A message from Charlie Rahiri, Recovery Manager about the landslips on Mauao overnight

Road resurfacing works are planned to start Monday 17 August as stage three of the Ngatai/Bureta Road intersection safety improvements gets underway.

Proven leaders with experience establishing and transforming some of New Zealand's largest infrastructure organisations have been appointed to the Board of Tauranga and Western Bay’s new Joint Water Organisation.

Tauranga City Council is preparing to complete the final stage of repairs to the slip below Ōropi Road, with overnight resurfacing works scheduled for Wednesday 19 August, weather permitting.

Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale says he is disappointed that the community's preference for locally led local government reform may no longer be realised.

Structural assessment of the Hairini Bridge shows it is strong enough to carry Tauranga City Council’s proposed upgrades as part of the Fifteenth Avenue to Welcome Bay project.

Good progress is being made on work to support the longer-term reopening of Adams Avenue following the recent reactivation of the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park landslide.

Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty District Council will hold a joint meeting on 6 August to to consider the Head Start proposal for future governance in the WBOP sub-region.

Applications are now open for an experienced director to join the council-controlled organisation (CCO) Te Manawataki o Te Papa Limited (TMoTPL) Board.

The findings of the independent external review into the tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park on 22 January 2026 will be publicly released by 21 August 2026.