Bay of Plenty Regional Council has held its rate increase to an average of $2 a year for average properties in its Annual Plan. The council today approved a general... Read More

Tauranga-based Trustpower is expanding into the Australian market buying five New South Wales state-owned renewable energy generators for $A72.2 million. Trustpower... Read More

A Tauranga Family Court decision overturning a mother's will has been upheld by the High Court and means her 75-year-old son has $700,000 to buy a house. Clive Harwood... Read More

Tauranga resident and Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy is one of the top 50 most trusted people in New Zealand. The Readers Digest Most Trusted people... Read More

Wild weather is hitting the Bay of Plenty today bringing down trees and cutting power throughout the region. A balancing act on Oropi Road. Photo: Pauline Happe. ... Read More

Optimism in Tauranga City's property market is brimming as the city records another slight rise in property values and sales, particularly in Otumoetai and Mount... Read More

The majority of the $3.4million today approved as part of a $5million ratepayer funded levy to fix stormwater problems around the city will be spent in the suburb... Read More

Changes are in the wind for our sister-city relationships, says Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby. Hitachi Mayor Yoshinari with Tauranga City Council Mayor Stuart Crosby.... Read More

Two Labour representatives stopped in Tauranga this week to speak about the party's Best Start package, but instead found conversations turning to the city's housing... Read More

The new Merivale Community Centre project may have gained Tuaranga City Council approval to continue plans for the centre, but council wants it to engage in even... Read More

A special partnership between the Bay of Plenty and Tonga was marked yesterday with the opening of the new Heilala Vanilla factory at Te Puna, attended by dignitaries... Read More

Bay of Plenty councils are being called upon to pay up if they are serious about acting on the affordable housing measures contained in the Smartgrowth policy. Tauranga... Read More