Council

Tree fight goes to council

A Mount Maunganui community's differences of opinion over the fate of an Ocean Beach Road Pohutukawa tree will go before a council committee today. The beachside... Read More

Mayor stands by surplus figures

The report that Western Bay of Plenty District Council's finances are $14.78 million `in the black' has been greeted with disbelief by some ratepayers but Mayor... Read More

Council rules threaten CBD plans

The fate of the planned inner city development of the former Tauranga Electric Power Board building is set to be debated in a council meeting tomorrow. The $5million... Read More

Council finances ‘in the black’

The Western Bay of Plenty District Council's finances are in the black with a surplus of approximately $14.78 million, thanks to three years' of tough financial... Read More

City freedom camping bylaw ‘illegal’

Tauranga City Council's freedom camping bylaw is driving away thousands of dollars in tourist income and is probably illegal, the city council Strategy and Policy... Read More

Busy week at the library

As part of this week's Money Week Tauranga Library will host a lunchtime seminar on ‘money and how to keep more of it'. Anyone is welcome to attend the seminar... Read More

Interest in new Greerton project

Plans are underway for a new development in Greerton after two developers expressed interest in a public/private partnership redevelopment of the Greerton Library... Read More

Bus fares rise today

Catching the bus in Tauranga will cost people an extra 40 cents from today. The BOP Regional Council's bus fare increases took effect today with the basic adult... Read More

Fight over Bureta Countdown

Tauranga City Council is being challenged on the way the wider community is being excluded from submitting on plans to build a Countdown supermarket at Bureta Park. The... Read More

Otumoetai pool reopens

The Otumoetai Pool is back open from today after a broken pump closed the pool last Friday. Tauranga City Council advises the pool is open this morning after problems... Read More

$3.7million in city’s pocket

Tauranga City Council is putting off deciding how to spend its anticipated $3.7million rates surplus until after the annual report is formerly received. Financial... Read More

Hotel canned as CBD struggles

Priority One is discovering first-hand the type of winter suffered by many central Tauranga City businesses this year. While the bad weather in July contributed... Read More