Public Notices and Alerts
Public Notices are statutory things Council is required to notify.
This material is typically found in the public notice section of local newspapers and contains information on a range of matters, from the dates and times of Council meetings to road closures.
You can also view other updates such as recreation, road closures etc that we send out on this page.
For all water shutdowns (planned and emergency), we recommend downloading the Antenno app to get real time updates straight to your phone.
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Vegetation Management - Agrichemical Spraying
Public Notices - General
Upcoming Spaying on Council owned land
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Housing Bottom Lines Update to the WBOP District Plan First Review
Public Notices - General
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Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway works for June 2024
Roading
Update from NZTA Waka Kotahi on our state highways work
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High flows in Katikati outfall pipe
Environment
Whilst we're working on resolving this issue, please stay clear of swimming and collecting and eating shellfish from the area.
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Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway works for May 2024
Roading
Your update from NZTA Waka Kotahi for their work this month
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Partial closure of Ōmokoroa to Tauranga cycleway
Facilities
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Notice of By-elections
Public Notices - General
By-elections are required to fill the following extraordinary vacancies - one Councillor to represent the Maketu-Te Puke Ward, and one member for the Ōmokoroa Community Board.
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Libraries services offline for data changeover
Public Notices - General
We are making changes to the system that our libraries use for our library catalogue, customer records and a variety of other library services.
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MAPI utilities layers - scheduled outage
Public Notices - General
Stormwater, Wastewater and Water Supply layers on our public map viewer (MAPI) will be unavailable between 2pm Saturday 6 April and 2am Sunday, 7 April. This may cause MAPI to not work at all.
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Small leak in Katikati Outfall sewer pipe
Environment
During recent testing on the Katikati Outfall sewer pipe, a small leak has been identified.
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Bay of Plenty in restricted fire season until further notice
Environment
During this time, no open-air fires can be legally lit unless you have a fire permit approved by Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
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Spraying in Waitekohekohe
Environment
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Western Bay Libraries App offline until mid 2024
Facilities
Western Bay Libraries App developers are on the case, tackling some issues, but unfortunately the app won't be available for a while.
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Phased opening for Kaimai tracks
Environment
DOC together with mana whenua are assessing closed tracks in Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park with the aim to begin phased reopening over the next month.
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Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway works for October 2023
Roading
A spate of wild weather has put the brakes on road rebuilding and resealing, as contractors have turned their attention to removing slips and ensuring a safe passage for road users.
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Kauri disease pathogen found in Kaimai ranges
Environment
Provisional positive test results have detected Phytophthora agathidicida (PA) – the pathogen responsible for kauri disease – on a track near the Wharawhara entrance of Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park
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Update 12 July: Watermain repairs on Uretara Bridge SH2, Katikati
Roading
Anyone travelling at night on State Highway 2, North of Katikati should prepare for delays while urgent works on an important watermain pipe take place.
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An important step forward for Takitimu North Link Stage Two
Roading
See the proposed footprint of Stage Two of the Takitimu North Link project with public engagement now open
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Leak in the Katikati outfall pipe: Update Friday 30 June
Water
A leak of treated wastewater has been confirmed in the Katikati outfall sewer pipe.
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Prole Road works
Roading
From Wednesday 31 May 2023 to 30 June 2023, our contractors will be working along Prole Road.
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Your Council services and facilities on Anzac Day
Facilities
Updates for library and service centres, Te Puke recycling centre and kerbside collections.
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Citizens Advice Bureau joins Te Puke Library whānau
Facilities
Te Puke residents are about to benefit from a world of knowledge and free, independent advisors getting a whole lot closer
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No.4 Road Bailey bridge open for traffic
Roading
Cars and trucks are safely on the move again up No.4 Road in Te Puke thanks to the installation of a temporary Bailey bridge.
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Te Puke Swimming Pool opening soon
Facilities
We’re doing hard mahi behind the scenes to get Te Puke Swimming Pool open as soon as possible.
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Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway works for November 2022
Roading
Traffic bulletin from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
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Omanawa Road open
Roading
Omanawa Road is closed at the State Highway 29 end due to a slip.
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Leak in Katikati Outfall sewer pipe
Water
A leak of treated wastewater has been reported in the Katikati Outfall sewer pipe.
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Te Puke Highway road works
Roading
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises the Te Puke Highway, near Pah Road, will be reduced to one lane on Tuesday 9 August, on Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 August the road shoulder will be closed.
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Urgent repairs to Te Puke Highway
Roading
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises the Te Puke Highway, near Pah Road, will be reduced to one lane at times today Thursday 21 and tomorrow Friday 22 July.
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Construction of Pāpāmoa East Interchange to impact TELTR
Roading
Early work to construct a new interchange connecting Pāpāmoa East with the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road (TELTR) is expected to get underway from Monday, 1 August 2022
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Big changes ahead at SH2/29A Te Maunga interchange
Roading
The new Te Maunga interchange, at the State Highway 2 and 29A intersection at Baypark, will partially open late Monday night, 4 July, taking traffic over State Highway 2.
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Successful completion of Te Puke Highway riverbank works
Roading
After working through a pretty windy and wet few weeks, traffic will be operating normally from Wednesday 22 June.
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Work needs to continue on Te Puke Highway riverbank works
Roading
Strong winds have impacted the capacity to safely complete work to stabilise the Kaituna riverbank alongside the Te Puke Highway and extra time is needed to complete the job.