Council

Options open for Smith's Farm

City councillors are today being asked to consider changing the zoning of 41.7ha of Bethlehem land known as Smith's Farm so it can become a Special Housing Area. The... Read More

New report highlights issues: WRC

The constraints regional councils face in responding promptly to emerging environmental issues has been highlighted by a new central Government report issued this... Read More

Be safe on the waters this weekend

Labour Weekend is often considered the unofficial start of summer and along with the warmer weather it also brings throngs of people to the Coromandel Peninsula. With... Read More

Judea park in line for name change

City councillors are this week being asked to consider renaming a city park after a Mormon missionary who used the space in the early 20th century. Ngai Tamarawaho... Read More

Pilot Bay petition goes to council

Cyclists are set to present a petition to Tauranga City Council this week seeking access to the Pilot Bay boardwalk in Mount Maunganui. Resident Jo Wills has obtained... Read More

Help prevent kauri dieback disease

People visiting bush areas in the Waikato are being urged to take care to help prevent the spread of kauri dieback disease. The disease has been detected at five... Read More

Council seek $36m Rena bond

A bond of $36 million is being sought by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council as part of a draft resource consent to leave the wreck of the Rena on Astrolabe Reef. Council's... Read More

Marine precinct project delay

The opening of Tauranga's Marine Precinct has been delayed because of extra time taken over looking at alternative hardstand designs. That's the message project... Read More

Camping consultations close today

All Coromandel locals wanting to make submissions on two camping-related bylaws have until 4pm on Monday to do so. The Thames-Coromandel District Council is consulting... Read More

Festival lacked consent application

Council officials have admitted they did not receive a resource consent application for the doomed McLaren Valley Falls music festival which was scheduled to take... Read More

Port Charles’s new ‘smoke chaser'

Volunteer firefighters on the Port Charles Rural Fire Force have a new ‘smoke chaser' thanks to the Thames-Coromandel District Council and the National Rural... Read More

Illegally taken dog still missing

A Siberian husky dog taken illegally from the Thames-Coromandel District Council's Dog Pound last month is still unaccounted for. The three -year-old, cream and... Read More