Funding for a key road project that could enable more homes in Tauranga has been declined by the New Zealand Transport Agency. The business case for the $164... Read More

Some would say you can't improve on paradise, but Chris Dever is going to try. Chris has been officially sworn in as an Ōmokoroa Community Board Member at... Read More

Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell has allocated $16.8 million of Budget 24 funding to support councils in accelerating recovery efforts... Read More

A change in funding for Tauranga's civic precinct Te Manawataki o Te Papa could save ratepayers $1 million a year in interest. The $306 million precinct in... Read More

Tauranga City Council elected members have decided to use the Council's traditional, value-for-money debt-funding approach to finance the Te Manawataki o Te... Read More

Laura Rae has officially taken her seat as a Western Bay of Plenty District Councillor. Officially sworn in as the new Maketu - Te Puke Ward Councillor at... Read More

A Tauranga woman has been locked in a row with council over unpaid rates as she believes the city was 'denied democracy” when the commission was reappointed. Jan... Read More

Newly elected Tauranga councillors will earn six-figure salaries for their work. Mayor Mahé Drysdale will earn $179,316 a year, deputy mayor Jen Scoular's... Read More

From cadetship to career opportunities, three young wāhine have recently secured roles at Tauranga City Council after graduating from the Piki Ake cadetship... Read More

Rotorua's council is looking to improve its pensioner housing services - by removing itself as landlord. There is a waitlist for the council's 152 subsidised... Read More

Tauranga's first Māori ward councillor has been granted a leave absence until next year due to illness. Mikaere Sydney (Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Ranginui)... Read More

Warning: Distressing content. An elderly woman whose 12 chickens died in a series of brutal dog attacks has been left traumatised and 'bereft” by... Read More