Council

Mount cordon reduced, road stays closed to traffic

The cordoned area around the Mount Maunganui landslip site has been reduced to allow businesses to open on the Marine Parade side of the Mount. Safety of... Read More

Mount recovery operation enters another day

The recovery operation at the Mt Maunganui landslide continues with police warning it could take days or even weeks. Recovery teams are using specialist equipment... Read More

Massive tree fall partly closes Yatton Park

A section of Yatton Park in Tauranga is closed after a large tree, estimated at 60m tall, came down on Sunday afternoon. A large section of the top end of... Read More

Mount Hot Pools and campground staff uninjured

All staff working at the Mount Hot Pools and neighbouring campground were uninjured when a deadly slip came crashing down into the facilities on Thursday morning,... Read More

Community centre opens as Bay mourns deaths

A community care centre has been set up in central Mount Maunganui to support those grieving after the fatal landslides in the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga... Read More

Many places still closed in Bay after deluge

The impacts of this week's severe weather are still being felt across the Western Bay of Plenty and Coromandel. Flooding and landslides have caused extensive... Read More

Retaining wall crashes on to neighbour's roof

A Tauranga homeowner was 'shocked” when he got an early morning visit from his neighbour saying his retaining wall was on their roof. Philip Raath,... Read More

Kāinga Ora to sell land bought for $70.4m in 2021

A developer expects Kāinga Ora will lose money selling the 95-hectare site in Tauranga it bought for $70.4 million in 2021. Kāinga Ora is making arrangements... Read More

Soak’n Sounds turns 10 at Mount Hot Pools

For Tauranga musician Anthony Coulter, the Soak'n Sounds live music series isn't just another gig to play. It's one of his favourite events to be part of,... Read More

Council to roll out selective water rescue gear

Tauranga City Council says it can't afford to install public water rescue equipment along the entire Tauranga coastline despite a Surf Life Saving New Zealand... Read More

Five Whakatāne CBD buildings to be demolished

Five buildings in Whakatāne's town centre are expected to be demolished to make way for a riverfront revitalisation project. Whakatāne District Council... Read More

Kawerau and Whakatāne set December heat records

Kawerau scorched its own previous temperature records with a sizzling 35.6C air temperature on December 7. It was the hottest official recorded temperature... Read More