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

'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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