Council

Grants available from July 1

Thames-Coromandel District Council advises the period for submitting applications for this year's lot of community board grants opens on July 1. Local organisations... Read More

Repairs start on damaged road

The first of the permanent repairs on Kennedy Bay Road damaged in the April weather bomb have got underway this week. Thames-Coromandel District Council says the... Read More

Youth and local government

Tauranga City Council is looking at a new way of engaging with young people interested in local government. The Community Development Committee is recommending TCC... Read More

Rules tweaked for mobile shops

Rule changes recommended by the Tauranga City Council will allow more mobile traders to operate in some parks, while introducing a blanket ban in others. The latest... Read More

Travel tales from Yantai and Ansan

A major international conference that's expected to bring up to 500 marine scientists to Tauranga next year is being touted as a direct outcome of a mayoral delegation... Read More

Working conditions 'a nightmare'

City finance staff worked in an office with water running down a wall, and carpets so mouldy that unaware visiting councillors could go for a slide. These are two... Read More

Sewer funding delayed

The issue of Ongare Point's septic tanks will take another year while time is taken to allow the financial wheels of two involved councils to mesh. Both the Western... Read More

TCDC working through appeals

Sixty-eight appeals have been lodged with the Environment Court over the decisions version of the Thames-Coromandel Council's District Plan. The period for lodging... Read More

Parking rules are only for some

If you make the rules, then perhaps you should play by them. 'It's simple,” says Tauranga man Patrick Thomas. 'One rule for everyone. That's fair.” TCC... Read More

New medical centre for Whitianga

A new medical facility will be built in Whitianga after the Thames-Coromandel District Council and Whitianga Waterways reached an agreement over its proposed site... Read More

Views sought on new city hall

Public opinion is being sought on Tauranga City Council's proposal to replace its leaking and mouldy administration block with a new $65 million building and civic... Read More

Parking officers to trial cameras

Tauranga City Council's parking officers will be fitted with video cameras from June 20 to help protect them in potentially unsafe situations. Acting bylaws and... Read More