Council

Council bailout looms

Ratepayers are likely to have to bail Tauranga City Council out of property deals that are going south with the ongoing bad economy. Council has purchased a range... Read More

Cameron Road resealing works

Motorists travelling down Cameron Road this week are being warned sections of the road will be closed for resealing. The first section to be resealed will be the... Read More

City’s pools and Baypark to merge

Tauranga City Council will merge the management organisations of the city's pools and biggest venue Baypark next year. The council announced the merger today brought... Read More

Plans to build $15m city complex

A developer has unveiled plans to build a $15million complex featuring a medical centre, café, pre-school and motel in a vacant lot opposite Tauranga Hospital. Developer... Read More

$3.2m surplus to reduce rates

Tauranga City Council's $3.7million rates surplus is going to be returned to the people who paid it - the ratepayers. Councillors decided yesterday to spend the... Read More

Beach resident upset over hearings

Waihi Beach resident Ross Goudie is being excluded from this Friday's Local Government Commission hearings on the Western Bay of Plenty District Council's plan to... Read More

Council takes up battery challenge

Matua Primary School's battery recycling project found the lofty ears of Tauranga City Council today when a delegation from Room 10 addressed councillors about their... Read More

Tree removal after main break

A large water main break in Mount Maunganui last week resulted in severe damage to the road surface and subsequent removal of a tree. Tauranga City Council reports... Read More

Subsidies for high-rise parking

Variations allowing developers to leave in-house parking provision out of high rise developments, and permitting commercial developments on The Strand Reclamation... Read More

$38 million fund opens

A fund aiming to inject $38 million into infrastructure development in the Bay of Plenty opens for formal applications this week. The Regional Infrastructure Fund... Read More

Council putting out fire extinguishers

Fire extinguishers are being removed from Tauranga City Council owned properties as part of a change in approach to fire safety. Council property manager Anthony... Read More

Greerton Library on track

Greerton Library taskforce members are examining two proposals for the redevelopment of the library and adjacent commercial buildings. The councillors are looking... Read More