Council

Residents to protest Links Ave cul-de-sac today

A group of Mount Maunganui residents are set to protest the ongoing Links Ave cul-de-sac trial this afternoon. Members of the community plan to converge at the... Read More

Council begins Three Waters community conversation

The Western Bay of Plenty District Council is wanting to talk to the community about the Three Waters reform. From July 1, 2024, the management of drinking water,... Read More

100 days until cricket world cup in Tauranga

A 100-day countdown to the biggest international sporting event that has ever been held in Tauranga has been launched at sunrise with a piece of sand art on Mount... Read More

$95m Te Papa application not racecourse related

Tauranga City Council has lodged an application for more than $95 million worth of funding toward the delivery of 12,500 new homes in the Te Papa peninsula. However,... Read More

New Tauranga water plan begins

Tauranga's new Water Watchers Plan takes effect from today. The Water Watchers Plan replaces traditional outdoor watering restrictions with a year round plan. Tauranga... Read More

Views sought on Welcome Bay parks and reserves

Better playgrounds, more pathways, opportunities to play basketball, more greenery, and spaces that work well for lots of different people. That's what... Read More

Honouring mana whenua

More than 150 years after a block of land was confiscated from Ngāi Tamarāwaho and turned into a Crown-owned reserve, Tauranga City Council are driving a project... Read More

Threat of closure looms for equestrians

Equestrian clubs would have to close and see hundreds of members displaced if Tauranga Racecourse Reserve land is turned into housing, according to their representative... Read More

“No way”: Tauranga MP opposes racecourse housing

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges is unequivocal in his belief that housing should not be an option for the Tauranga Racecourse Reserve. The National Party politician... Read More

Dive Crescent ownership finally transferred

Land Information New Zealand has issued title for the land seaward of Dive Crescent, transferring it from Crown ownership to shared ownership between Tauranga... Read More

Tauranga man‘s harbour reclaim attempt

Tio Faulkner had a plan. It involved a whole lot of demolition rubble and a sizeable part of the coastal marine area near Mt Maunganui…and pigs. Faulkner... Read More

Seawall repair works planned for Kotuku Reserve

Vehicle access to the Kotuku Reserve's pontoon will be off limits from next week as repair works to the rock seawall get underway. From Monday November 22 contractors... Read More