A 92-year-old Arataki woman's distressed plea for community safety from unruly youths in a nearby alleyway is getting Tauranga City's new council to sit up and take... Read More

A resource consent application to leave the remains of the Rena wreck on Astrolabe Reef on the basis it will avoid further environmental harm through salvage operations... Read More

Tauranga City Councillors shelved a guest speaker's push to pay a living wage to 51 per cent of council's staff paid less than $18.80 an hour. Guest speaker Chris... Read More

The German owners of a container ship that leaked 1000 litres of heavy fuel oil into the Tauranga Harbour in July last year has been fined $30,000. Owner of the... Read More

A call from a resident to return the Mount Maunganui i-Site to its former building on Salisbury Ave has been dismissed by Tauranga City Council, which is opting... Read More

As a westerly breeze backs off the Bay of Plenty today, City Mayor Stuart Crosby is crediting pre-cyclone preparations in helping Tauranga come through Lusi with... Read More

Motorists are being warned of roadworks taking place along the overbridge at the northern end of the city's expressway this week. Complete resurfacing is being undertaken... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty Mayor Ross Paterson is hitting back at a ratepayer claim the proposed development of Omokoroa tennis courts represents nepotism and favouritism. Omokoroa... Read More

The Western Bay of Plenty's freedom camping bylaw is to be fine-tuned following the Christmas holiday test of the rules seeing a number of complaints made to the... Read More

Tauranga City Council has confirmed its intention to go ahead with a university in the city, handing over the Durham St parking lot towards the $65 million project. The... Read More

Pine needles found inside a church foyer is not reason enough to cut down seven pine trees along the boundary of Evans Road Community Church, according to Tauranga... Read More

While politicians and iwi are pushing for full removal of the Rena, a Mount Maunganui club is pressing on with supporting its vision of retaining the wreck as a... Read More