Council

Users pays on city reserves looming

The picture of hordes of mobile coffee vendors vans taking up public parking at city netball courts is being used as an example of a loophole in the council's current... Read More

Growing a city from a town

Growing Tauranga City's centre into the cultural and business hub of the future Western Bay of Plenty is taking time but is on track the city's mayor. Mayor Stuart... Read More

Bureta water hazards discussed

The Bureta area's propensity for flooding was discussed in a submission made to the hearing on Progressive Enterprise application to build a supermarket at Bureta... Read More

Matapihi bridge pedestrian concerns

People crossing the Matapihi Rail Bridge on foot while the walkway is closed for repairs are causing safety concerns. The pathway was closed on October 23 to allow... Read More

Council attacked over Bureta plan

Opposing submissions to the proposed Bureta supermarket development attack both the developer and the Tauranga City Council. Progressive Enterprises is seeking resource... Read More

Disappointment in parking options

Central city retailer Bill Campbell is disappointed Tauranga City Council was more interested in hearing from its own staff instead of central business district... Read More

Bureta supermarket hearing

The three day resource consent hearing to knock down the Bureta Park Motor Inn and replace it with a Countdown supermarket started at 9am today. Countdown owners... Read More

Still blowing about sirens

The great tsunami siren debate is back before city council with the Papamoa Progressive Association challenging the authority to take note of last week's informal... Read More

Crashes costs council thousands

Around $390,000 a year is being spent by Tauranga City Council to install, replace and repair traffic signs - a majority damaged in vehicle crashes. Council transportation... Read More

Hotly contested fund

A fund set up to kick-start the development of major infrastructure projects in the Bay of Plenty is likely to be oversubscribed when applications open next month. Bay... Read More

Floating glass box banned

The floating glass box used as the Kestrel Landing will not be returning to its previous home at the south end of The Strand waterfront after council decided it... Read More

Air raid siren challenge ‘unlikely’

The challenge for a tsunami siren sound-off issued by the Papamoa Progressive Association after last week's tsunami siren test is unlikely to be taken up by the... Read More