Latest from Tauranga City Council

$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.

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."

Former Tauranga mayor's plea to commissioners: Merge councils to pay for infrastructure

But the call has met resistance from regional leaders who say it's 'premature'.

'Utterly offensive': Seymour taken to task on apartheid comparison

Act's David Seymour compared the new Māori ward legislation to apartheid in South Africa.

Green light for new ratepayers group: 'So we can have a voice'

The Lakes residents will now have a unified voice.

Locals want 'frustrating' visitors to closed Ōmanawa Falls trespassed

Dozens of people are continuing to enter Omanawa Falls park despite the danger.