While it might be free to gawk at the art, the gallery that these works hang in needs the extra dosh to keep the creativity flowing. Tauranga City Council... Read More

The Government is planning to restore council ownership and control of water assets to give much needed clarity to the local government sector by repealing and... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is considering selling some of its stake in the profitable Port of Tauranga. The regional council holds a 54.1 per cent shareholding... Read More

Landowners are being reminded to check if they need a Bylaw Authority before doing any digging, planting or building. A Bylaw Authority is written permission... Read More

Wairoa cycleway on State Highway 2 between Bethlehem and Te Puna is open just in time for the summer holidays, says Tauranga City Council. The last 800m section,... Read More

Tauranga's Memorial Park will undergo a $128m upgrade including a new aquatic centre featuring three hydroslides. The aquatics centre - with bombing pools,... Read More

Preston Park in Bethlehem is one of many community-based projects benefiting from Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Environmental Enhancement Fund. Tucked... Read More

Many long-standing tenants of The Historic Village are concerned that an imposed increase in operating expenses, combined with proposed rent increases, will... Read More

Jo Gravit was a woman of conviction who championed her community of Te Puna. She was a Western Bay of Plenty councillor from 2001 until stepping down in 2010. Gravit... Read More

Enabling a new housing development in Tauranga's east is 'absolutely critical” to plug the city's shortfall of homes. With a shortage of 5000 homes,... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has begun the process to consider a staged sell down of its current 54.14 percent shareholding ($2.045 billion as at close of... Read More

Tauranga's peak water use days have reduced by an impressive seven per cent since the city brought in its Water-Watchers Plan two years ago. The year-round... Read More