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$3.58m scheme loan gains regional council approval

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'Woefully inadequate': Six toilets for 4000 people

'Woefully inadequate” toilet provisions at a busy Mount Maunganui sports facility have prompted debate about who should pay and how much to address the... Read More

Tauranga parks take top honours

Tauranga has proved it knows how to play, with four wins at the 2025 Recreation Aotearoa Parks Awards in Auckland this week. Tauranga City Council walked... Read More

Rotorua sheds polluted air status today

Rotorua has officially lost its 'polluted' air quality status after 15 years of coordinated action by the local community and Bay of Plenty Regional... Read More

Hamilton to Australia flights 'huge opportunity’

International flights will return to Hamilton Airport after a 13-year hiatus. Danielle Zollickhofer checks out the upgraded terminal before travellers... Read More

Water restored after early morning main break

Water has been restored to houses on Oceanbeach Rd after a water main broke. The water supply was shut off at 4.50am following the break about 2.20am, the... Read More

Tauranga Council considers cutting 100-plus roles

By RNZ Morning Report The Tauranga City Council is looking at disestablishing more than 100 roles to save costs, according to Deputy Mayor Jen Scoular. The... Read More

Major road upgrade set for Tauriko

A new signalised intersection is being planned outside the Tauranga Crossing shopping centre. Work on a portion of Taurikura Drive, outside the centre and... Read More

Cost of failed harbour project not yet known

Neither Whakatāne District Council, central Government or the Te Rāhui Herenga Waka board can put a figure on how much money has been lost to the failed Whakatāne... Read More

Tauranga rally urges city council to cut rates

About 250 people attended a rally at Tauranga's Memorial Park urging the city council to reduce rates. Act list MP Cameron Luxton spoke to the crowd before... Read More

Cashless: Tauranga Council ends cash payments

Tauranga City Council no longer accepts cash as a form of payment. The council made the decision to go cashless due to 'high costs that accompany the management... Read More

Councillor optimistic about Ōtumoetai Pool future

The community has 'won the battle” to save the Ōtūmoetai Pool from closing, the suburb's ward councillor Glen Crowther believes. 'Reading between... Read More