Latest from Tauranga City Council

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.

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.