09:27am Tue 08 Sep, 2015
The application for resource consent before the Rena tribunal is not simply a proposal by the owner and its underwriters. That's the message from one of the Rena's... Read More
10:16am Mon 07 Sep, 2015
The Rena resource consent hearings begin at Baypark's ASB stadium today, marking the next significant step in the ongoing saga that has been a part of local life... Read More
09:42am Mon 07 Sep, 2015
This November, Thames voters will decided whether or not to continue adding fluoride to the town's water supply. But if you are not registered on the electoral... Read More
07:01am Mon 07 Sep, 2015
The Zespri site on Maunganui Road is on the market after the council handed the account over to the real estate industry. The council is selling about 8100m2 of... Read More
08:01am Sat 05 Sep, 2015
Tracking mud across Tauranga City Council office is Naiomi Macbeth's way of making a point about council inaction over her subsiding section. The builder owning... Read More
02:45pm Fri 04 Sep, 2015
The latest addition to the Whitianga Ferries fleet has gone into service this week after she was launched last weekend. The new 12 metre long, 63-seat alloy mono-hull... Read More
10:53am Thu 03 Sep, 2015
Many hands make light work so why not help out the Thames-Coromandel District Council's dune restoration project along Buffalo Beach this Saturday. The project is... Read More
10:00am Thu 03 Sep, 2015
The Thames-Coromandel District Council is advising locals they'll be testing the tsunami sirens across the district on Friday, September 25, at 12pm. Coinciding... Read More
08:24am Thu 03 Sep, 2015
UPDATED 11.45am. Confusion surrounds the discovery of plastic beads found strewn along the tide line on Papamoa Beach following this week's storms. A Papamoa local... Read More
03:56pm Wed 02 Sep, 2015
Thames, Whitianga, Coromandel Town, Whangamata and Tairua have made the Government's long list to potentially receive funding for ultra-fast broadband. Announced... Read More
12:07pm Tue 01 Sep, 2015
Changes made to the proposed Bay of Plenty Regional Coastal Environment Plan are being publicly notified today. The changes are in response to feedback from the... Read More
08:34am Tue 01 Sep, 2015
A string of large outdoor lights fell across Wharf Street over the weekend, with council officials suggesting the masonry they were attached to was to blame. The... Read More