Western Bay of Plenty District councillors have topped a national pay rise table with a jump of almost 57% in a year. The Taxpayers' Union described the... Read More

Successful Tauranga candidate Stuart Crosby was the highest campaign spender for last year's regional council local elections. However, spending more... Read More

A refreshed Ōropi Grove Mountain Bike Park reopens today after being closed for more than a year for tree harvesting. Tauranga City Council said the park... Read More

Residents of Appleton Rd in the Bay of Plenty have been first responders at more road crashes than they care to remember. Maree Scammell knows of at least... Read More

A total of 42 slips have been detected on Mauao to date. It has now been four weeks since the major landslide went through the Mount Maunganui Beach Holiday... Read More

Tauranga City Council is abandoning plans for housing on land it bought in Bethlehem 25 years ago. The council has instead gone 'full circle” to again... Read More

Tauranga City Council has confirmed a new one-way layout for Miro St in Mount Maunganui. The new design will see a section of Miro St, between Matai St and... Read More

Adams Ave and The Mall in Mount Maunganui have been reopened after geotech assessments on the stability of the landslides on Mauao. Heavy rain forecast for... Read More

The University of Waikato has made significant property deals in Tauranga as it progresses 'ambitious plans” to grow its Durham St campus. The university... Read More

Several Bay of Plenty regional councillors have expressed dismay at a local government overhaul proposed by central government, labelling it 'fundamentally”... Read More

'The harm you cause by holding a bone in your hand is irreversible,” Ōpihi Whanaungakore trustee Hemi Hireme told the Environment Court this week. The... Read More

Plans to reduce a Mount Maunganui street to one lane and add more parking are opposed by a local who says hundreds of motorists will be inconvenienced. Tauranga... Read More