Tauranga City Council has just released a new app for parking in the city.
PayMyPark was a free smartphone app which allowed customers to pay for parking remotely.
The app was integrated with Tauranga City Council's systems.
Pay and display tickets were not needed because parking officers can check PayMyPark payment status for vehicles from their smart devices.
PayMyPark customers could pay as they go, or set up an account and top up their parking balance in advance to save credit card transaction fees.
The council had installed new parking zone signs around town especially for PayMyPark.
To use the app, customers needed to select the relevant parking zone or off-street car park that they wish to pay for.