Council

Funds for gorse removal

Funding is now available to help landowners in the Lake Rotorua catchment to convert mature gorse to trees, shrub or native bush. Bay of Plenty Regional Council's... Read More

Amazing walk races to town

A Tauranga City Councillor is organising the city's first-ever ‘The Amazing City Race Tauranga - Get to know your place in a walking race' with people being... Read More

Images bring life to project

Photo simulations of Opotiki's Harbour Redevelopment Project are sparking the community's imagination and reigniting discussion of the benefits it will bring to... Read More

Water shutdown in Western Bay

Residents in parts of the Western Bay of Plenty will be without water overnight on Thursday as repair works are undertaken on a water valve. The water shutdown affecting... Read More

Biodiversity plan for harbour

The signing of a Biodiversity Management Plan is seeing the Whakatane Harbour Care Group reach a new milestone in its aim to improve and protect the Eastern Bay... Read More

Golden record for seniors

Tauranga City pensioners are spoilt for choice when it comes to discount options with more than a record 1000 Bay of Plenty businesses now offering discounts to... Read More

Arson attempts prove costly

A spate of 'reckless and irresponsible” arson attempts on reserve bushland along the Waikareao Estuary is leaving Tauranga City Council to foot a $2500 re-planting... Read More

Labour vows to remove Rena

Labour leader David Cunliffe is vowing to make the owners of the grounded Rena ship pay the full cost of the clean-up and remove the wreck remains from Astrolabe... Read More

Labour MPs touch down

Labour leader David Cunliffe and his shadow caucus are set for a 'busy” day of Tauranga City today as they sit down and discuss the party's vision and issues... Read More

Hairini underpass a go

Construction on the new Hairini underpass will begin later this year, New Zealand Transport Agency confirmed today. This comes after funding was confirmed by the... Read More

Carpark discussion at Phoenix

Tomorrow the Mount Maunganui community is getting its chance to have a say on a proposal to turn a pay-and-display portion of Phoenix carpark into an urban space. Tauranga... Read More

No go on legal high ban

Attempts to eliminate the sale of legal highs in Tauranga are on hold as central government 'frustratingly” investigates regulations to manage where and when... Read More