Smith died last month, after a long battle with ill health.

The council has formally approved a proposal to rename the Beach Street - Gibson Quay intersection to the tip of Sunset Point, as Bruce Smith Drive

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28 Jan: Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui

26 Jan: A major overhaul of NZ’s local government is underway – will it really fix what’s broken?

25 Jan: The Tauranga mayor says the hardest part of the last few days has been witnessing the grieving families of those lost in Thursday's landslide

24 Jan: The Whangarei District Council says a slip on Helena Bay Hill could take anywhere between eight and 12 weeks to clear

21 Jan: Whitianga's completely cut off by flooding - and Thames Coromandel District Council's urgently asking anyone in low-lying areas across the district to move to higher ground immediately

08 Jan: ICE agent fatally shoots woman amid US immigration crackdown in Minneapolis

06 Jan: Tributes for the former mayor of Dunedin, from the woman who recently replaced him the job

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