Council

Booze banned in more places

Liquor bans are to be extended to a list of perceived trouble spots in the district following a review of the Tauranga City Council's liquor free public places bylaw. The... Read More

Council competition critique

The Tauranga City Council is going to make sure its new policy on commercial activities is workable before taking it out for public consultation. The draft policy... Read More

Chains for Papamoa Domain

The Papamoa Domain will be chained off at night to prevent public space weekend partying that has become a feature of the area. The council was going to install... Read More

Cliff Rd purchase by the books

Tauranga City Council chief executive Stephen Town's decision to purchase a Cliff Road property for $400,000 has drawn criticism, but he has acted in accordance... Read More

Taking charge of fire risks

The Tauranga City Council is going to have a bylaw that enables it to declare fire bans - five months after discovering it did not have one. In January this year,... Read More

Plaster dumping in Matua

Tauranga City Council is reporting two pollution incidents from last week. The first involved the dumping of what appears to be exterior cladding plaster mix into... Read More

Hang onto that seat

Two bars on The Strand are able to delay shifting their outdoor furniture until 10pm, from the standard 4pm, after last week Tauranga City Council agreed to trial... Read More

Elms protection purchase

The campaign to protect The Elms historic site from encroaching development has taken a decisive step with the purchase of a property on its eastern boundary. The... Read More

Blake Park cricket hearing

The consent hearing that will allow international cricket matches to be held at Bay Oval at Blake Park is being held at the Tauranga City Council on Thursday before... Read More

A better offer on leaky homes

Tauranga City Council will have to debate the leaky homes issue fairly quickly to get its response in on the government's latest offer. The government has upped... Read More

Museum plans creep forward

Tauranga will have a museum, but where it will be situated remains unknown. Tauranga City Council on Tuesday resolved to provide a fully consented site for the... Read More

Commissioners: on the clock

Up for discussion at Tuesday's Tauranga City Council meeting is the notice of motion from Councillor Hayden Evans seeking to remove the council hearings commissioners. Hayden... Read More