Council

First council meeting of 2015

Tauranga City Council are to reconsider grass cutting issues at the city's first meeting of the year today. The city's mower heights were raised in the spring based... Read More

Students’ first schoolhopper ride

The first batch of Tauranga students have made it to their school's first day with the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Schoolhopper bus network officially launched. The... Read More

Hauraki Rd landfill capped by May

The Thames Coromandel District Council has awarded HG Leach the contract to construct the finished capping layer for the Coromandel landfill. Work began January... Read More

Council flip flops on fence

Mount Maunganui's controversial jandal fence is here to stay with Tauranga City Council bowing to public pressure - for the summer at least. The collection of Kiwi's... Read More

Matata sewerage case underway

A fifth party has joined the court struggle over whether Whakatane District Council (WDC) will carry through plans to install a sewerage scheme at Matata. Now, WDC... Read More

Last minute enrolments welcomed

It's almost crunch time for the candidates in the Mount Maunagnui/Papamoa Ward by-election, but residents are being reminded that last minute enrolments are still... Read More

TCDC kerbside rubbish collections

The Thames-Coromandel District Council is reminding locals the summer schedule for kerbside rubbish collections will continue until the end of January. Kerbside... Read More

Mobile library's new look

Clear blue skies overlooking the golden sands of Mount Maunganui's main beach and Mauao. What's more quintessential to Tauranga than that? The Mobile library's... Read More

Byelection voting begins this week

Action in the Mount/Papamoa ward election is hotting up with voting papers arriving in letterboxes this week and the five candidates officially permitted allowance... Read More

Another voice for the Western Ward

A new Western Ward Residents and Ratepayers Association has formed and is scouting for members, with flyers having landed in Western Bay of Plenty letterboxes this... Read More

WRC approves draft 10 year budget

The Waikato Regional Council has approved its draft 10-year budget for consultation, which proposes increased services with a 0.2 per cent rates increase in the... Read More

TCC's Welcome Bay road gaffe

First, there was no median barrier on Welcome Bay Road, then there was - at a cost of $64,000. Then it was ripped up and needs reworking all over again, for an additional... Read More