The coalition has two days left to meet its action plan goal of announcing the first city or region to gain a deal for economic planning and growth ...

Western Bay of Plenty District mayor Garry Webber. Photo / John Borren, Sun Media Amalgamation - it's a word that has been bandied about in the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga for three decades.

Drysdale currently lives in Waikato's Waipā District - nearly 100km and an hour's drive away - and said he would not immediately move to Tauranga City if elected.

From playgrounds to cycle lanes, roaming pets to stinky rubbish, local authorities are responsible for planning and managing ...

Tauranga City or Western Bay? ... That is the question the Local Government Commission has proposed to residents in Tauriko West - currently within the district becoming part of the city.

Councils run the local elections and will provide information on the candidates. Typically, councils are legally obliged to ...

Tauranga City Council has adopted a private plan change which will see rural land in Tauriko rezoned to industrial in order to meet requirements for future industrial growth. Private Plan Change ...

The Taxpayers’ Union is calling for calmer heads to prevail after former Tauranga Mayor Tenby Powell’s calls for an amalgamation of the district’s councils into a mini ‘super city’.

The Tauranga City Council has denied suggestions that it has already decided to bring 150 years of horse racing to an end in the city. Tauranga Racecourse Reserve, in the suburb of Greerton, is ...

SmartGrowth is a collaboration between Bay of Plenty Regional, Tauranga City and Western Bay of Plenty District councils, tāngata whenua and central government that sets the strategic vision and ...

The Western Bay of Plenty District Council has been counting ... Don Thwaites told Heather du Plessis Allan the congestion is caused by the building of 800 metres of cycle track near Tauranga City.