Council

Council faces roasting over fees

A group of mobile coffee traders are steaming mad at Tauranga City Council's proposal to hike mobile trader user fees by more than 200 per cent - labelling the move... Read More

Container WWI mobile display

Thanks to a grant from the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board the Tauranga Heritage Collection is creating a mobile exhibition space that will commemorate the centenary... Read More

Dump on rubbish overload

The city's two transfer stations are experiencing an overload of rubbish due to an 'issue” with a truck being unable to move waste. SunLive was alerted to... Read More

Disabled trailblazer mourned

Members of the Bay of Plenty and disabled communities throughout New Zealand are mourning the sudden loss of a 'real community livewire” who made a significant... Read More

Katikati Square opens for Anzac

Western Bay Mayor Ross Paterson will hoist the national flag to officially open Katikati's new Memorial Square at a special ceremony on Wednesday, 16 April. Memorial... Read More

Bayfair protest a no go

A group protest against stopping the mobile library planned for Saturday has been blocked by Bayfair Shopping Centre management. The protest, planned for Tauranga... Read More

New community conservation fund

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges is encouraging applications to the new Community Conservation Partnerships Fund from Tauranga City community led conservation groups. The... Read More

Bald tyre fines postponed

Tauranga parking wardens will not be fining motorists for bald tyres from tomorrow, Tauranga City Council announced this evening. Wardens were to begin checking... Read More

Council flavour in electorate seats

Two past and present Tauranga City Councillors are eyeing a central government role with both announcing intentions to run for party candidacy to represent Tauranga... Read More

Councils merger ‘catastrophic’

An East Coast politician is calling a possible move to amalgamate the Bay of Plenty's district and regional councils as 'catastrophic” for the eastern part... Read More

Tyre fine, your thoughts

A Tauranga City Councillor parking wardens will soon have the power to instantly fine city motorists $150 for bald tyres as part of a road safety campaign. TCC transportation... Read More

Matapihi dog attack: charges possible

Police are yet to lay charges on the owners of a dog that bit a three-year-old boy in Matapihi yesterday but believe they will be in a better position to make a... Read More