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Tauranga ratepayers have paid the city’s four-person commission more than $914,000 for part-time work and expenses in the past year. Commission chairwoman...

The vote was 9-3, with one councillor calling the decision ‘totally wrong'.

The Western Bay of Plenty's new mayor James Denyer is "thrilled" to have won, but didn't want to celebrate too early because it was a "tough race".

A class of Ōmokoroa school children have triumphed in their mahi to recognise the mana of a macron.

Someone is spending money on Don Thwaites' Western Bay of Plenty mayoral campaign - but he says it's not him.
The Western Bay councillor, who is also runni

Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty have been directed to fluoridate their water supplies but one council has serious concerns about it.

Seven mayors around the country are toasting securing government funding, which will take care of crucial infrastructure in their towns or districts, and allow them to build more houses.

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

The government's Three Waters reforms advertising campaign has been labelled a "missed opportunity" by Tauranga City Council commission chair Anne Tolley.

In the Bay of Plenty most of the region has moved to the orange light, but some businesses have chosen to do things differently.