News

Vandals destroy Whitianga tree

Vandals have used the extreme weather which hit the Coromandel in the past week as an opportunity to vandalise trees on public reserves. Mercury Bay acting area... Read More

Improving legal protections for victims

The Human Rights Commission has welcomed news a Members Bill seeking to improve legal protections for victims of domestic violence will get the consultation it... Read More

Earthquakes shaking up NZ’s water system

Recently published research from Victoria University of Wellington and GNS Science has provided a unique insight into the hydrological effects of earthquakes in... Read More

Welcome Bay supermarket, yes or no

Tauranga City Council is looking to seek to feedback from the community as it considers whether to proceed with the development of a supermarket in Welcome Bay... Read More

Head Hunter sentenced to seven years

A Papamoa Head Hunter has been sentenced to seven years jail on charges ranging from harassment, intimidation and violence. Dwaine Riley, a 43-year-old from Papamoa,... Read More

Last leg against storm and sea

The last leg of the Round North Island race is the one that sailors are talking about. As Coromandel residents were on flood watch, the 20 yachts in the Round North... Read More

Growth blamed for rates rise

The Council is seeking public consultation on an Annual Plan involving an average rates increase of 3.8 per cent for households. For Tauranga homes it means a rates... Read More

Tauranga Ulysses getting ready to rumble

Get your motor running and head out on the highway because the annual Tauranga Ulysses Motorcycle Club Charity Easter Egg & Toy Run is roaring back into life. Now... Read More

Protestors demand action on water

More prosecutions for water users who breach the terms of their consents should be the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's top priority. That was the verdict delivered... Read More

Tauranga Art Gallery closed to public

Wandering about the empty and bare spaces inside Tauranga Art Gallery is a 'rather odd sensation” for marketing and media coordinator Martine Rolls. TAG... Read More

Murder charge in Palmiro MacDonald case

Central District Police have today arrested and charged a 28-year-old man with the murder of Palmiro MacDonald. Palmiro was the subject of a large, year-long investigation... Read More

Katikati bypass approved

For decades they've pleaded for a bypass - and now the Katikati community is going to get one. The New Zealand Transport Agency has completed an assessment of... Read More