Council

Opposition to Mount liquor shop

Mount Mainstreet officials are painting an unwanted picture of drunken bottle shop patrons mixing with café and restaurant customers in response to an application... Read More

Resident claims Hairini woes

A concerned Hairini resident has used Tauranga City Council's latest in-community meeting to issue a reminder of why Welcome Bay with its problems of poverty, isolation... Read More

$154M roading contract awarded

A $154 million road maintenance contract is set to save ratepayers and road users and estimated $50 million over seven years. The NZ Transport Agency and Western... Read More

Cap taken off bottle stores

The removal of a cap on the number of off-licence stores allowed to be established in the Western Bay is being labelled 'a big learning curve” by all involved. The... Read More

More Kopu business wanted

Thames Coromandel District Council would like to hear from people interested in establishing businesses in Kopu. Council wants to retain existing businesses while... Read More

Pontoon repair work begins

Tauranga City Council will begin replacing piles on the pontoons along the waterfront damaged during bad weather earlier this year. Work on the pontoons starts today... Read More

Mitchell's by-election to cost $70K

Mount Maunganui and Papamoa residents face a six month wait until they will be able to vote to replace outgoing NZ First List MP Clayton Mitchell - at a cost of... Read More

Waterfront festival is still happening

Despite showers in the city this afternoon the Tauranga Waterfront Festival is still on and organisers are encouraging people to get back down to the site for all... Read More

The matriarch of Merivale

Merivale is painted as the South Auckland of Tauranga…and is being discriminated against.That's how the emerging matriarch of Merivale, 29-year-old Jasmine... Read More

Too soon for waka answers

Whether the Waka Maori pavilion will make Tauranga its next home is a question that cannot be answered yet, says project coordinator and Tuskany chief executive... Read More

Council heads to Welcome Bay

Welcome Bay will be the next city suburb to be visited by Tauranga City Council's Community Development Committee. The committee will hold an evening meeting at... Read More

Opposition strong for Waterfront waka

The majority of Tauranga City councillors are opposed to a proposal to put the 75-metre Waka Maori on Tauranga's waterfront. In a confidential briefing on Monday,... Read More