Council

Skating ahead at Jubilee Park

Skate and scooter riders should have a new skate park within 18 months following a $107,000 funding injection from Western Bay of Plenty District Council. Project... Read More

Buoy washes up near Papamoa

Bay of Plenty Regional Council's wave buoy has broken loose and washed ashore on Papamoa Beach. The buoy was found by a member of the public lying near the high... Read More

City parking looking up

Council is being offered the option of adding another floor to the Elizabeth Street car parking building to provide more car parks in the central city. The Elizabeth... Read More

Meeting on Matua’s future

Matua and Otumoetai residents will have the opportunity to talk to Tauranga City Council Elected Members about the future of their community at a meeting in the... Read More

Greerton skies to light up

Night skies over Greerton will be awash with bright lights tomorrow when the free annual winter IlluminArt Festival returns. From 6pm Greerton Village Square will... Read More

Hairy gets big boost

Tauranga's waterfront Hairy Maclary sculpture project received a cash injection today thanks to Tourism Bay of Plenty in partnership with ASB Bank and Farmer Motor... Read More

Seal season in full swing

Seals on the foreshore will be a common sight this winter as population numbers continue to increase. A walker out at Papamoa Beach today spotted a fur seal near... Read More

Whakatane’s economic growth vital

The Grow Whakatane Advisory Board is strongly advocating the need for economic development 'intervention” to ensure a sustainable future for the community. Board... Read More

New harbourmaster at the helm

A former Royal New Zealand Navy officer will take up the position as Bay of Plenty Regional Harbourmaster from Friday - a position vacant since last December. In... Read More

Prepare for winds on peninsula

Thames-Coromandel District Council is asking the region's residents to restrict their driving tonight around the east coast and prepare for possible power cuts,... Read More

City Council unveils restructure

Tauranga City Council is to undergo a massive restructure involving internal job swaps that will see 52 jobs disappear, and the creation of 54 new ones. Tauranga... Read More

Government threat to loot port

Government driven local body and resource management act reforms will open the door to central government looting Port of Tauranga shareholdings, says regional councillor... Read More