Council

Three in one China trip all work

The largest exporter led delegation from the Bay of Plenty is preparing for Bay of Plenty Week at the Shanghai Expo. The Expo opens May 1 and runs for six months... Read More

Leaders for China trip picked

Environment BOP Chairman John Cronin and Councillor Robin Ford will be visiting China in July as part of the mayoral and export delegation to World Expo 2010 - promoted... Read More

Water project for Papamoa gets closer

Two appeals remain against the resource consents for the construction and operation of a new water intake and treatment plant to serve the Papamoa urban growth area.... Read More

Cost saving not welcome

Council staff are manipulating standing orders to delay a cost saving notice of motion being considered by council, says Councillor Hayden Evans. Hayden wants to... Read More

Mount one-way streets touted

Tauranga City Council is considering a one-way road along The Mall in Pilot Bay. The one-way road could also stretch from Adams Avenue and onto a section of Maunganui... Read More

Planting programme starts

Tauranga City Council has begun this year's planting programme at Gordon Carmichael Reserve. It is intended to have 22,000 wetland species in the new meandering... Read More

Guy: historic walk unsafe

Tauranga City Councillor and mayoral candidate Murray Guy is calling for greater consistency with its policy decisions and actions on walkway and waterfront access. Murray... Read More

Environment BOP awarded costs

Environment BOP will receive cost reimbursement following the judicial review process it went through last year when Whakatane District Council challenged its decision... Read More

Ohauiti drain polluted

Test results from recent water quality samples taken from the open drain located between Rowesdale and Harrisfield Drive have shown high levels of bacteria, following... Read More

Lining up early for mayor

Nominations for October's local government elections open on July 23, and there are already three Tauranga mayoral candidates; the incumbent Stuart Crosby, councillor... Read More

Council gets CD report

The Western Bay of Plenty's Civil Defence emergency manager, Alan Pearce, is presenting a report to Tauranga City Council on Tuesday about the state of Civil Defence... Read More

Councillors choose at-large

Tauranga City Councillors Murray Guy and Rick Curach are not standing for a ward at the next election and have instead opted for the at-large seats. There are... Read More