Te Papa neighbourhood

We're making it safer and easier for people to move around our city no matter how they choose to travel – including by bus.

Our city is growing fast. The Fifteenth Avenue, Turret Road and Welcome Bay Road route links many communities and is going to become increasingly important as our city grows.

We’re carrying out renewal works across Tauranga’s wastewater network, with work scheduled in parts of Tauranga City, Judea and Brookfield

We’re redeveloping the Merivale Community Centre to create a safe, welcoming and flexible space for the communities of Merivale.

A sustainable development will house all Council city centre-based administration staff under one roof.

The redoubt is closed while works to stabilise its banks and address failing retaining walls is underway.

Tauranga is growing, and our current aquatic facilities are struggling to keep up. To meet the needs of our community now and in the future, we’re planning a new aquatic facility at Memorial Park.

We reviewed our three key sporting facilities, Baypark, Blake Park and Tauranga and Wharepai Domain to see how they met the needs of particular groups, and how we could make them better and more accessible for everyone in the community.

We will be inspecting parts of our wastewater network across the city during February-April 2025.

Wider footpaths, greener spaces and one-way streets are among improvements being piloted to make the city centre nicer and help people move around more easily.

A new city centre laneway will connect Grey Street and Durham Street.

Tauranga City Council is looking at the future use of the Crown-owned Tauranga Racecourse Reserve in Greerton.

Tauranga is home to more than 100 playgrounds, many of which need to be renewed in the next decade.

Upgrading Cameron Road and the waters network beneath it has an important role to play in providing more homes for people in our city.

We’re building a community centre to create a safe, welcoming and flexible space for the communities of Gate Pā.

We’re proposing some safety improvements in Tauranga South, Gate Pā and Merivale to make walking and cycling to and from school and around the neighbourhood easier and safer.

Contributing to the long-term health and wellbeing of the catchment by identifying opportunities and investment priorities to deliver positive outcomes in freshwater management.

Exciting plans are underway to redevelop the civic precinct in the heart of our city.

As part of our exciting plans to get the heart of our city pumping, we’re building a new library and community hub in the city centre on Willow Street.

The Tauranga Museum will be a key component of Te Manawataki o Te Papa, the transformed city centre in the heart of Tauranga.

We’re starting to think about how we use and make the most of Memorial Park in the future, alongside the planned upgrade of the aquatic and recreation hub facilities situated at the park.

The policy direction paves the way for services and assets to stay in councils' ownership and control, while operating under a new service delivery model. 

Help us find the right balance to keep moving our city forward for future generations, while keeping it fair and as affordable as possible today.

We are proposing a bylaw to set our own alcohol licensing fees. This means we would have the option to change how alcohol licensing is funded in Tauranga.

Speed limits outside Tauranga schools will drop to 30km/h during drop off and pick up times from early-mid 2025 to make it safer for students.

Ensuring access to a secure and safe supply of water for our city is a priority for Council.