Council

Tauranga rally urges city council to cut rates

About 250 people attended a rally at Tauranga's Memorial Park urging the city council to reduce rates. Act list MP Cameron Luxton spoke to the crowd before... Read More

Cashless: Tauranga Council ends cash payments

Tauranga City Council no longer accepts cash as a form of payment. The council made the decision to go cashless due to 'high costs that accompany the management... Read More

Councillor optimistic about Ōtumoetai Pool future

The community has 'won the battle” to save the Ōtūmoetai Pool from closing, the suburb's ward councillor Glen Crowther believes. 'Reading between... Read More

Locals share needs and desires for city

Rotorua councillors are considering hours of feedback and hundreds of submissions on its draft annual plan. A range of opinions were shared at the council's... Read More

Māori wards campaigner to deliver letters by bike

Māori wards campaigner, 15-year-old Jack Karetai-Barrett, is not finished with his efforts to raise awareness about the need for Māori perspectives in... Read More

Whakatāne Mayor pushes for second bridge for town

Whakatāne Mayor Victor Luca is seeking community support for his proposal for a second river crossing for the township. Luca has been advocating for... Read More

Pop-up checkpoints for Tauranga cyclists

If you cycle, walk or scoot, keep an eye out for pop-up checkpoints along main cycle routes over the next two weeks, reminding you to shine brightly in the approaching... Read More

Future: Rotorua tourism ‘on the up’

Rotorua, the birthplace of New Zealand tourism. Iconic for its history, culture and geothermal wonders it's also an adventure seeker's playground. The city... Read More

Tauranga Mayor buys home in city

Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale has bought a house in Pāpāmoa, but won't move with his family from Cambridge until the end of the school year. Drysdale... Read More

Hotly debated issues focus of locals' feedback

Ninety-nine Rotorua ratepayers are set to address the council on decisions including sewerage scheme funding and the night market's future. Rotorua Lakes... Read More

Long-serving regional councillor resigns

Long-standing Bay of Plenty Regional Council councillor Paula Thompson has resigned from her position. Thompson, who is one of five general constituency councillors... Read More

Ratepayers fight ‘wicked’ 12% rates rise

Ratepayers are urging Tauranga City Council to 'rein in spending” and focus on the basics to curb a 'wicked” 12 per cent rates rise. The council... Read More