Expert primary school teachers will be recognised with an extra $5000 yearly allowance after the Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement was settled. After more than 10 months of negotiation the Government Read More...

A year after being diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer Tauranga youth Logan Alison is continuing the fight. The 11-year-old was recently able to return to school for a few days after taking the last year off Read More...

A Mount Maunganui teenager has been left stranded after having her one and only mode of transport stolen while she was donating to a charity shop. Eden Craig, 16, was dropping off some items to the Dove Cote Charity Read More...

At fault Bay of Plenty drivers have been issued more than $1.7 million in invoices for damage to roads in the last three years, according to New Zealand Transport Agency figures.    The figures released Read More...

The findings of an inquiry into the police actions during the Urewera Raids in 2007 is to be released by the Police Conduct Authority today. The independent report follows a year-long investigation into the alleged Read More...