Council

Submissions close on Zespri site

Submissions regarding the eventual fate of the city council-owned Miro Street block at Mount Maunganui close today. Tauranga City Council is seeking public feedback... Read More

Precinct site clearance begins

Boats are being cleared from the marine precinct site in preparation for the construction phase, which could begin in the next month or so. Project director Phil... Read More

WRC grants $40k for memorial forest

The Waikato Regional Council is getting behind the World War One Memorial Forest after pledging $40,000 towards the project. It will be paid from the regional council's... Read More

Rates surplus on track

Tauranga City Council's $1 million rates surplus is on track - but will not be going back to ratepayers. The money will instead be used to pay for ‘Project... Read More

Consent process changes next week

From next week the processes around applying for resource consent will change with more onus placed on applicants to provide full and complete information. These... Read More

Library's porte cochere to be removed

Users of the Thames District Library are being asked to use the Sealey St entrance while work is carried out on the building next week. Starting on Monday contractors... Read More

Thames Civic Centre to be upgraded

The Thames War Memorial Civic Centre is to get rewired in an upgrade that will see fast broadband installed in the council-owned property. The Thames-Coromandel... Read More

Skaters ramp up concerns

Noise complaints around a popular vert ramp at Mount Maunganui are going to continue to be common place unless Tauranga City Council seriously considers developing... Read More

TCDC's push for 'blue highway'

Better signage and increased marketing coverage will be used to improve promotion of the ferry links from downtown Auckland through to Coromandel Town. It is part... Read More

Rain rejuvenates fire permits

Fire permits are back on the agenda, with significant rainfall lowering the fire danger in the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga City. From today, Western Bay Moana... Read More

Rena hearing date set

A three-week hearing on the resource consent application to leave part of the MV Rena wreck on Astrolabe Reef will begin in June. Bay of Plenty Regional Council... Read More

Road markings removal pleases school

Yellow ‘no-parking' lines outside a Tauranga special school have lasted less than a fortnight after an outcry from the school forced the city council to admit... Read More