12:30pm Sat 22 Jan, 2022
Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Tauranga City Council are urging people to vote for TECT Park in the International People's Choice Award for Green Flag... Read More
07:30am Sat 22 Jan, 2022
Vaccine passes will become compulsory to enter Western Bay libraries, service centres and swimming pools should New Zealand move to red under the traffic light... Read More
10:10am Fri 21 Jan, 2022
A recent wallaby sighting in the Pāpāmoa area is prompting calls for people to report any sightings to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. A recent post on... Read More
07:30am Fri 21 Jan, 2022
Tauranga City Council is urging residents and visitors to follow the Water Watchers Plan and save more water. Despite the sprinkler ban already in place, flow... Read More
06:30am Fri 21 Jan, 2022
Ice cream containers, margarine tubs and yoghurt containers are some of the common household items that can now be added to yellow lid recycling bins in the Western... Read More
11:45am Thu 20 Jan, 2022
Opposition is mounting from the Te Puna community to a proposed container depot on Te Puna Station Road. A group of locals, who have named their cause Wrong Business,... Read More
11:15am Thu 20 Jan, 2022
The timing of two separate events has drawn the disbelief and ire of some Tauranga residents asking how they will be able to access a Tauranga City Council community... Read More
10:45am Thu 20 Jan, 2022
Lack of shade at the new Rotorua lakefront playground has prompted one concerned parent to ask "what's the point?” Rotorua Lakes Council says new trees... Read More
10:45am Wed 19 Jan, 2022
The Onepū Wetland and Mountain Bike Park is now accessible to powered wheelchair users and the mobility challenged thanks to Bay of Plenty Regional Council funding. The... Read More
09:10am Wed 19 Jan, 2022
An alternate day sprinkler ban is now in place across the Western Bay of Plenty. Looking at a forecast of hot, dry weather ahead, increasing water demand and... Read More
06:30am Wed 19 Jan, 2022
Mount Maunganui, Pāpāmoa, and Tauranga residents are advised to plan ahead to avoid travel delays this weekend as record numbers of athletes and visitors descend... Read More
05:00pm Tue 18 Jan, 2022
Tauranga's seven day average water use sits at around 43.7 million litres per day. In previous summers that number has climbed to 58 million. After three dry... Read More