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Public Transport Committee

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council at its meeting on 26 March 2026 resolved to incorporate the functions of the Public Transport Committee into the terms of reference (ToR) of the Regional Transport Committee.

The Public Transport Committee puts in place and oversees public transport strategy and policy. It operates under the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

Membership

Organisation	Representative
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Tauranga City Council
Rotorua Lakes Council
Western Bay of Plenty District Council
Whakatāne District Council
NZ Transport Agency

Meetings, agendas, and minutes

Only the most recent agendas and minutes are available on our website. Please contact us if you would like copies of older documents.

Note: all minutes are draft until confirmed at a subsequent meeting of this group.

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Tuesday 10 February 09.30am – 12.00pm Workshop	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
CANCELLED Tuesday 14 April	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
CANCELLED Tuesday 16 June Regional Public Transport Plan Hearings	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
CANCELLED Thursday 18 June Regional Public Transport Plan Hearings	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
CANCELLED Wednesday 1 July Regional Public Transport Plan Deliberations	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
CANCELLED Tuesday 18 August	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
CANCELLED Tuesday 6 October	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
CANCELLED Tuesday 17 November	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Tuesday 4 March 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 17 June 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 9 September 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Tuesday 12 March 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Wednesday 12 June 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 24 September 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 24 September Public Excluded Workshop 12.30pm or at conclusion of Public Transport Committee Meeting	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Friday 1 November Workshop 2.00pm – 4.30pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 19 November 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Tuesday 21 March 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Wednesday 7 June 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 12 September 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 14 November 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Wednesday 16 February 9.30am Workshop ‘Regional Public Transport Plan Development' – Part 3	Via Zoom (audio visual meeting) Due to Covid 19 level restrictions, the workshop will be recorded and made available following the workshop on the BOPRC YouTube Channel.	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 17 March 9.30am – 2.00pm	via Zoom (audio visual meeting)	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Wednesday 11 May 9.30am Workshop ‘Regional Public Transport Plan Development' – Part 4	TBC	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 23 June 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 22 September 09.30am – 2.00pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas and minutes
Thursday 18 March 9:30 am – 2:00 pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 27 May 9:30 am – 2:00 pm	Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Thursday 26 August 9:30 am – 2:00 pm	Due to Covid Level 4, the meeting will be recorded and made available following the meeting on the BOPRC YouTube Channel.	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Wednesday 13 October Workshop 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	This workshop will be held via Zoom. Due to Covid 19 level restrictions, the workshop will be recorded and made available following the workshop on the BOPRC YouTube Channel.	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Tuesday 30 November 9:30 am – 2:00 pm	Via Zoom (Audio Visual Meeting) only - this meeting will also be livestreamed and recorded.	Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Meetings August to December 2020

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima

Location/Wahi

Agendas and minutes

Thursday 27 August

9:30am - 2:00pm

The meeting will be recorded and made available following the meeting on the BOPRC YouTube channel.

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Tuesday 27 October

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 27 November

9.30am - 2:00pm

Council Chambers, Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Meetings January to July 2020

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima

Location/Wahi

Agendas

Minutes

Wednesday 26 February

9:30am - 2:00pm

Mauao Rooms, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga

Agenda Item 9.3 - Public Transport Arotake Tuatahi 2019/20 - Performance Monitoring Report July to December 2019

Friday 22 May

9:30am - 2:30pm

Due to technical difficulties we are not able to live stream this meeting

Agenda Items 7.3 & 7. 4 - Under Separate Cover

Video recording of meeting

Minutes

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Location/Wahi	Agendas	Minutes
Friday 8 February 9:30am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda	Minutes
Friday 29 March 9:30am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda Agenda information distributed under separate cover	Minutes Carole Gordon - Engaging older people in transportation NZ Bus - Public transport presentation Public transport presentation - Tauranga Phase 3 review TCC - Public transport infrastructure update
Friday 10 May 10:00am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda	Minutes Item 3 - Janet Tullis - Petition seeking changes to the bus routes in Pyes Pa: Tabled item 1 – Original Petition & Tabled item 2 - Updated Petition and Aerial Map Item 9.1 – Engaging Older People – Carole Gordon Presentation Item 9.4 – Phase 3 of WBOP Public Transport Blueprint Presentation Item 9.6 - Performance of BayHopper Passenger Trips for July 2018 to March 2019 Presentation
Friday 9 August 9:30am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda	Minutes Documents referenced: Achievements of the 2016-19 Triennium 2019-08-09 - From BECA -TTM PT Committee Presentation Aug 2019 2019-08-09 Passenger Transport Implementation Plan PT Infrastructure Update - August 2019
Tuesday 10 September 9:30am	Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Mauao Rooms, 87 First Avenue, Tauranga	Agenda	Minutes

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra Time/Taima	Agendas	Minutes
Friday 9 February	Agenda	Minutes
Friday 11 May	Agenda Bay of Plenty Regional Council 2017 Public Transport Technology Project Stage	Minutes
Thursday 16 August	Agenda	Minutes
Friday 9 November	Agenda	Minutes

For minutes and agendas from before 2018, please contact the Governance Team.

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Terms of reference