Attempts by a group of Matua locals to save a Ferguson Park pohutukawa tree have a hit a legal snag. According to Tauranga City Council, they have no option but... Read More

Proposed changes to speed limits aren't sitting well with Te Puke residents, as a 'high” number of submissions continue to flood into Western Bay of Plenty... Read More

City Councillors took several million dollars off the back end of the proposed Long Term Plan yesterday to prevent a spread in the ten year plan's middle years. Staff... Read More

Work to extend a rock wall at Buffalo Beach and a geotextile seawall at Brophy's Beach should get underway by late April or May. The Thames-Coromandel District Council... Read More

Another dose of hot, dry weather has forced the Western Bay Moana Rural Fire Authority to once again place a suspension on all open air fire permits. Principal Rural... Read More

A progress report on the Mount Maunganui/Papamoa by-election shows Leanne Brown in the lead by a slim margin of 32 votes, ahead of Clare Wilson. Leanne Brown (top... Read More

Tauranga City Library has reclaimed another of its prized areas from the mould outbreak, with the non-fiction section reopen to the public. On the library's website... Read More

The Mall in Pilot Bay is closed today after a water main blew out near the intersection with Prince Avenue last night. The water flooded the basement of a nearby... Read More

Health warnings have been put in place for Lake Rotoehu after routine monitoring results confirmed a bloom of potentially toxic blue-green algae. 'The health warning... Read More

The first of a series of public meetings about the sale of products containing psychoactive substances on the Coromandel will be held at the Whitianga Town Hall... Read More

Motorists outside a Tauranga special school are being forced to flout the law after a Tauranga City Council parking 'cock up” saw yellow lines marked outside... Read More

All public submission on the resource consent application to subdivide Te Pungapunga Station in Wainuitoto - New Chum must be completed by 4pm today. The application... Read More