Council
11:02am Fri 20 May, 2016
The country's had its say, $26 million has been spent and the alternative flag has been committed to the shredder without so much as a flutter. But that doesn't... Read More
09:00am Fri 13 May, 2016
It's an old steel truss bridge - functional rather than fussy. And all day it rumbles to the tune of the East Coast's main trunkline container traffic. Into the... Read More
12:30pm Fri 06 May, 2016
This October we all get to have our say on who runs our city via the local body elections - but the process of voting will not be dragged into the 21st Century... Read More
12:00pm Fri 22 Apr, 2016
They're called 'fly tippers' overseas - and they attract as much loathing there as they are in Tauranga at the moment. 'Fly' as in 'on the wing' and 'tipper' as... Read More
02:30pm Fri 18 Mar, 2016
She should be the poster girl for microchipping. That's Jazz, the pig dog, who was re-united with her rightful owner five years after going 'missing in action”... Read More
09:04am Fri 11 Mar, 2016
Increased parking charges - the first for eight years - inner city workers parking and walking, and more bikes and buses. These could become the realities as the... Read More
03:59pm Mon 07 Mar, 2016
The Tauranga community will have the chance to connect with councillors and local community groups and discuss what's happening in their area at Tauranga City Council's... Read More
01:30pm Fri 04 Mar, 2016
It was fixed stares and phone cameras at five paces. The runner and the cyclist glaring at each other, holding their ground, trading shots. 'What are you doing?... Read More
12:32pm Mon 18 Jan, 2016
Excited children and adults alike braved the rain at the Omokoroa Sports Grounds today for the turning of the first sod on the community's own one-of-a-kind skating... Read More
01:00am Fri 15 Jan, 2016
There's a fat gardener, thin gardener and the main man. An unlikely triumvirate running 'TRG” - the code for Tauranga City Council's most successful commercial... Read More
02:30pm Wed 18 Nov, 2015
'Your community, your future, your choice.' That's the message to Te Puke residents invited to have their say on the future of the town at a community open day... Read More
02:00pm Tue 03 Nov, 2015
Let's imagine Brad Pitt is playing a role of a senior biosecurity officer who is charged with releasing an alien into the community to devour and destroy everything... Read More