second stage of refurbishments at \u014ctumoetai College<\/a>.<\/p>\nIt included a new two-storey, 10-classroom block near the action centre valued at $5.6m. <\/p>\n
\u014ctumoetai College principal Russell Gordon said the three-stage project replaced a 57-classroom rebuild promised by the Labour Government in 2018.<\/p>\n
The initial $47m investment included a redevelopment of the 57 classrooms, teaching spaces, the library and the main entrance.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Education pivoted to a three-stage refurbishment in 2023.<\/p>\n
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\u014ct\u016bmoetai College head of IT Ros Lee with principal Russell Gordon outside the admin block during construction in 2025. Photo \/ Brydie Thompson.<\/p>\n
The first stage covered the construction of three new classrooms, which opened in 2025, and a refurbishment of the administration block.<\/p>\n
Gordon said stage two\u2019s construction began in November and would take a year. <\/p>\n
Stage three would follow next and included classroom refurbishment.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur students will be learning in well-appointed and well-resourced classroom learning spaces,\u201d Gordon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will enhance the learning experience for both our students and staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
March\u2019s building consents report showed 111 building consents were issued, valued at $70m. <\/p>\n
P\u0101p\u0101moa and Tauriko had the highest number of consents at about $15m each.<\/p>\n
Sixty-five new dwelling units valued at $35m were issued across the city and 29 commercial building consents were issued, for a total value of $27,503,105.<\/p>\n
March\u2019s five biggest building consents <\/p>\n
1 Ihakara Place<\/p>\n
New warehouse and offices built over three lots.<\/p>\n
$6,800,000<\/p>\n
11 Fasching Lane<\/p>\n
A two-storey, six-bedroom dwelling with two attached double garages and a separate storage shed.<\/p>\n
$8,000,000<\/p>\n
105 Windsor Rd \u2013 \u014ctumoetai College<\/p>\n
New two-storey, 10-classroom block including wall and roof cladding, fire safety systems, specified systems, balustrade window shrouds, glazing and joinery, and internal building services.<\/p>\n
$5,633,527<\/p>\n
90 Bill Miller Drive<\/p>\n
A base-build envelope, internal partitions and finishes for the new Mitre 10 Mega store in P\u0101p\u0101moa.<\/p>\n
$5,000,000<\/p>\n
130 Sixteenth Ave<\/p>\n
Three two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings; eight two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings; and five two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings and retaining walls.<\/p>\n
$3,220,000<\/p>\n
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":"It would be a \u201ccentral hub for trade supplies and distribution\u201d across the Bay of Plenty. The building…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9055,44481,95,15385,1558,138,1550,8996,18287,638,226,1132,63766,111,43,139,69,53734,584,19985],"class_list":["post-414650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-9055","tag-44481","tag-and","tag-approved","tag-been","tag-business","tag-centre","tag-consent","tag-distribution","tag-estate","tag-growing","tag-million","tag-mitre","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tauriko","tag-trade","tag-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414650","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=414650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}