Council

Funding for new campus gets A+

TECT is being applauded for its decision to provide $15million funding for a purpose-built tertiary campus in downtown Tauranga. The campus, to be built in Durham... Read More

$15m for tertiary campus

The prospect of a new, purpose-built shared tertiary campus is one step closer with TECT funding $15million to expand tertiary education in Tauranga. The funding... Read More

Meter running on free parking

Tauranga City Council has put a proposed two hour free parking plan for the city on hold while it investigates the best option going forward. Council yesterday voted... Read More

Brakes put on free parking

Free parking may go ahead in the central Tauranga city but not until a full council report has been finalised to weigh up the best option. Tauranga City Councillors... Read More

Wilderland's future uncertain

The Coromandel's public is digging into their own pockets to prevent the Thames Coromandel District Council seizing 160 acres of land occupied by the Wilderland... Read More

Council faces big decisions

Free parking in the city centre, a centre for sports excellence in Mount Maunganui, and the council stance on the Rena resource consent application are to be debated... Read More

Merivale project takes next step

Visions of developing a state of the art Merivale Community Centre are one step closer with vital funding for a feasibility study secured. The Merivale Community... Read More

Solid start to community awards

Locals are really getting behind Tauranga volunteers with almost 100 entries in the Western Bay of Plenty area for this year's Trustpower Community Awards. Trustpower... Read More

Mass rubbish dump disgusts

A Papamoa resident disgusted to find more than a dozen rubbish bags dumped at a beachside car park fears there is a lack of deterrence to curb the mounting careless... Read More

Mobile shops stir on hold

Tauranga City councillors have pulled back from having another go at re-working the council's mobile shops policy, less than a year after it was last altered. TCC's... Read More

Ticketed over wrong WOF rule

A Tauranga businessman is questioning Tauranga City Council parking wardens' knowledge of new Warrant of Fitness laws after being slapped with a $200 ticket two... Read More

Council ‘neutral’ on Rena wreck

Tauranga City Council is considering making a ‘neutral' submission on the resource consent application to leave the Rena wreck on Astrolabe Reef. At next Wednesday's... Read More