Council

Resuming civic heart progress

Tauranga City Council's approach to planning its new administration building is going to change from next Tuesday, December 20, when the first decisions are made... Read More

Backwards to go forwards

It's a ghostly, haunting sound. Even terrifying. Seventy years ago it would have signaled the arrival of the Luftwaffe over London, another blitzkreig, raining... Read More

Political forecast for Tauranga

He's picked a more manageable battle this time round. 'A winnable battle in a swingable seat,” says Tamati Coffey, the former TV weather presenter-turned-successful... Read More

Calling on government’s promise

Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless is calling on the Government to honour its commitment to four-lane 15th Ave and Turret Rd. In his address, immediately after his swearing... Read More

Empowering city residents

He traipsed around the Otumoetai-Pyes Pa ward visiting more than 4000 households in the local body elections. He didn't win a Tauranga City Council seat - now he's... Read More

Te Puke – a town divided

One lane or two lanes? It's an issue that's divided Te Puke cleaner than the tree-dotted island that runs down the middle of the town's main street. And two locals... Read More

Homeless again

'Nats ignore the homeless'. That might be the message waved under the nose of Tauranga MP Simon Bridges next week. Or 'rental price hikes must stop'. 'A protest... Read More

Main issues for new mayors

Tauranga City's civic heart project and changing the way things are done in the Western Bay of Plenty are the first big gigs for the district's two new mayors. Greg... Read More

Who will be mayor?

There will be 11 lumpy throats leaning over the cereal bowl tomorrow morning as candidates for Tauranga's mayoralty prepare themselves for the verdict expected... Read More

We need the right two people

The handing over of the Western Bay of Plenty's two mayoralty chains this October is making for one of the most critical local body elections in the region's voting... Read More

The devil in the fine print

Gwenda Jones claims she has unwittingly been 'overpaying' her Western Bay of Plenty District Council rates for 15 years. And it's a respectable sum - she calculates... Read More

Microchip the moggies

Wellington is doing it - Tauranga should be doing it too. Dr Liza Schneider of Holistic Vets is talking about compulsory microchipping of cats. 'It's not a magic... Read More