12:57pm Tue 20 Oct, 2015
People visiting bush areas in the Waikato are being urged to take care to help prevent the spread of kauri dieback disease. The disease has been detected at five... Read More
03:37pm Mon 19 Oct, 2015
A bond of $36 million is being sought by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council as part of a draft resource consent to leave the wreck of the Rena on Astrolabe Reef. Council's... Read More
10:40am Mon 19 Oct, 2015
The opening of Tauranga's Marine Precinct has been delayed because of extra time taken over looking at alternative hardstand designs. That's the message project... Read More
09:01am Mon 19 Oct, 2015
All Coromandel locals wanting to make submissions on two camping-related bylaws have until 4pm on Monday to do so. The Thames-Coromandel District Council is consulting... Read More
02:51pm Fri 16 Oct, 2015
Council officials have admitted they did not receive a resource consent application for the doomed McLaren Valley Falls music festival which was scheduled to take... Read More
02:45pm Fri 16 Oct, 2015
Volunteer firefighters on the Port Charles Rural Fire Force have a new ‘smoke chaser' thanks to the Thames-Coromandel District Council and the National Rural... Read More
11:33am Fri 16 Oct, 2015
A Siberian husky dog taken illegally from the Thames-Coromandel District Council's Dog Pound last month is still unaccounted for. The three -year-old, cream and... Read More
10:27am Fri 16 Oct, 2015
Some of the region's surfers are growing increasingly concerned about the ongoing dumping of dredged material from the Port of Tauranga channel deepening project. And... Read More
08:32am Fri 16 Oct, 2015
The discussion process around Tauranga's city precinct redevelopment has begun, with workshops aimed at the city's business owners taking place ahead of public feedback... Read More
06:01pm Thu 15 Oct, 2015
Tauranga City Council is proposing to develop or sell some of the land at Smiths Farm in Bethlehem, on farmland between Cambridge Road and Takitimu Drive. The land,... Read More
12:22pm Thu 15 Oct, 2015
Mobil Oil New Zealand has responded to the news that Bay of Plenty Regional Council have commenced prosecution against them - and have pledged reimbursements and... Read More
04:10pm Wed 14 Oct, 2015
Voting packs have been mailed out to all registered eligible voters in the Thames water supply area for the upcoming referendum on November 5. The Thames-Coromandel... Read More