Council

Input sought for region's future

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is currently reviewing its 10 year programme of projects and is seeking public feedback on the decision making processes. Council's... Read More

Have your say: Greerton Library

Community input on what the future Greerton Library will look like will be tabled as part of a public meeting tonight. From 6.30pm-8pm the library's project committee... Read More

Kauri dieback found on private property

Waikato Regional Council will be working with a private landowner to prevent the spread of kauri dieback from infected trees on their Coromandel property. The new... Read More

Work to remove wrecked boat

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is working to remove the wrecked pilothouse cutter Checkmate from Motuhoura, or Whale Island, where it grounded on Friday. The Regional... Read More

Freedom camping rules quashed

A High Court judgement has quashed some of Thames-Coromandel District Council's freedom camping rules after they were challenged by The New Zealand Motor Caravan... Read More

Ready for the city’s homeless

The beds are being made and a final broom is sweeping clean as Tauranga's first dedicated night shelter for the homeless prepares to open its doors. On September... Read More

Tree memorial to honour soldiers

Planting a memorial grove of thousands of native trees to commemorate New Zealand's fallen soldiers is being considered for the Coromandel. Tourism Coromandel's... Read More

Peninsula pulls out stops for rally

The Coromandel Peninsula pulled out all the stops - with fantastic weather and even better hospitality - to make the first VINZ Coromandel Goldrush Rally of NZ a... Read More

Committee to revisit way it works

Tauranga City Council's wastewater management committee is to revisit the ways it operates after a member filed two late items at this meeting this month. Tauranga... Read More

Payne named dog consultant

Former Tauranga City Council environmental monitoring manager John Payne is named as the consultant who will be conducting the Hastings District dog control review. Former... Read More

Diesel removed from stricken vessel

More than 450 litres of diesel has been safely removed from the stricken pilothouse cutter that grounded on Motuhoura (Whale Island) near Whakatane yesterday. Diesel... Read More

TCC adopt city growth predictions

Tauranga City Council adopted growth figures this week, predicting the city's population will grow by nearly 40 per cent during the next 19 years. For planning purposes,... Read More