Western Bay of Plenty District Council staff are defending their latest policy which bans smoking in designated public areas in the region such as beaches. The... Read More

Twenty years ago on October 31 1989, the borough of Mount Maunganui was snuffed out by government decree. The survivors of that administration, former politicians... Read More

Tauranga City Councillor Hayden Evans' ongoing fight over a pipeline easement with city hall continues behind locked doors in the Kaimai Room today. The hearing... Read More

A counter petition on a Tauranga City Council decision to thin Te Ngaio Road's pohutukawa has seen the city council change its approach. The first petition was... Read More

Councillors took the cheaper of two options when presented on Tuesday with walkway choices for herding pedestrians around The Strand's bars at night. The council... Read More

Six construction companies are bidding for the contract to build the new multi-million dollar Indoor Sport and Exhibition Centre at Baypark. Tauranga City Council's... Read More

McPherson Contractors Limited has started construction of a metalled loop road that will carry construction traffic for the Tauranga Indoor Sports and Exhibition... Read More

A petrol station proposal for Bethlehem is being appealed after it was knocked back by the Tauranga City Council. Greenwater Investments Ltd wants to build a service... Read More

Contractors have started work to reinstate informal parking areas at specific locations around Fergusson Park. Reinforced grass cell matting will be used to rehabilitate... Read More

Tauranga City Council staff skewed numbers to support Willow Street as the site of the city's bus centre, despite most people wanting it in Durham Street, says Councillor... Read More

The Mount Greens lawn bowls and croquet project is about to go to tender, with the first sod expected to be turned next month. Tauranga City Councillors were presented... Read More

An innovative wastewater design idea will save the city millions of dollars in the Southern Pipeline project. City engineers have suggested building a pipe between... Read More