Council

Rates bill deadline close

Rates payment deadline is looming with Tauranga City Council ratepayer bills all falling due on Wednesday, August 31. The council is advising that ratepayers must... Read More

Tauranga girl has tricky tongue

Tauranga Girls' College student Shannon Couper has shown she knows what she's talking about. Tauranga Girls College student Shannon Couper. Photo: www.photomedic.org The... Read More

Route K easy pay

The Tauranga City Council have introduced a pre-paid, disposable toll card for private cars using Route K - the Route K Quick Card. The Route K Quick Cards have... Read More

New fines for freedom campers

Tauranga City Council has a new tool in its toolbox to deal with freedom camping after the Freedom Camping Bill was passed into law. Mayor Stuart Crosby says freedom... Read More

Tauranga 'landmark' axed

The landmark 30m tall Norfolk Pine tree on 22nd Avenue is no more. Resident Maggie Farmer, who fought to save the tree on the grounds its removal did not meet council... Read More

Celebrating city sisterhood

A table tennis demonstration is happening outside the Tauranga City Council offices to celebrate New Zealand China Week. It is a week of cultural and recreational... Read More

Historic tree’s future ‘on a limb’

Maggie Farmer's effort to stop the wholesale removal of a Norfolk Pine on 22nd Avenue moved into overdrive at 9am when chainsaws began to ‘limb' its lower... Read More

Stink raised over sludge pond

A change in approach from Tauranga City Council has taken iwi representatives on its wastewater management review committee by surprise. Iwi representatives are... Read More

Seeking better communication

After months of disputes the Rangitaiki community in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is working alongside the Whakatane District Council. Members of the community are... Read More

Bush railway fears set aside

Te Matai Motorsport goes into negotiations over its 380ha TECT All Terrain Park lease today under a cloud controversy. A train similar to this one is expected to... Read More

Tunnel trouble local says Cr

Concerns about the future of the Welcome Bay underpass originate locally, says Tauranga City Councillor Murray Guy. Proposed plan as explained to Ohauiti Road resident... Read More

TCAL replies to pools challenges

TCAL CEO Tania Delahunty is hitting back at statements made by Ian Stevenson at a recent Tauranga City Council projects and monitoring committee public forum on... Read More