Council

Exhibition gets in-kind help

Tauranga City Council has changed its mind on offering additional support for an exhibition telling the ‘narrative' of the Battle of Gate Pa at the Greerton... Read More

Gallery foundation gets nod

Tauranga City Council has moved to support establishment of a Tauranga Art Gallery Foundation but not before some councillors questioned the intentions of its trust... Read More

Letter a load of rubbish

A 10-year-old letter about the city's rubbish collection being dropped in people's letterboxes is being called a 'load of rubbish”. Tauranga City Council communications... Read More

Rena stern moves on reef

UPDATE 3.15PM: The sunken stern section of the Rena has moved position on Astrolabe Reef. Spokesperson for the owners and insurers Hugo Shanahan says divers preparing... Read More

Western Bay rates to rise

Western Bay of Plenty District Council has approved its draft 2014/2015 Annual Plan today, which proposes an average rates increase of 4.68 per cent, including growth... Read More

Petition launch to remove Rena

A petition calling for the Government to hold the owners and insurers of the Rena to account will be launched at Mount Drury today. Spokesperson for the ‘Remove... Read More

Pipeline ready to be floated

A significant step in the multi-million dollar wastewater pipeline project will take place today when the 700 metre length of pipe is floated across the Tauranga... Read More

Appeal against alleyway antics

A 92-year-old Arataki woman's distressed plea for community safety from unruly youths in a nearby alleyway is getting Tauranga City's new council to sit up and take... Read More

Full Rena removal ‘too risky’

A resource consent application to leave the remains of the Rena wreck on Astrolabe Reef on the basis it will avoid further environmental harm through salvage operations... Read More

TCC rejects $18.80 wage

Tauranga City Councillors shelved a guest speaker's push to pay a living wage to 51 per cent of council's staff paid less than $18.80 an hour. Guest speaker Chris... Read More

$30k fine for oil spill

The German owners of a container ship that leaked 1000 litres of heavy fuel oil into the Tauranga Harbour in July last year has been fined $30,000. Owner of the... Read More

Bakery for old Mount i-Site

A call from a resident to return the Mount Maunganui i-Site to its former building on Salisbury Ave has been dismissed by Tauranga City Council, which is opting... Read More