Council

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

Connecting with Papamoa's community

Tauranga City Council's Community Development team is hosting a Community Connections get-together in Papamoa on Tuesday. Residents will have the chance to talk... Read More

The state of the housing crisis

When a pregnant 23-year-old Elaina Short goes for 'a piddle” in the dead of night, she crunches her way across the frost to an outhouse, where windows have... Read More

TCDC maintains position on bridge

No meeting has been finalised, nor a decision made to transfer the Historic Kopu Bridge to the Thames-Coromandel District Council. The Historic Kopu Bridge Society... Read More

SmartGrowth search for debt solution

Finding ways to handle city growth without passing debt on to ratepayers is one of the goals of an upcoming study trip to Australia organised by SmartGrowth. Tauranga... Read More

State housing public meeting

The Merivale community have the chance to speak out against government's plan to sell thousands of state houses at a public meeting tomorrow night. Organised by... Read More

Thames monument to be restored

The Thames-Coromandel District Council is working on a plan that aims to fully restore the iconic Thames Monument to its original glory. In recent years a crack... Read More

Libraries ‘golden’ members

Western Bay of Plenty libraries are adding to the ‘golden days' with the launch of their ‘Golden' memberships. Available to library members over 65-years-old,... Read More