Latest news for Pāpāmoa

We generate an estimated 30% more waste during the festive season in New Zealand. We'll get through 1.6million kilogrammes of wrapping paper alone, that's equivalent to 10,000 trees. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Tauranga City Council is meeting on Monday 9 December and Tuesday 10 December to consider a number of important decisions for the future of the city.

To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Bay of Plenty Steamrollers invited our new Councillors to a friendly, but fierce, game of wheelchair rugby.

Tauranga is the ultimate destination for family-friendly fun this December, offering a mix of thrilling sports, festive celebrations, and outdoor activities to kick off summer in style.

Think you’d know what to do in an emergency? Come put it to the test through a virtual reality (VR) simulation at the beach this summer.

Next March, for the first time ever, Tauranga will host the Skateboard Nationals, NZ’s premier skateboarding event where some of the country’s top skateboarders will drop in and carve up at Destination Skatepark.

A morning of hands-on learning for 45 Pāpāmoa school students involved some hi-viz, a digger ride or two, and a lesson on what goes into building major roads and bridges.

Mark your calendars now for Whānau Fun on the Waterfront, where fun awaits children and the young at heart as we celebrate the opening of the new waterfront playground.

A Tauranga tavern operating without a duty manager and three Tauranga off-license premises selling alcohol to under 18-year-olds have been found to breach the city’s Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act.

School’s out for summer for many university students, but 21 will be trading lecture halls for real-world learning with summer internships and research projects at Tauranga City Council.

A new Tauranga City Council digital map that highlights hundreds of accessible locations is already being described as “a total win” for local disabled and older communities.

Tauranga City Council have made a commitment to a new aquatic facility at Memorial Park and will now look to see if the current design and scope provides value for money for the community.