Council

Vessel removed from Tairua Harbour

An unsafe vessel from Tairua Harbour has been removed after being judged at risk of potentially sinking and creating an environmental and navigation hazard. The... Read More

Council appoints library design

Marra Construction have been handed the reins for designing and building the new $3.3million Greerton Library. Tauranga City Council announced the appointment today,... Read More

Harold's classroom gets upgrade

Harold the Giraffe has quite a following in schools all around the country and now he can educate in the comfort of his newly outfitted mobile classroom. Life Education... Read More

Intersection causing safety woes

The Thames-Coromandel District Council says there are safety concerns at the intersection of State Highway 25 and Te Kouma Road. There's been cases where heavy... Read More

Parking issues:Te Kouma wharves

There have been some teething issues for users of Sugar Loaf and Hannaford's wharves as they adjust to recent changes to the Parking Control Bylaw. Traffic and... Read More

Leanne’s fresh approach

Leanne Brown always harboured ambitions of running for Tauranga City Council at some point - it was just a matter of when the time was right. This week the current... Read More

Legal high talk: Whangamata

‘Knowledge is power' and the Thames-Coromandel District Council wants to make sure communities throughout the district have access to both. Council is hosting... Read More

Mall to re-open for weekend

Repairs to the hole scoured out of The Mall in Pilot Bay following a water main burst on Monday night are expected to be completed before the weekend. The re-opening... Read More

Council investigate road marking mistake

Tauranga City Council has admitted an internal investigation is underway into how a series of ‘no parking' yellow lines were allowed to block a Tauranga special... Read More

$5k grant for WWI Memorial Forest

The New Zealand World War One Memorial Forest project has taken another step forward with a $5,000 grant from Mercury Bay Community Board. Made available from the... Read More

Leanne Brown wins by-election

Leanne Brown has been announced as the latest Tauranga City councillor after winning a tight race in the Mount/Papamoa Ward by-election. Voting results released... Read More

Iconic kauri walk temporarily closed

As a precautionary measure Coromandel's Long Bay Kauri Walk will be closed while soil samples are analysed to determine whether kauri dieback is present. A symptomatic... Read More