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Review recommends Bay Venues 'wind up', sale of holiday park
An independent report suggests disestablishing Bay Venues but council staff don't agree.
Wastewater overflow: Warning for tidal steps, Matapihi
Council will review maintenance procedures after overflow.
Principal says student was hit by car in a 'freak accident'
School 'blown away' by messages of support from the Tauranga community.
Green light! Commissioners vote to establish Māori ward
Tauranga City Council commissioners have unanimously voted to establish a Māori ward.
'We're doing our job': Abuse of parking officers skyrockets
'We're doing what we're doing because you're doing something wrong,' an officer says.
Slow lane: Lower speed limits loom for Tauranga commuter routes
"Anyone who believes their lives will somehow be worsened by this ... is dreaming."
'Hallelujah': City commissioners get glowing review from business community
A 'hallelujah' moment is how a lawyer described the commissioner's first public event
'Saddest 20 minutes of my life': Historian hits back during Māori governance debate
'I'm never getting that back.'
Council and trust to split ownership of waterfront land
Tauranga City Council and Ōtamataha Trust jointly own reclaimed land on Dive Crescent.
Commission 'should endorse Māori ward decision'
Tangata Whenua/Tauranga City Council Committee endorse the establishment of a Māori ward.
Council plan to sell housing leaves 78yo in tears
Elderly tenants have mixed emotions about the relocation proposal.
Car park buildings at risk of earthquake damage, council discovers
Both Elizabeth and Spring St buildings are found to be earthquake prone.
$1 sale of Harington St Transport Hub site 'marginally better than nothing'
Calls for parking strategy for Tauranga CBD after council sells abandoned project site.
Commissioners to front business community at public event
Commissioners will outline their plans for Tauranga at event.
Bella Vista case: Prosecutor seeks maximum penalty
A sentencing hearing for Cancian and others was held in court yesterday.
City is 'moving on': Commission moves to make big changes in Tauranga CBD
Council seeks to move hundreds of staff back to the Tauranga CBD.
Water charges tipped to rise on top of 20pc rates hike for homeowners
'I think we've probably got it about right,' says council chief executive Marty Grenfell.
Elder housing villages worth millions to be sold
'We're not going to require someone to move out of their home without... somewhere to go'
Council drops plan to trial changes in Mount streets
Commissioners say the Innovating Streets project didn't have enough support.
Rates rise drafted: 39pc commercial, 12pc residential (plus rubbish)
Big shift in commercial differential would see business bear the brunt of rising rates.
Have your say on how council buys and sells property
Council buys, sells, leases or transfers property for many reasons.
Changes are coming to Mount streets - but a one-way traffic trial is likely canned again
Trials of shared path and new roundabout planned but little support for Pilot Bay change.
The library that comes to you
If you can't come to the library, the library will come to you.
Where are they now? Ousted city councillors reveal what they're up to
Some have moved on from local politics while some others very much haven't.
Ex-mayor Tenby Powell on cancer, kindness and living his best life
"... not a week goes by where I don't get a hug from someone saying 'thank you'."
Jo Raphael: Rates are a necessary evil
OPINION: The status quo is no longer acceptable.
Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Stephen Selwood 'Tauranga has suffered'
Former Infrastructure NZ boss on being a commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'It's fairly catastrophic': $3 million business now worth 'basically nothing'
"That's my retirement plan down the gurgler."
Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Shadrach Rolleston seeks to address lack of investment
Tauranga local discusses why he's a commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Tauranga businesses warned: Time to pay fair share of rates
The Tauranga community has 'borne the costs of growth unfairly', commissioner Tolley says.
Local Focus: Meet the commissioners - Bill Wasley's 'commitment to implementation'
Former council chief and planner is a city commissioner. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Commissioner on Tauranga's crisis point - 'It's worse than I thought'
City commissioners grapple with the reality they are tasked with fixing.
City in 'crisis': Commissioners warned of 5000-house deficit in next decade
"We are behind, there are no two ways about it."