05:00pm Mon 23 Sep, 2024
Works on a controversial sewerage scheme will continue following delays the local council says have added $400,000 to the project's cost. There is 10% remaining... Read More
04:00pm Mon 23 Sep, 2024
A community-led week of free events is coming to Tauranga Moana, in celebration of International Day of Older Persons. The Young at Heart Festival, September... Read More
01:00pm Mon 23 Sep, 2024
The Tauranga City Council has paused looking at developing a convention centre and hotel. The move comes as central government directs councils to "rein in... Read More
11:00am Sun 22 Sep, 2024
Rain didn't halt proceedings as people gathered to mark the completion of construction work on the Pākihikura/Ōpōtiki Harbour seawalls on Friday. As... Read More
09:00am Sun 22 Sep, 2024
Ōtarawairere Village resident Brent Sheather is fed up with the destruction of native trees on council reserve land. Sheather said he had spent a lot of... Read More
03:00pm Sat 21 Sep, 2024
Oceanbeach Road in Omanu will be reduced to one lane for the next four nights starting on Sunday night. From Sunday, September 22 to Thursday, September 26,... Read More
09:00am Sat 21 Sep, 2024
A Welcome Bay resident has a new lease on life thanks to recent road safety improvements in the heart of the Tauranga South suburb. Mike Claridge, who uses... Read More
07:00pm Fri 20 Sep, 2024
Hobbiton has swept another set of awards judges off their feet, as the attraction has been named a finalist in not one, but three categories at this year's Tourism... Read More
06:00pm Fri 20 Sep, 2024
Warning: Graphic images 'It felt like I was being ripped to shreds … I felt their intention and their instinct was to kill me.” A woman mauled... Read More
05:00pm Fri 20 Sep, 2024
In the year to July, Oranga Tamariki had registered almost 200 open cases of sexual assault against children in the Bay of Plenty. Organisations like sexual... Read More
11:45am Fri 20 Sep, 2024
A water safety advocacy group has praised a Bay of Plenty rule change that will see more people wearing lifejackets while boating. The Bay of Plenty Regional... Read More
06:37am Fri 20 Sep, 2024
A newly elected councillor has questioned why a controversial road closure in Mount Maunganui that has seen motorists fined $5 million continued despite huge... Read More