Tauranga City Councillors will continue to be elected using a ward system after the Local Government Commission released its decision on the issue on Friday. There... Read More

Former Environment Bay of Plenty councillor Tai Eru has taken the place of Hawea Vercoe as representative of Okurei constituency. A replacement was needed for Hawea... Read More

Urban design rules that encourage a safer and more attractive public environment are being proposed in new District Plan rules by the Western Bay of Plenty District... Read More

About 150-200 small native fish have died in the lower section of the Courtney Road drain and Tauranga City Council suspects someone has caused this by allowing... Read More

The Public Service Association, which represents librarians, is opposing moves by Tauranga City Council to charge adults for non fiction books. As part of the annual... Read More

The breakdown of a truck bringing a replacement section of water main to Tauranga is adding a critical delay to restoring a full water supply to the city's western... Read More

Water conservation is essential if repairs to the Cambridge Road reservoirs' supply line are to be completed before the city's western suburbs run out of water. Repairs... Read More

With this week's announcement that Tauranga City Council is considering charging 50 cents for adult book borrowing from public libraries, SunLive headed to Red... Read More

The pedestrian track between Jones Street and Chadwick Road is expected to be closed for about three months after being wrecked by the blow out of a large water... Read More

'Aggressive water conservation” is being called for to keep water supplied to the Tauranga suburbs of Bethlehem, Brookfield, Otumoetai and Matua. At 4.30pm... Read More

Tauranga City Councillors are going ahead with plans to reduce library services to save money. The libraries are 90 per cent ratepayer funded, but council decided... Read More

The Matua Bowling Club is unlikely to get any help from the city council in funding in the current financial year. At the city council's Annual Plan meeting Tauranga... Read More