Council

Grant applications close on Friday

The Thames-Coromandel District Council is reminding locals that applications for the Community Grant 2015/16 funding round will close this Friday, July 31. Community... Read More

Council mailroom scare

Mailroom staff at the Western Bay of Plenty District council are having cold showers this morning as part of the decontamination procedure after a suspicious letter... Read More

Preparing for choices over mould

Tauranga City Council is preparing the ground for the eventual repair or replacement of the leaking and mouldy civic campus buildings. A project steering group is... Read More

Fund-match offer open next month

Western Bay Community Groups are invited to start planning applications for a new Community Matching Fund that opens on August 1. Council is making up to $99,000... Read More

No formal application received: TCDC

The Thames-Coromandel District Council says it is still yet to receive a formal application for a cremator to be installed in Grahamstown. Council is encouraging... Read More

Battle of Le Quesnoy commemorated

To commemorate the Kiwi soldiers who fell in the Battle of Le Quesnoy about 120 trees have been planted by Whangamata locals on Wednesday. On November 4, 1918, New... Read More

Rural broadband meeting in Te Puru

Next month locals are invited to a community meeting about the roll out of the Government's Rural Broadband Initiative in Te Puru. The Thames-Coromandel District... Read More

Regional growth drive in Bay

The need to ensure a shared national approach to regional development and growth across New Zealand is one of many topics being discussed at the 2015 LGNZ conference... Read More

Next phase for Thames project

Active Thames 2018's indoor sports facilities project has received approval to move into the detailed design and tender phase. Approval was granted at a special... Read More

Questions angled at SmartGrowth

Long-term planning strategy SmartGrowth are being asked to take a closer look behind the numbers that are being talked about for the Western Bay of Plenty sub region. Tauranga... Read More

Cooks Beach locals flee waters edge

It's not unusual for waves to lap at the windows of Chris Ellett's Coromandel seafront home. Even after the Cooks Beach woman pulled up her two-storey home and... Read More

Strategy starting to ‘bare fruits'

Two years on since the first council-run workshop the Thames Urban Development Strategy is now starting to bare tangible fruits. Interior building work on the Civic... Read More