Council

Mount booze shop shelved

A bottle store owner's dreams of strengthening his off-licence chain have been dashed after his application for a shop in the heart of Mount Maunganui was declined. Go... Read More

No go on Bethlehem bottle store

Bethlehem's off-licence landscape is to remain unchanged after a proposed new bottle store had its liquor license application rejected. Nine Orchids Ltd applied... Read More

Water off Cook Dr, Whitianga

The Thames Coromandel District Council is advising Whitianga locals of an emergency water shutdown currently taking place. Water is being turned off to carry out... Read More

Agrichemical contractors warned

The Waikato Regional Council is warning agrichemical contractors operating without certification they are in breach of rules and pose a potential risk to the community. They... Read More

Greerton library going green

Greerton's new library could become an environmentally sustainable single storey library or with possibly a mezzanine, with a floor area of 900m2 if approved concept... Read More

Coincidence for Tauriko report

The timing of a Tauranga City Council growth risks report, citing cross border issues at Tauriko, is purely co-incidental and has 'nothing to do with Bob Clarkson's... Read More

Input wanted from public

The Thames Coromandel District Council wants to take the hassle out of finding a park through improvements to Coromandel Harbour Facilities. Council is currently... Read More

Biggest NZ security effort since 9/11

Beefed up parliamentary security in the wake of a shooting in Canada's parliament is being described as the biggest security awareness to hit New Zealand since 9/11,... Read More

Cracks showing in SmartGrowth plan

Tauranga City Council broke ranks with its SmartGrowth partners this week, directing staff to look at ways of fast-tracking development land decisions outside the... Read More

TCDC: info for waste collection

Next Week's Coromandel's kerbside rubbish collections will take place a day later due to Monday being a public holiday. The Thames Coromandel District Council says... Read More

By-election set for February

Mount Maunganui and Papamoa ratepayers will elect the replacement councillor for Clayton Mitchell on February 17, following his resignation this week. Clayton, who... Read More

Deputy mayor answers critics

Deputy mayor Kelvin Clout is heading off the critics by fast-tracking an investigation into making development land available in Tauriko. Kelvin led the charge this... Read More