Council

New look for district council

The Western Bay of Plenty district is merging into three wards and councillor numbers are reducing from 12 to 11 following a Western Bay of Plenty District Council... Read More

Dogs kicked out of Papamoa centre

A Papamoa dog trainer is very disappointed in a council decision to prohibit her from holding dog training classes inside the Papamoa Sport and Recreation Centre. Dog... Read More

Brakes on speed limit changes

A raft of speed limit changes prepared for the Te Puna and Maketu areas have been put on hold by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council. The reason given by... Read More

City's arts and heritage merge

A forced marriage between Tauranga arts and heritage communities is to be tried as part of a rev-up of the stalled Smart Arts Strategy - the sub regional arts and... Read More

City CEO’s powers delegated

Tauranga City Council interim chief executive officer Leigh Auton's powers and performance requirements were set at an extraordinary council meeting on Monday afternoon. Leigh,... Read More

Active Pool to close for painting

The Mount Hot Pools Active Pool will close from Wednesday to Friday this week while re-painting is undertaken. The Active Pool will be closing at midday on August... Read More

Septic tank change discussions

Meetings are being organised about the rural districts to discuss how changes to septic tank rules are going to affect property owners. Draft changes to the Bay... Read More

Councils to join forces

Amalgamating city and district staff and operations is going to become a regular feature of joint governance committee agendas in the future. The Joint Governance... Read More

CEO contract talks rescheduled

The planned council meeting on Tuesday to discuss contract details of the city's interim CEO Leigh Auton is re-scheduled for Thursday. The meeting, delayed due to... Read More

Gravel buildup caused refuge flood

A flooding incident that damaged the Haven of Grace women's refuge building was caused by a large amount of gravel being washed down from another property further... Read More

Siren challenge made

A supplier of air-raid type tsunami sirens is challenging the city council to literally hear them out in a siren sound off. City enginer Howard Severinsen told... Read More

Walkway closed for two months

The Daisy Hardwick walkway around the eastern side of the Waikareao Estuary is going to be closed for six to eight weeks. The popular walkway was closed after part... Read More