Council

Exploring your origins

Who knew that researching your family history could start with spitting in a cup, popping it in the post and a few months later knowing almost everything you ever... Read More

Election 2017: Transport

It's no secret that transport systems in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty have been under immense pressure lately, with an estimated 10 per cent increase... Read More

City rules and wishes

The recent decision by hearings commissioner David Meade refusing a three-storey commercial/residential development in Farm St, Mount Maunganui signals a lack of... Read More

Election 2017: Housing

In the coming weeks, The Weekend Sun and SunLive will be bringing you the best local 2017 General Election coverage. We'll be asking candidates what they and their... Read More

91 Willow St or Cliff Rd

Does it matter where? Let's just get a museum happening for Tauranga. That seems to be the consensus amongst some of the city's MPs and would-be MPs - including... Read More

Seeking a simple convenient so

'I don't think we have a choice, we have to act, we have to do something.” Steve Morris is ferreting through Tauranga's rubbish issues and something stinks.... Read More

Call for change at city hall

Tauranga City Council's economic development and investment committee chairman Max Mason is calling for councillors to step up and take a greater management role... Read More

Why Kevin’s quitting Tauranga

Kevin Steedman's had a gutsful - he's quitting his job, packing up his nine metre motor home and leaving town. 'I am leaving because I have to - they have made... Read More

Crackdown on freedom campers

Were the lights on in the camper van? Or were they turned off? Seems a petty point but there's an important distinction for Shane Palliser and the Tauranga City... Read More

Stepping out in shorts

Some of Tauranga's bigwigs will be baring their legs in the middle of winter this year and it's all for a good cause. Local politicians are trading in their suit... Read More

Step out to get a story

It's about taking a step in someone else's shoes. And in the case of Red Cross' Maree Boyes and Tauranga mayor Greg Brownless, they're taking 10,000 steps a day... Read More

New tidal stairs make a splash

He's been with the project from the start - since it was a pencil sketch on a piece of paper at Tauranga City Council - now he's going to make a splash at the official... Read More