Council
09:00am Mon 19 Sep, 2016
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
12:00pm Fri 16 Sep, 2016
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
09:30am Fri 26 Aug, 2016
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
09:30am Fri 12 Aug, 2016
Nevermind about a stadium, what about the roads? Spending less on council palaces and more on the city If Tauranga City councillor Steve Morris wins the mayoralty... Read More
12:30pm Fri 01 Jul, 2016
Council Direct is exactly as it sounds - a direct link from from Tauranga City Council to SunLive. The newest tab on SunLive is part of an agreement with the council... Read More
10:30am Fri 24 Jun, 2016
Genteel by reputation but it's getting meaner, more menacing out there on the streets of Tauranga. Ask the parking officers. They see it and experience it most... Read More
11:28am Tue 24 May, 2016
The Bay never seems to be so cold that you can't put your boardies on. For Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller that's certainly the case. Todd will be wearing his shorts... Read More
04:00pm Sat 21 May, 2016
Tauranga and the Western Bay's Joint Governance Committee's backdown last month over the two councils' waste minimisation programme is symptomatic of a deeper malaise,... Read More
10:00am Sat 21 May, 2016
Construction has begun on a long awaited Grenada St connection, joining the Mount Maunganui end with the Papamoa end and creating a second through-road. Opening... Read More
02:07pm Fri 20 May, 2016
Mount Maunganui Lions Club is sizzling up a storm this lunch time. They are unveiling the new barbecue they have donated to Moa Park. Club secretary George Pocock... Read More
01:24pm Fri 20 May, 2016
They were hunkered down behind locked doors in the Arataki Community Centre and plotting. 'It starts right here,” says Phil Twyford, senior Labour politician,... Read More
01:11pm Fri 20 May, 2016
Tauranga City Council's next round of community events funding is open for applications, which encourages those oprgnaising events that connect the community, celebrate... Read More