Council

Council confirms board payments

Merging the city's Council Controlled Organisations is going to cost ratepayers $225,000, plus an increased ongoing annual amount in director's fees. The fees and... Read More

Free Saturday city parking canned

Free parking in the Tauranga city centre on Saturdays is being scrapped and replaced with an hourly rate regime. Tauranga City Council made the decision to scrap... Read More

Public aquacultural symposium

An opportunity for the community to engage with experts about coastal and economic developments taking place in the Bay of Plenty is being offered at a day-long... Read More

Caution over new day care centre

Matua residents are seeking answers from the Tauranga City Council on a proposal to build a private day care facility in their backyard. The centre, planned for... Read More

Council job losses confirmed

Tauranga City Council today confirmed a restructuring that will result in the loss of 30 initial jobs and a further 36 jobs by early 2014. The second round of job... Read More

Delay on freedom camping decision

A decision on the Tauranga City Council's amended freedom camping policy has been put off until next year after councillors ran out of time. Strategy and policy... Read More

Public asked for alcohol input

The public is being asked for ideas about where and when alcohol can be sold to be considered in a new policy that will affect both Tauranga City and the Western... Read More

Tree pruning on Turret Road

Pruning will get underway tomorrow on 18 protected Pohutukawa trees along Turret Road that are posing a risk to traffic. Tauranga City Council arborists will begin... Read More

Bureta Park supermarket refused

Resource consent for a Countdown supermarket on the site of the Bureta Park Motor Inn has been rejected. In a decision released today, Commissioner David Hill declined... Read More

Bureta Park still open

‘For Sale' signs near the front entrance, and ongoing publicity about the proposed Countdown supermarket development at Bureta is giving people the wrong idea... Read More

Council bailout looms

Ratepayers are likely to have to bail Tauranga City Council out of property deals that are going south with the ongoing bad economy. Council has purchased a range... Read More

Cameron Road resealing works

Motorists travelling down Cameron Road this week are being warned sections of the road will be closed for resealing. The first section to be resealed will be the... Read More