Tauranga City Council's current proposal for representation at the next election will address an 'historic failure” to represent all communities of the city. Representation... Read More

Pāpāmoa iwi Ngā Pōtiki has been distributing hundreds of Covid-19 care packages to whānau as daily case numbers continue to climb around Aotearoa and the... Read More

The drive to school, or lunch when the kids get there. Filling the car or feeding the family. Bills or ballooning debt. Families across the country are struggling... Read More

Tauranga resident Christine Martin is on a mission to reduce the spread of the poisonous moth plant in the Bay of Plenty. She is calling on people in the... Read More

Random roadside drug testing will come into force from next year, to deter drug-impaired driving, following the passing of the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment... Read More

Councils should have shares in three waters entities - with the government on the hook financially, a working group of mayors and Māori representatives says. Auckland... Read More

Police have notified the families of the 29 Pike River mine victims that imaging work from the redrilling of a borehole has captured evidence of further human... Read More

Bunnings and Touch New Zealand are calling on the Touch Rugby community to nominate a ‘Home Ground Hero' who goes above and beyond the call of duty in support... Read More

Hundreds of people are reporting feeling an earthquake in the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday afternoon. GeoNet says the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty Councillor Don Thwaites has confirmed that he will be running for mayor this year. Current Western Bay Mayor Garry Webber announced in February... Read More

Ōpōtiki district councillor Barry Howe has been found in breach of the council's code of conduct after revealing confidential council information on social... Read More

The Ministry of Health is reporting the deaths of four people with Covid-19. Two of the deaths have occurred in the Lakes DHB area, one in one in Tairāwhiti,... Read More