Council

Cleaning up the oil

Tauranga City Council is urging small businesses that use oil pans to inspect that equipment and service where appropriate. This comes after a pollution incident... Read More

Auckland lessons for Tga

An Auckland University of Technology seminar on the ‘supercity' holds warnings for Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty says Mayor of Tauranga Stuart Crosby. 'The... Read More

Changes loom in city treescape

Assurances that law changes will not affect Tauranga's protected trees may be premature. While the changes to the Resource Management Act and clause 52 may not... Read More

Uncertainty over terminal

Placing Tauranga central business district bus terminal in Willow Street depends on the proposal receiving government funding, says Mayor Stuart Crosby. The project... Read More

Digital property plans

Tauranga City Council's customer service centre is going digital. Paper property files will be a thing of the past from October 19 as these documents will instead... Read More

Willow Street picked

Tauranga City Councillors have chosen Willow Street as the sight of the city's transportation centre. In spite of strong opposition from retailers, business interests... Read More

Gym stats unseen

Tauranga gym operators are claiming the city council is subsidising gymnasia at Baywave and Greerton to their detriment. Tauranga City Council monitoring committee... Read More

Drains are just for rain

Tauranga City Council has reported a pollution incident from last week when car washing wastewater was discharged directly to stormwater. This is against council... Read More

Barking at the playground

Playgrounds around the city will be undergoing a refresh this week as Tauranga City Council contractor City Care sets about changing the barked areas that break... Read More

Hunters Creek decision soon

The decision on the fate of the Hunters Creek ski lanes will be known later this month. The Navigation Safety Bylaw Review tribunal have heard all the submissions,... Read More

Flushing out the city

Tauranga City Council contractors will be working this week on cleaning out the city's water pipes. Over the next two weeks, water mains in Pyes Pa, Welcome Bay,... Read More

Meeting strife for Vercoe

Environment BOP has reinstated regional councillor and school principal Hawea Vercoe after he was stood down because he faced imprisonment. Vercoe, the principal... Read More