Latest from Tauranga City Council

Wards and boards: How do you want to be represented in the next Tauranga council?

Options with equitable voting rights proved popular.

'Four times the size of Bayfair': Plans for $1b Pāpāmoa East town centre revealed

50m pool, supermarket, shops, 15,000 jobs and 11,000 new homes to be built nearby

Call to move Tauranga airport and racecourse to make way for houses

The group believes medium-high density housing will address housing crisis and traffic.

Roading contractor breaks sewer main, wastewater spill contained

No wastewater reached the Tauranga Harbour or stormwater drains.

'In desperate need': 14-year-old seeks funding to upgrade skate park

Several submitters asked for new and improved community and cultural facilities.

Building impact fees, public transport and tourism discussed at LTP hearings

Submitters spoke on what they wanted to see out of the Long-term Plan 2021-2031.

'Frustrated' Bay transport leaders hit out at TNL defunding

Residents 'thought it was a done deal', a councillor and 48-year Te Puna resident says.

Glen Crowther: Tauranga City Council needs a sustainable plan

Opinion: The numbers don't stack up for this LTP to deliver affordable housing.

Tauranga public invited to long-term plan open days

The plan proposes investing $4.57 billion in key priority areas now and for the future.

New council bins leave some less than impressed

Some people plan to keep paying for a private pick-up, on top of the rates-funded one.

Opinion: The local government system is broken

Opinion: What government does now could make or break the future of our growing region.

'Good compromise': Bay Venues survives 'damning' review

'It keeps people employed but it also allows council to look at moving it forward.'

Quality of life ... which is NZ's sweetest spot?

Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Porirua, Wellington, Hutt, Christchurch and Dunedin polled.

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.