Council

Two towers too many

Tauranga City Council is opposing an application by Two Degrees Mobile Ltd to build a cell phone tower on land at Maungatapu beside an existing Vodafone cell phone... Read More

Flushing programme reviewed

The annual water mains flushing programme in the Avenues is complete, with the rest of the programme temporarily on hold as contractor City Care was short staffed... Read More

Divers on standby for check-up

Tauranga City Council contractors are on standby for clear weather conditions to enable them to do pressure testing of the treated wastewater outfall pipeline at... Read More

Regional council report approved

Bay of Plenty Regional Council's successes over the past year are highlighted in its annual report; now adopted after the final council meeting for the triennium.Regional... Read More

Badminton to neighbour Brewer's

The park next to the Brewer's Bar in Newton Street is chosen as the preferred site for Bay of Plenty Badminton's new 12 court facility.The councillors' decision... Read More

Works at Hull Road to begin

Work to upgrade Hull Road, the Totara Street roundabout and the Maunganui and Hull Road intersection is due to start this week. Additional work includes upgrading... Read More

Downtown Mount resealing

Downtown Mount retailers are the next Tauranga City business sector to suffer some customer access issues because of roadworks. Resealing starts this week on Maunganui... Read More

Village vacancy and reshuffle

Tauranga Historic Village radio chairman Colin Beere says the village radio station may be following the Tauranga Charitable Trust in leaving the site. Charitable... Read More

Audit NZ awards TCC 'excellence'

Tauranga City Council's financial reporting system appears to be in good condition following Audit New Zealand's latest assessment.The organisation has given the... Read More

Mayor ultimatum pushes Cr to pay

The latest act in the circus of determining Hayden Evans' rates debt has played out on the pre-election stage with the councillor responding to a Mayor Stuart Crosby... Read More

New look for The Strand

An agreement intended to bring closure to months of wrangling over later night antics on The Strand is being adopted by the Tauranga City Council.The bars and restaurants... Read More

Beach drinking to stay

Tauranga City Council has courageously back flipped over its public drinking stance, reversing a proposal to introduce blanket 24/7 alcohol bans in many public parks... Read More