restoration coach John Burke. '); } else { // } The group leading the charge to clean up Te Waihi estuary in the Bay of Plenty will be hosting a farm advisory meeting that will provide a forum for discussion and ideas on how to work together to revitalise the catchment. Wai Kokopu, made up of tangata whenua, landowners, environmental care groups, Maori agribusiness, residents and ratepayers, is committed to replenishing and revitalising the health of the estuary between Maketu and Pukehina. The estuary is fed by w...

Plane evacuated at Tauranga Airport A plane load of people were evacuated this morning. Photo: Rosalie Liddle Crawford. '); } else { // } Fire crews have responded to an incident at Tauranga Airport. Details are limited but SunLive has been told that people have been evacuated from a plane. Fire and Emergency New Zealand confirm they have been on the scene at the airport. “We have been on the scene at Tauranga Airport regarding an incident on a plane,” says northern fire communications shift manager Mark Richards. “All our units have now been stood down and i...

New rules for surgical procedures on animals There are new offences and penalties for some breaches of the regulations, which came into effect on May 9. File Image. '); } else { // } New rules for surgical procedures on animals came into effect yesterday following a year-long delay due to Covid-19. The new regulations under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 cover a variety of procedures carried out on a range of animals by veterinarians and others – from specialist procedures to routine ones such as lamb tail docking and goat disbudding. Dr Chris Rodwell, a veterinaria...

The core could make its re-entry at any point within that area. Much of the rocket section is likely to burn up in the intense heat created as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere, but given the size of the segment some debris could make it to the ground. While any debris that does make it through will most likely fall into the ocean or onto areas of uninhabited land, it is possible some could fall over inhabited areas. It is impossible to predict where or when the debris will hit the Earth, and variations of just a few minutes could change the re-entry point by thousands of kilometres.