Council

How to not get bitten by a dog

Preventing people from being bitten by a dog is the number one priority of Tauranga City Council's animal services education coordinator Cheniel Powell. Cheniel... Read More

Funding boost for Liveable Homes

Whakatane District Council's Liveable Homes project has received a big funding boost with contributions totaling $750,000 from Bay of Plenty Regional Council and... Read More

Temporary Mauao track repair by August

Temporary access round the currently closed section of Mauao base track will be restored by early August. A 14 metre section of track around the harbour side was... Read More

Free screening of Lions test matches

A free public screening of the second and third test matches of the DHL New Zealand Lions Series 2017 will be held at the family-friendly fanzone on the Tauranga... Read More

Building rule-breaker challenged

A three storey mixed development proposed for residentially zoned Farm Street in Mount Maunganui has been opposed at a hearing today by 41 objectors concerned at... Read More

Bus changes ‘don’t go far enough’

Proposed changes for the Bayhopper and Schoolhopper buses in Tauranga are being slammed by the Sustainable Business Network because they don't go far enough. The... Read More

Restoration of fire-ravaged hillside

A group of Coromandel residents are working to restore 65 hectares of fire-ravaged hillsides beside Whitianga Harbour. The Comers Road Fire Restoration Project's... Read More

WBOPDC reduces debt, increases rates

Western Bay of Plenty District Council has adopted its 2017/2018 Annual Plan, striking a rates increase of one per cent for existing ratepayers and reducing debt... Read More

Mayoral change of mind restores funding

A change in the mayoral vote means the original $4 million funding request for a new Mount Maunganui visitor centre is restored to the Annual Plan. Two weeks ago... Read More

Single change made to Annual Plan

Tauranga City Council has adopted the Annual Plan for 2017/18, with one change since deliberations. Following a notice of motion, further discussions in council... Read More

Pitbulls de-sexed in pilot programme

A total of 50 dogs have been de-sexed as part of a pilot programme in the Bay of Plenty. The Opotiki District Council approached the government to join the neutering... Read More

Relocatable house park plans

UPDATED:5.30pm. Te Puna company Modcom Portable Buildings Limited is going to be supplying 10 relocatable homes for use by Edgecumbe people displaced by flooding. The... Read More