Tauranga's new councillors are backing a new rate that sees industrial businesses pay more than residents. Under the industrial rate introduced this year,... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has launched a comprehensive review of fares to ensure public transport remains accessible, sustainable, and easy to use. This... Read More

Issues relating to emergency housing motels will get 'significantly worse” if contracts are not extended a year, a government agency lawyer says. A... Read More

Tauranga City Council is seeking community feedback on a proposed amendment to its Alcohol Control Bylaw which would formalise the temporary summer-period alcohol-free... Read More

Kawerau District Council has voted to pull funding from Eastern Bay of Plenty economic development agency ToiEDA. The council had budgeted $25,000 for the... Read More

Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale has hit back at keyboard warriors who are making 'unsupported allegations” against council staff on social media. Drysdale... Read More

It's a month overdue and shows a budget deficit for the first three years, but Ōpōtiki District Council has got its Long-term Plan for 2024 to 2034 across... Read More

Kawerau has been awarded $160,000 central government funding for CCTV cameras and monitoring. Minutes of the recently renamed Community Safety Committee -... Read More

Councillor attendance, debt and the organisation's achievements - and non-achievements - are all part of an annual look-back Rotorua Lakes Council's elected... Read More

Brett Waterhouse is Maketū's newest community board member. Waterhouse has been elected to the Maketū Community Board, following a byelection in Western... Read More

Ōpōtiki council is being urged to ban or limit the number of overnight campers at Te Ahiaua Reserve due to fears the public toilets are putting pressure on... Read More

An environmentalist group says it is trying to stay positive over a promise by Mount Maunganui industrial businesses to clean up their act. The 29 businesses... Read More