Council

Algae bloom prompts warning

Health warnings have been put in place for Lake Rotoehu after routine monitoring results confirmed a bloom of potentially toxic blue-green algae. 'The health warning... Read More

'Legal highs' public talks begin Tuesday

The first of a series of public meetings about the sale of products containing psychoactive substances on the Coromandel will be held at the Whitianga Town Hall... Read More

Parking 'cock up' irks special school principal

Motorists outside a Tauranga special school are being forced to flout the law after a Tauranga City Council parking 'cock up” saw yellow lines marked outside... Read More

New Chum submissions close today

All public submission on the resource consent application to subdivide Te Pungapunga Station in Wainuitoto - New Chum must be completed by 4pm today. The application... Read More

TEL sculpture work set to start

Installation of two steel sculptures near the Domain Road interchange on the Tauranga Eastern Link is to begin this month. Designed by Sculptor Regan Gentry, the... Read More

Chamber CEO resigns

Tauranga Chamber of Commerce is on the hunt for its second chief executive in 12 months after Dave Burnett handed in his resignation. The chamber announced Dave's... Read More

Buses give rural mums the runaround

It was one of those sickening moments of realisation for a young mum. 'The school bus pulled up and my six-year-old daughter wasn't on it.” Tracey Came of... Read More

Coromandel's summer tourism boom

It's been a bumper summer season for tourism to the Coromandel thanks to the great weather, say tourism operators, businesses and information centres. Overall visitor... Read More

New Chum submissions close Monday

Coromandel locals are being reminded submissions on the resource consent application to subdivide Te Pungapunga Station - New Chum closes next Monday. The application... Read More

Councillor recounts mould tour

The two events are 28 years apart, but walking through abandoned and mould infested parts of Tauranga City Council's headquarters evokes memories of the Chernobyl... Read More

School exit given safety tick

It's been labelled dangerously unsafe, but a Pyes Pa school's exit on to State Highway 36 has been given the all-clear by officials following safety concerns around... Read More

Councillor reveals mould issue online

A Tauranga City councillor has taken to Twitter to lift the lid on the extent of the mould problem inside the council's staff building. Some two months on from the... Read More