Latest from Tauranga City Council

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

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

Assaulted in the line of duty: Rotorua parking wardens attacked

There has been a spate of verbal and physical abuse towards Rotorua parking wardens.

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.'

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.

Minister not considering commissioners for Wellington City Council - yet

Mahuta: "I certainly don't want to be the Minister for Local Government commissions".

'We're not here to rubber-stamp': Commissioner lays down law

Long Term Plan decision is made by city council

'Fed up': More Bella Vista costs revealed as ratepayers' bill continues to climb

The Bella Vista fallout continues to cost ratepayers with more costs expected.

16 years on: Tsunami alert sirens still two years away

Tsunami alert sirens have been debated in Tauranga since 2005.