Council

TCC’s treatment plant’s pipeline route finalised

Tauranga City Council's third water treatment plant has reached a major milestone with the finalising of the underground pipeline route. The Waiāri Water Supply... Read More

Changes to Welcome Bay Lane access

Access to Welcome Bay Lane will be restricted temporarily while more permanent, safer measures are put in place for all road users. The cycling safety review,... Read More

WBOP Council’s steady as we grow approach pays off

Western Bay Council's Annual Report for the 2017-18 has indicated continued growth and demand for services within the District, among a number of other positive... Read More

Record numbers for Council organisations

Council controlled organisations reported another successful year with visitation and usage of services and facilities being up across the city. Bay Venues Limited... Read More

Government funding a huge boost for Rotorua

Hundreds of jobs could be created in Rotorua, and millions of dollars of private investment sparked, following a multi-million dollar cash injection from the Government. The... Read More

Tauranga City Council encourage solar hot water

Tauranga City Council are helping householders to install solar hot water systems by offering free building consents in the latest Long Term Plan. 'It's great... Read More

Council takes up Kiwi Camp offer for campers

Western Bay of Plenty District Council has accepted a $200,000 grant from Central Government to trial a KiwiCamp facility in Waihi Beach this summer to help manage... Read More

River improvement targets exceeded

More than 136 kilometres of Bay of Plenty waterway margins have been protected from stock access in the past year through riparian management partnerships between... Read More

Strong support sees reprieve for community boards

Strong support for locally elected boards has seen the Western Bay of Plenty District Council drop plans to scrap its five community boards and replace them with... Read More

More GPs on the way for Western Bay

The Western Bay of Plenty is set to get more general practitioners over the next year as the region continues to grow. Additional general practices are expected... Read More

Plans for online voting ’dangerous’

An Australian IT expert says New Zealand would be crazy to adopt online voting for local government elections and would be opening itself up to widespread electoral... Read More

Eastern Bay schools get BikeReady

Eastern Bay Road Safety Programme partners, ACC and NZTA, have invested in a national cycling education system through a programme called BikeReady. The BikeReady... Read More