Council

Tinetti enters stage left

It was a cruel catalyst for change. Just one dark moment in early-January. It didn't make the newspapers or the TV, and no-one saw it coming. A 20-year-old committed... Read More

Going against the grain

It's the difference between a no-nonsense, gun-toting California Highway patrolman and our own unarmed, considered and popular top traffic cop Tauranga Police's... Read More

New mayor’s acting past

When Mayor Greg Brownless first arrived in Tauranga in 1986, he didn't know many people. So, because he'd always had an interest in the stage, he thought he'd pop... Read More

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