09:25am Mon 25 Mar, 2013
Bay of Plenty Regional Council has approved its Draft Annual Plan that includes a general rates increase of between $7 and $12 a year. Council reports the rates... Read More
09:26am Fri 22 Mar, 2013
Future coastal developments in the Bay of Plenty will have to include high rise buildings to gain planning approval, a recently released SmartGrowth study reports. The... Read More
02:07pm Thu 21 Mar, 2013
Western Bay of Plenty Council is proposing a rates increase of 5 per cent this year after approving its draft 2013/2014 Annual Plan. The council is proposing to... Read More
03:57pm Tue 19 Mar, 2013
Cambridge Road residents' pleas to lower the speed limit along Cambridge Road are not going unheard with Tauranga City Council set to take action. The residents... Read More
04:25pm Mon 18 Mar, 2013
Tauranga City Council has made a payment to former chief executive officer Ken Paterson's widow - but Mayor Stuart Crosby cannot discuss it. The 61-year-old former... Read More
08:01am Sun 17 Mar, 2013
A template usable by any business has been designed to aid in the preparation of pollution prevention plans. The template, developed by Tauranga City Council and... Read More
09:00am Fri 15 Mar, 2013
A Tauranga resident is shocked at Tauranga City Council's lack of action as water continues to pour from a leaking water main at the bottom of his driveway. Dean... Read More
02:29pm Thu 14 Mar, 2013
Using meeting attendances as a measure of a Tauranga City Councillor's worth is being challenged by councillor Tony Christiansen, who comes in at the bottom of this... Read More
09:57am Thu 14 Mar, 2013
Tauranga City Council's controversial Pilot Bay boardwalk is a step closer after hundreds of residents turned out for the public consultation yesterday afternoon. ... Read More
09:21am Wed 13 Mar, 2013
Liquor bans for Greerton and Papamoa commercial precincts are to be pushed through before the opportunity is closed out by changes in liquor laws that come into... Read More
08:46am Tue 12 Mar, 2013
The Tauranga City Council says it is business as usual with its water supply despite the region being drought stricken. A state of drought was officially declared... Read More
05:06pm Mon 11 Mar, 2013
Difficulties with the proposed Meerkat tsunami siren system to be installed in Tauranga were known and advised to council last year, reports the city services manager... Read More