Tsunami sirens for Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa have been talked about for nearly 20 years, but despite having funding council want to remove them from their... Read More

Rotorua district councillor Peter Bentley has resigned from the council effective immediately in a fiery exchange with mayor Steve Chadwick. At a full council... Read More

A controversial bill which introduces specialist seats to the Rotorua District Council, with a focus on increasing Māori representation, is likely to face changes... Read More

With the equivalent of 250,000 apples worth of food waste piling up, a new council waste minimisation initiative hopes to tackle its district's food waste woes. Matamata-Piako... Read More

The government will consider a report saying a proposed law to introduce Māori seats on the Rotorua council is discriminatory. The local bill will allow the... Read More

A vision for downtown Tauranga, similar to one he'd spent his last year of university losing sleep over, was the last thing Jordan Hansen expected to find on... Read More

Tauranga City Council's four commissioners have been reappointed and will remain until the election in two years' time. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta... Read More

The combined cost of repairing storm damage to Ōpōtiki district roads over the past six months has been estimated at $545,000. National transport agency Waka... Read More

Although speculation is rife over who may have purchased Onepū Park in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, there is a sense of relief that the new owner will allow continued... Read More

The Links Avenue cul-de-sac trial is now underway. Tauranga City Council say that infringement of the bus lanes that create the cul-de-sac will result in a fine... Read More

It's time for Western Bay groups to start putting together their applications for the chance at a slice of two community funds. Applications for Western Bay of... Read More

'It's just rubbish, absolute rubbish.” Colin Lawrence is describing the road resealing that has been done in the Tauranga subdivision he lives in. Lawrence... Read More