July 2024

Two new Rates Remissions and Postponement policies have been adopted by Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council to create uniformity and equity in how property rates remissions (reductions) are applied across the rohe.

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is working through the final stages of a representation review. 

A ‘blueprint for a connected, resilient, and vibrant’ region has been adopted by Bay of Plenty Regional Council – setting the strategic direction for the region’s transport system over the next decade.

After four years of illegally discharging septic tank wastewater into a drain which feeds the Kaituna River, two landlords have been convicted with breaching the Resource Management Act and fined $6,000 and given 75 hours community service each. 

An addition to Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Harbourmaster fleet is already in action, following a karakia (blessing) at the Whakatāne Wharf yesterday (subs: 3 July).

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has confirmed some changes to fares for bus users aged 6 to 24 years.