Three silver birches will be cut down following the first meeting of the council's new tree management sub-committee - but only if the people who dislike the trees... Read More

Today is the first meeting of a new Tauranga City Council sub-committee tasked with dealing with the city's tree issues. The Tree Management Sub-Committee was formed... Read More

The three-ward, 11 councillor proposal for the Western Bay of Plenty District is approved by the Local Government Commission as better fitting the needs of the Western... Read More

Regional mayors believe Bay of Plenty communities are well informed and ready for whatever change may come for local councils. The Rethinking Local Government Conference... Read More

Tauranga ratepayers will be asked to endorse a change in library policy that prevents council having to build new library buildings, while acknowledging the city... Read More

The changes being made to local government under the new Local Government Reform Amendment Act are butchering the way local authorities work, says Tauranga Mayor. Mayor... Read More

Tauranga City Council is going to ask its ratepayers to help pay off $1.7million of its spiralling interest bills. The bailout is to pay back loans used to purchase... Read More

Bay of Plenty Regional Council CEO Mary-Anne McLeod is being urged to toughen up and slash the council's 'very flabby bureaucracy”, but she rejects the criticism... Read More

Tauranga City Councils core management staff are having to re-apply for their jobs as part of the current restructuring process. Four management positions for a... Read More

A council policy change is threatening to end a 15-20 year tradition of Art if the Park exhibitions at Coronation Park in Mount Maunganui. The roadside art exhibitions... Read More

The way local government reform can best be applied to the Bay of Plenty is the theme of the ‘Rethinking Local Government' conference at Baypark next month. The... Read More

Papamoa and Maungatapu residents will need to put their rubbish and recycling out for collection this Saturday as there will be no rubbish, recycling or green waste... Read More