Council

Growing interest in rubbish

Hearings on the submissions to the Draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan will be held Thursday, July 28, at the Tauranga City Council Chambers on Willow Street.... Read More

Kawerau council wins LGNZ award

Kawerau District Council's ‘Seamless Boundaries' initiative has won a Local Government New Zealand excellence award. The project was named a winner in the... Read More

Funding boost for world event

Organisers of one of the biggest squash events to hit New Zealand's shores have received a significant boost, a year out from the world junior championships in Tauranga. The... Read More

Huge interest in civic project

Tauranga City Council's proposal to create a new Civic Heart in the CBD has attracted a total of 574 formal submissions from the community. Those submissions concerned... Read More

Roundabouts' cost blowout

A $1.5 million overspend on the roundabouts at The Lakes on State Highway 36 and 29 has been approved by the Tauranga City Council. The project was originally meant... Read More

The perils of social media

The 2016 local body elections will pose more of challenge than other year's because of social media, believes Electionz.com chief electoral officer Warwick Lampp. Warwick's... Read More

Bylaw revocation resisted

The city council decision to revoke its health bylaw is resisted by Medical Officer of Health Dr Phil Shoemack, saying the council has an obligation to promote and... Read More

Are you enrolled to vote?

More than 135,000 Kiwis have updated their enrolment details since the start of the Electoral Commission's enrolment update campaign. But Electoral Commission chief... Read More

It’s not that sort of stink

A green brown scum sighted along beaches mainly in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is not ‘cow poo' but surf diatoms - a naturally occurring single celled organism. The... Read More

Resource breach to cost council

Tauranga City Council's breach of its resource consent for the Te Maunga sewerage ponds may cost it an additional $1.5 million in higher pay-outs to tangata whenua... Read More

Seventh mayoral candidate announced

Noel Peterson, who's thrown his hat in the ring for the Tauranga Mayoralty, believes he'll bring a different perspective to the local government elections in October. 'If... Read More

Sailors to march downtown

Get the family together and head into the CBD for a parade that celebrates the relationship between Tauranga and the Royal New Zealand Navy next weekend. More than... Read More