Council

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

Offering a choice

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

City council now online

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

Before you do something silly…

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

Shorts4Todd

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

Challenge for councils not working

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

Long awaited road link

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

Moa Park's new barbecue

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

Labour preparing to make a charge

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

Event funds up for grabs

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