Council

Historic imagery website now live

Has the street where you live changed over the years? Perhaps it's gone from just having a few houses to having many - or maybe it didn't even exist 50 years ago. Now... Read More

Thames projects rise from the ground

Two community sport and recreational facilities - the indoor sports facility at Thames High School and the skate and scooter park at Porritt Park - have reached... Read More

Hauraki booming despite predictions

If the experts predicted a dismal future for regional New Zealand, no one told Hauraki. In a climate of expected population and economic decline, the district is... Read More

New barge-style boat for BOPRC

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council has contracted Auckland-based yacht builders McMullen & Wing to design and build their new multi-role vessel. Bay of Plenty Harbourmaster... Read More

McLaren Falls Park upgrade complete

Gravel on a new walking track at McLaren Falls Park plus an upgrade of facilities have now been completed - just in time for the summer camping season. The new... Read More

Fast track housing re-signed

Tauranga City Mayor Greg Brownless and Minister for Building and Construction Dr Nick Smith re-signed the Tauranga Housing Accord enabling the ongoing fast tracking... Read More

Bluff Rd closed, Kennedy Bay Rd open

Bluff Road between Matarangi and Rings Beach continues to be closed to the public due to health and safety concerns around slips. Thames-Coromandel District Council... Read More

No objections to underwater sewer

Plans to complete the Southern Pipeline project with an underwater harbor crossing have met with no objections, says a Tauranga City Council spokesperson. The council... Read More

Composter hungry for green waste

This summer hundreds of green-thumbed Coromandel locals will be rolling up their sleeves, heading out into their backyards and getting stuck into the gardening.... Read More

A History of the Waterfront

The waterfront's history is now available for all to see with a series of signs now on The Strand. The signs, which are part of the Access to Water project, use... Read More

Sorting out the city heart

Tauranga City Council's next step on the road to a new council building is widening in scope, with the city councillors voting to establish a Heart of the City... Read More

Council election spending made public

New Tauranga City Councillor Max Mason emerges as the biggest election campaign spender and the one with the heaviest financial support in election expenses figures... Read More