Council

Late night skids to burn out

Tauranga City Council is looking into ways to further secure Memorial Park from being the target of a spate of illegal burnouts that have destroyed the park's grassed... Read More

First community award presented

A woman awarded by Tauranga City Council for 20 years of work in teaching migrants the English language says her experience in training tutors shows Tauranga is... Read More

Tall oil spill in harbour

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is investigating a spill of tall oil in Tauranga Harbour after a hose split while a ship was loading crude tall oil at the weekend. Tall... Read More

Rena submissions exceed 150

More than 150 submissions on the future of the wreck of the former containership Rena have been received by the BOP Regional Council, with most of them now online. The... Read More

Street art replacing graffiti

Tauranga City Council is seeking public support for the street art programmes that are successfully replacing graffiti and tagging in public spaces. Since the council... Read More

Flood group sets principles

A multi-stakeholder working group set up to help manage ongoing flooding issues at Graham's Creek on the Coromandel has established a set of project principles. The... Read More

Divers go deep to clean up waters

Volunteer scuba divers are gearing up to remove rubbish from Pilot Bay this month as part of Project Aware. About 20 scuba divers will attempt to clean up rubbish... Read More

Trustpower disputes parking numbers

Claims by a councillor that 300 additional carparks will be needed in the central city when Trustpower moves its head office to town are being disputed. Tauranga... Read More

Baby wipes cause sewer overflow

A build-up of baby wipes has blocked a sewer and caused an overflow into the Waikareao Estuary near the intersection of Waihi Road and Churchill Road today. The... Read More

Rates rebates clinics on offer

Thames-Coromandel District Council is hosting two rebates clinics at its Tairua and Pauanui offices for anyone needing help applying or processing their rates rebate... Read More

City hoardings breach bylaws

Political parties and candidates are being forced to remove a number of signs from Tauranga's streets after they breached Tauranga City Council election hoarding... Read More

Building reaches $54m high

Building consent figures in Tauranga for July 2014 are the highest they have been since before the global financial crisis struck in 2007. According to figures from... Read More