Council

Petition seeks a 'shared' Pilot Bay

An online petition has been launched in an effort to have a ‘no cycling' sign removed from Pilot Bay in Mount Maunganui. Aimed at Tauranga City Council, via... Read More

Council dig for answers over water loss

An investigation into why a number of properties on 15th Avenue, Turret Road, Mayfair Street and Scantlebury Street had their water supply disrupted on Monday is... Read More

Management plan to protect beaches

In order to protect Tairua, Pauanui and Whangamata beaches a Coastal Management Plan has been drafted up this week. Presented to the Tairua-Pauanui Community and... Read More

Thames locals: enrolled to vote?

Should fluoride be added to the Thames water supply? If you want to have your say then you must make sure you are enrolled to vote. Eligible electors in the Thames... Read More

Council bottleneck endures

Tauranga's booming building market is exposing a weakness in the system - the amount of time it takes Tauranga City Council to process building consent applications. While... Read More

MANZ backs tax on baches and B&B's

The Motel Association of New Zealand is backing the Thames-Coromandel District Council over its decision to introduce a tax targeting bach owners and B&B operators.... Read More

Fans set to flock to Tauranga

Start your day off right when the Bay of Plenty Steamers take on the Waikato Mooloos at Tauranga Domain on August 30. Tauranga City Council and Bay of Plenty Rugby... Read More

Thames' 249 soldiers remembered

Thames' Rhodes Park is the latest site to have trees planted as part of the Thames-Coromandel District Council's World War One Memorial Forest project. Students... Read More

WRC facing new pest challenges

The Waikato Regional Council is facing a range of environmental and production pest challenges this year following a busy 12 months controlling unwanted animals... Read More

Waikato’s population set to grow

The Waikato region's population is set to grow by about 40 per cent - or approximately 175,000 people - by the year 2063. Tabled at this week's WRC strategy and... Read More

Work begins on backstop wall

The Thames-Coromandel District Council says a total of 660 geotextile sandbags will be used to construct the backstop wall at Brophy's Beach in Mercury Bay. Council... Read More

B&B owners angry with rates rise

Coromandel's "bach tax" scrap is back on with B&B owners calling out the council for handing them "diabolical" rates increases that holiday home owners will escape. But... Read More