Council

Hot pools complaints resume

Complaints about the Mount Hot Pools have resumed - barely a week after the facility re-opened following an 18 week emergency closure for repairs. Customers are... Read More

Tolls bad for business

Businessman Bob Clarkson is opposing Tauranga City Council's move to raise the tolls on Route K. Earlier this month the council approved a 50 cent increase in... Read More

Roundup use reconsidered

Roundup's use in Tauranga parks may be revisited in light of new information that shows it is a neurotoxin with persistent effects in the environment. The Tauranga... Read More

Rates demands changes for clarity

Tauranga City Council is changing its rates demand to avoid confusion between its rates and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council rates which are on the same demand. ... Read More

Gallery, in surplus and popular

Tauranga Art Gallery is reporting a surplus and a visitor number increase of 9000 people in the 2010/2011 financial year. Gallery director Penelope Jackson says... Read More

Baptists to be removed from reserve

Welcome Bay Baptists' 17 year tenure on Welcome Bay's Waitaha Reserve is over - almost. The Tauranga City Council passed a resolution on Monday to remove the... Read More

Big screen for RWC final likely

Tauranga is going to have a big screen on The Strand where people can watch the Rugby World Cup final - probably. Proceedings began at the Tauranga City Council... Read More

Intermittent Mauao track closures

The Waikorire track on Mount Maunganui will be closed on a few occasions over the next few weeks while contractors do some weed control on the summit bluffs. Tauranga... Read More

New freedom camping penalty

Sleeping in the car overnight on Marine Parade while waiting for the surf along the ocean beach can now cost a $200 fine. Sleeping at the beach will be costly Tauranga... Read More

Relics revealed in highway tour

Tauranga City Councillors were given a tour of the Tauranga Eastern Link site on Friday, joining a list that includes national politicians and media. Mayor Stuart... Read More

Regional amalgamation forecast

Increasing local government amalgamations are forecast by Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby - with not all of them politically driven. In his state of the city address... Read More

Hot pools spending stopped

The Mount Hot Pools reopen today at 4pm, just hours after it was made public that Tauranga City Council will stop all spending on the pools' planned redevelopment. ... Read More