News

TCC forks out $14m for Bella Vista properties

Tauranga City Council has reached a decision on the future of Bella Vista properties - and is releasing details of the cost of the settlements. At a meeting on... Read More

Serious crash near Rotorua

Emergency services are working at the scene of a serious crash at the corner of State Highway 30 and Apirana Road, Horohoro, near Rotorua. Police were called... Read More

OOAP buoy to provide summer boating tips

Cawthron Institute and Whakatōhea Mussels Ltd will be providing boaties key information they need to plan their summer trips in the Eastern Bay of Plenty region... Read More

Tauranga teens win friends of baycourt scholarship

Tauranga teenagers Kaitie Bengston and Tanner Devcich have been awarded the Friends of Baycourt Annual Performing Arts Youth Scholarship 2018. Supreme winner... Read More

Information plea in unsolved arson case

Police are asking for the public's help in finding those responsible for an arson at a Waikato home. Two people, including a child, were inside when someone... Read More

Council approves new Founders’ agreement

Tauranga City Council has approved a new Founders' Agreement between Bay Venues Limited, a council-controlled organisation, and the University of Waikato as the... Read More

Step forward in Kaiaua coastal hazard management

A year on from the storm event that hit the Kaiaua Coast, including Pūkorokoro/Miranda, Hauraki District Council has taken a major step forward in finding a long... Read More

Tax refund scam warning

Automatic tax refunds are coming in 2019 and already scammers are taking the opportunity to trick people into handing over bank account details. Inland Revenue... Read More

Te Puke Highway closes over January

Te Puke Highway will be closed for one month from Tuesday January 15 until mid-February for installation of a culvert and some road pavement repair. The closure,... Read More

Stink bug surveillance set up in Tauranga

Biosecurity New Zealand is laying special traps designed specifically to lure brown marmorated stink bugs, in an area in Mount Maunganui, following the detection... Read More

Advance warning of upcoming king tide

Tauranga City Council is asking residents to be aware and take precautions where necessary in anticipation of upcoming king tides between 24 to 31 December 2018... Read More

Pilgrims, Kingston Flyer and the weather

In today's weather forecast we are expecting a fine day but showers are possible from the afternoon. Also westerlies. It's a one-clothing layer day today with... Read More