'This is a circus.” That was one frustrated comment during a heated three-hour council debate about a golf club lease, in which the mayor asked a councillor... Read More

New technology will be taking note of illegal parking and time-limit offenders in Katikati over the next three months. But you won't be fined ... for... Read More

Whakatāne District Council will meet on Thursday to discuss purchase of land for the Matatā wastewater project. The public excluded meeting will take place... Read More

A mix of new and regular events are receiving funding from the Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund's second funding round for 2024/2025. The 23 funded... Read More

Two months of works are about to begin to drill a new, deeper groundwater bore hole in Ōmokoroa. Bay of Plenty Regional Council has a groundwater bore at... Read More

The results are in and Mahé Drysdale has been confirmed as Tauranga City's new mayor. Mahé Drysdale won the mayoralty with a total of 16,606... Read More

Rotorua's council could soon allow public speakers at the start of meetings for the first time in at least 24 years - but Rotorua's mayor says she is concerned... Read More

The only woman elected in Tauranga's new council says she is 'sad to be the only woman” and it feels like the city is 'going backwards”. Jen... Read More

When former Olympic rowing champion Mahé Drysdale used to come first in a race, the hard work was done. But that's not the case with winning the Tauranga... Read More

Tauranga's former mayor, Greg Brownless, is congratulating the winners of the city council election, in which he is runner-up. Initial results show Olympian... Read More

Tauranga's new mayor Mahé Drysdale is 'excited and daunted” about leading New Zealand's fifth-largest city. Progress results for the Tauranga... Read More

Thames Community Board has voiced grave concerns for those sleeping rough in town, with suggestions someone could die if there is no action. 'My concern... Read More