Council

Establishment of marine research centre progresses

Tauranga City Council's Economic Development & Investment Committee councillors have agreed to support in principle the proposed long-term lease of the previously... Read More

Annual maintenance to close aquatic complex

Whakatane Aquatic and Fitness Centre is getting its annual facelift, which means it'll be temporary closed to the public. Its annual maintenance program will... Read More

Construction begins for Harington Transport Hub

The sod has officially been turned and construction has begun for a new state of the art Transport hub in Harington Street. Construction of the site began Tuesday... Read More

Authority celebrates Kaituna River Document

The new Kaituna River Document has been launched and celebrated by Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority. Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority Chairman Dean Flavell... Read More

The wiles and ways of Caldina

She's an orphan - unloved, abandoned. Given name Caldina, family name Toyota. Age - indeterminate - born Nagoya sometime between 1992 and 2007 when production... Read More

Battle of Te Ranga commemorated

A gathering at dawn today was held to commemorate the Battle of Te Ranga. The Te Ranga Reserve on the corner of Pyes Pa Road and Joyce Road was the site of this... Read More

Online resource to combat litter and rubbish

Keep New Zealand Beautiful has launched an online resource, The National Litter Hub, to provide Kiwis with a central source of litter disposal, waste minimisation... Read More

Review of Rotorua flood under way

Judith Stanway will chair the independent panel that will review what happened and what contributed to flooding in Ngongotaha on April 29 and make recommendations... Read More

New deputy chair appointed to Bay Venues board

Tauranga City Council has appointed Mike Smith, a highly respected lawyer, former partner and now consultant at Holland Beckett as the new deputy chair of Bay... Read More

New bylaws adopted in Whakatane

The rules are changing around dogs, alcohol, beaches, cemeteries, and ports and wharves, in Whakatane with new bylaws being adopted from as early as next month. ... Read More

Community concerns help shape BOP roads

Community concerns about the priority given to a number of significant roading projects in the Bay of Plenty are being heard across regional and national levels. The... Read More

Public notified on Awatarariki plan changes

Proposed changes have now been publicly notified in regards to the Whakatāne District Council's District Plan and Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Regional Natural... Read More