{"id":336612,"date":"2026-03-19T01:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336612\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:36:12","slug":"new-takeaway-store-planned-for-busy-tauranga-highway-to-open-end-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336612\/","title":{"rendered":"New takeaway store planned for busy Tauranga highway, to open end of year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi data showed an average 38,000 vehicles a day used Hewletts Rd, but the council said the restaurant would not adversely affect traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">McDonald\u2019s head of impact and communications Simon Kenny said construction planning had begun, and the State Highway 2 location would \u201cprovide a convenient option\u201d for travellers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt will be a smaller footprint restaurant, with services to suit customers who are on the go, or after a pit stop,\u201d Kenny said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis is also the first new Macca\u2019s in the region for some time, so it helps service the growth in the area and customer demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">There are currently five McDonald\u2019s in Tauranga and 10 in the wider Bay of Plenty region. The last Bay of Plenty restaurant opened in Te Puke more than 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"McDonald's on Maunganui Road in Tauranga. Photo \/ Alex Cairns.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>McDonald&#8217;s on Maunganui Road in Tauranga. Photo \/ Alex Cairns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Rick Williams from Assault Boardriding Centre, which neighbours the new McDonald\u2019s site, said he and the team were healthy, outdoorsy people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur biggest problem is when we\u2019re a little bit peckish about 3pm. Next thing you know, we\u2019ve got an office full of Big Macs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">The boardriding business sold wetsuits, surfboards, and specialised equipment for watersports such as kitesurfing and foiling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">He said the new McDonald\u2019s restaurant might introduce the business to people \u201cwho don\u2019t know about us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">The new restaurant was also next to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/gull-petrol-stations-run-out-of-fuel-as-petrol-hits-the-3-a-litre-mark\/UYL6P4PC65ES7GXDT32ZBMCSDE\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/gull-petrol-stations-run-out-of-fuel-as-petrol-hits-the-3-a-litre-mark\/UYL6P4PC65ES7GXDT32ZBMCSDE\/\">Gull\u2019s unmanned Hocking St petrol station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Gull spokesperson Julien Leys said the petrol station would be closed from this Wednesday for up to a week to allow for the rerouting of electrical and data cables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBut Gull Hewletts Rd will remain open as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">The council\u2019s general manager regulatory and community services Sarah Omundsen said a transport assessment had found the McDonald\u2019s would not adversely affect road safety or transport network efficiency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">February\u2019s consents report showed 109 building consents were issued, valued at $72.3m \u2013 a sharp spike from January\u2019s 76 building consents valued at almost $26 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Of February\u2019s 109 consents, $37m was concentrated in Mount Maunganui.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">P\u0101p\u0101moa had $9m worth of building consents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Fifty-nine new dwelling units valued at $29.1m were issued, and 21 commercial building consents were issued for a value of $39.3m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">February\u2019s data showed an improvement from the same time last year, when 93 building consents were issued at a total $45.5m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">In February 2024, 111 building consents were issued to a value of $114.8m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Omundsen said the fluctuations were primarily down because of the timing of large commercial consents. <\/p>\n<p>Five largest consent applications <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">57 Pitau Rd &#8211; The Pitau Retirement Village <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire and acoustic performance, and architectural finishes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">$17,500,000 <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">57 Pitau Rd &#8211; The Pitau Retirement Village <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">This consent package is specific to the facade and envelope works for Tower 1 only. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">$9,000,000 <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">122 Hewletts Rd <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">A new McDonald\u2019s restaurant, carparking, drive-through, signs, earthworks and drainage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">$4,500,000 <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">1 Constellation Way <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Four three-bedroom dwellings with attached single garages. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">$2,629,120 <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">16 Oxford St <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Two two-level, two-bedroom duplexes; two two-level, three-bedroom detached dwellings; and two two-level, four-bedroom detached dwellings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">$2,600,000 <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/bay-of-plenty-times\/author\/bijou--johnson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bijou Johnson<\/a> is a multimedia journalist based in the Bay of Plenty. A passionate writer and reader, she grew up in Tauranga and developed a love for journalism while exploring various disciplines at university. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies from Massey University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi data showed an average 38,000 vehicles a day used Hewletts Rd, but the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,11776,8127,2082,26755,117,111,139,69,1118,5493,26346,2735,180313,1227,61,379],"class_list":["post-336612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-busy","tag-end","tag-for","tag-highway","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-open","tag-planned","tag-store","tag-takeaway","tag-tauranga","tag-to","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}