Council

‘Huge sums’ – well spent?

Asking how the Tauranga City Council is able to spend $650,000 repairing, 'a gravel track around a rock” got Councillor Murray Guy a ‘telling-off' when... Read More

Speedway contract change positive

The buy out of the Baypark Speedway contract by Tauranga City Venues Ltd is being welcomed by speedway drivers. Rodney Wood pictured here after winning the prestigious... Read More

Lifeguard accountability discussed

Surf life savers overcharged the Tauranga City Council for paid patrols last summer, and have had to refund $6864. The discrepancy is discussed in a report to... Read More

‘Aggressive’ rates hike softens

The third blow in the infamous ‘triple whammy' of rates increases designed to pull Tauranga City Council's finances out of the mire is going to be a lighter... Read More

Regional rates rise signalled

Bay of Plenty Regional Council rates rises are being signalled in annual plan budget decisions made this week. The annual plan budget includes a $2.3 million loan... Read More

Loan needed for flood fix

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is planning to raise a loan of $2.3 million in the next financial year to undertake capital works on the region's major rivers schemes. ... Read More

Hot pools rebuild approved

Mount Maunganui's hot salt water pools are to receive a rebuild and upgrade of pumps, pipework and filters to the tune of $1-1.5 million. Tauranga City Aquatics... Read More

Capitalising on the retirement boom

Being an age friendly city is about improving traffic lights, public toilets and other urban amenities and infrastructure so that older people can enjoy easy access. ... Read More

‘Tetchy’ Saturday parkers ticketed

People expecting free central city parking on Saturday morning received a nasty surprise - and a parking ticket. Free parking on Saturdays doesn't start until... Read More

Age friendly goal for Tauranga

The cliché about Tauranga being a city of the newly wed and nearly dead is about to be revived with the city council agreeing to lead the city into ‘age... Read More

Funding hopes for velodrome remain

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council is considering making a financial contribution to the construction of the ‘Home of Cycling' in Cambridge through its Ten... Read More

Works to slow Takitimu Drive

Work to reconstruct the section of State Highway 2A from under the Route K over bridge to the Takitimu Drive over bridge near 15th Avenue is due to start this week.... Read More