Council

Flood mitigation works start this week

Construction of new flood mitigation works at Graham's Creek near Tairua is set to commence this week. Waikato Regional Council's Hauraki Coromandel catchment management... Read More

Council playing catch up

Tauranga City Council's failure to keep up with sludge clearance at the Te Maunga sewerage ponds has resulted in staff asking for $1.68 million to complete the over-due... Read More

City finances challenged

Figures being used to encourage the city councillors' decisions on investing the Civic Spaces Project have been challenged by councillor John Robson. Council won't... Read More

Smith’s farm call goes next step

Westridge Drive residents are wasting no time in letting Tauranga City Council know of their opposition to plans to consult on making a special Housing Area out... Read More

Council explain Pilot Bay decision

Pilot Bay boardwalk has been labelled 'the worst place in Tauranga” to consider shared pedestrian/cyclist access. That was the message from city councillors... Read More

No fly zone for drones

Rotorua Lakes Council have banned the use of flying drones in specific area of the city. In a statement the Council says unmanned aircrafts commonly known as UAVs... Read More

TCDC selling Whangamata property

A Thames-Coromandel District Council-owned property in the heart of Whangamata's industrial estate has gone on the market this week. Located at 107 Lindsay Rd in... Read More

Council reject Pilot Bay petition

Tauranga City Council have rejected calls for Pilot Bay's boardwalk to be opened up to cyclists as well as pedestrians. A petition was handed to the authority by... Read More

Options open for Smith's Farm

City councillors are today being asked to consider changing the zoning of 41.7ha of Bethlehem land known as Smith's Farm so it can become a Special Housing Area. The... Read More

New report highlights issues: WRC

The constraints regional councils face in responding promptly to emerging environmental issues has been highlighted by a new central Government report issued this... Read More

Be safe on the waters this weekend

Labour Weekend is often considered the unofficial start of summer and along with the warmer weather it also brings throngs of people to the Coromandel Peninsula. With... Read More

Judea park in line for name change

City councillors are this week being asked to consider renaming a city park after a Mormon missionary who used the space in the early 20th century. Ngai Tamarawaho... Read More