Council

Concerns raised at emergency motel hearing

Issues relating to emergency housing motels will get 'significantly worse” if contracts are not extended a year, a government agency lawyer says. A... Read More

Feedback sought on alcohol-free area in the Mount

Tauranga City Council is seeking community feedback on a proposed amendment to its Alcohol Control Bylaw which would formalise the temporary summer-period alcohol-free... Read More

Kawerau removes funding from ToiEDA

Kawerau District Council has voted to pull funding from Eastern Bay of Plenty economic development agency ToiEDA. The council had budgeted $25,000 for the... Read More

Mayor backs staff 'targeted' on social media

Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale has hit back at keyboard warriors who are making 'unsupported allegations” against council staff on social media. Drysdale... Read More

Ōpōtiki council adopts overdue 10-year plan

It's a month overdue and shows a budget deficit for the first three years, but Ōpōtiki District Council has got its Long-term Plan for 2024 to 2034 across... Read More

More CCTV for Kawerau as funding approved

Kawerau has been awarded $160,000 central government funding for CCTV cameras and monitoring. Minutes of the recently renamed Community Safety Committee -... Read More

Rotorua Lakes Council approves annual report

Councillor attendance, debt and the organisation's achievements - and non-achievements - are all part of an annual look-back Rotorua Lakes Council's elected... Read More

Vote winner says Maketū 'overdue for some love'

Brett Waterhouse is Maketū's newest community board member. Waterhouse has been elected to the Maketū Community Board, following a byelection in Western... Read More

Freedom campers ‘overload’ popular BOP reserve

Ōpōtiki council is being urged to ban or limit the number of overnight campers at Te Ahiaua Reserve due to fears the public toilets are putting pressure on... Read More

'Pretty meaty actions': Hopes for air quality push

An environmentalist group says it is trying to stay positive over a promise by Mount Maunganui industrial businesses to clean up their act. The 29 businesses... Read More

New improvements whack it out of the park

The Greerton Cricket Club is a stalwart of the Tauranga South community - 51 years, not out. The improvements taking place at Pemberton Park, the club's home... Read More

Calls for freedom camping clampdown

A Rotorua holiday park manager wants the council to clamp down on freedom camping rules, saying users do not support local business. Users of one site... Read More