Council
11:04am Fri 18 Aug, 2017
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
11:01am Fri 18 Aug, 2017
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
10:20am Fri 11 Aug, 2017
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
09:33am Fri 04 Aug, 2017
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
12:25pm Fri 28 Jul, 2017
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
03:37pm Fri 14 Jul, 2017
'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
11:14am Fri 23 Jun, 2017
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
11:09am Fri 23 Jun, 2017
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
04:34pm Fri 09 Jun, 2017
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
01:19pm Fri 02 Jun, 2017
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
10:20am Fri 26 May, 2017
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
11:25am Fri 05 May, 2017
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