Stories by Alisha Evans

Riparian planting along a Pāpāmoa waterway has been given the green light once again, but residents want the reserve left alone.

Tsunami sirens for Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa have been talked about for nearly 20 years but, despite having funding, council want to remove them from their work programme.

Tauranga City Council's four commissioners have been reappointed and will remain in place until an election in two years' time.

Suburban residents say the quality of Tauranga City Council's road resealing resembles "a dog's breakfast".

Couches, blankets and a broken pram are just some of the items that have been dumped in an empty section in the Tauranga suburb of Hairini.

It's hoped the new local body election system for Tauranga will remedy a 'historic failure' to represent all of the city's communities.

Tauranga's rates could increase 13.7 percent next year, with commissioners insisting it is necessary to pay for infrastructure.

Tauranga's four commissioners have earned more than $1.1 million in the year they have been leading the city's council.

Tauranga is the only city in New Zealand that will not have an election come October.

In Bay of Plenty, 53 percent of schools reported positive Covid-19 cases in the last 10 days, according to Ministry of Education data released yesterday.