10:56am Thu 02 Jul, 2015
The Thames-Coromandel District Council is advising locals that some building consent fees and charges have changed, as of July 1. Council has two key roles in building... Read More
06:52am Wed 01 Jul, 2015
The insurance aftermath of the tornado which wreaked havoc on a strip of Mount Maunganui has been valued at more than $2 million. Insurance Council of New Zealand... Read More
06:43am Tue 30 Jun, 2015
More than 350 Bay of Plenty households with children aged five or under now have improved driveway safety as Housing New Zealand looks to put the brakes on being... Read More
01:48pm Mon 29 Jun, 2015
Two special housing areas catering for 210 new homes in Tauranga have been approved by Cabinet. With Cabinet approval resource consent for housing in the Papamoa... Read More
12:28pm Fri 12 Jun, 2015
St Vincent De Paul's Tauranga op shop has a bunch of second-hand safety-tested heaters just waiting to warm up homes across the city this winter. But support person... Read More
11:53am Fri 12 Jun, 2015
Over the next ten years the Thames-Coromandel District Council will spend $580 million on core infrastructure around the region. Rates for the next decade will... Read More
10:21am Fri 12 Jun, 2015
It was like a Queen Street sale. They counted down, the doors flew open and the stampede began. But they didn't have fistfuls of disposable dollars and they weren't... Read More
08:07am Wed 10 Jun, 2015
New Zealand needs more housing for the poor, and less fat on the hips of the average Kiwi, according to a report from the OECD. The country should also look at road... Read More
03:48pm Mon 08 Jun, 2015
Building in the Bay of Plenty continues to hit the high notes, with more than $65million worth of work consented in the last month. Priority One figures for the... Read More
09:55am Fri 05 Jun, 2015
They say babies smile in their sleep because they're listening to the whispering of angels. Not in Tauranga they don't - and certainly not in Otumoetai. One Tauranga... Read More
02:49pm Wed 27 May, 2015
A Tauranga building company with some 26 Christchurch clients on their books has gone into receivership - joining a raft of similar firms going bust in Christchurch... Read More
02:57pm Fri 15 May, 2015
A proposed $200 annual fee for anyone advertising to rent their home as short-term holiday accommodation will not be introduced this year. The decision was made... Read More