a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } It's... Read More

A Bay of Plenty woman has called for answers after a locked door prevented her elderly mother from using the accessible entrance to a voting place. She... Read More

With the 2026 General Election on November 7, the Electoral Commission has confirmed more than 2300 voting places will be open on the day. Advance voting... Read More

Tauranga Girls' College students will get a taste of democracy next week, with a mock election aimed at helping the next generation of voters understand the... Read More

Kate Barry-Piceno, Mark Arundel and Jon Murie have been elected as trustees of the Manawa Trust. Results from the 2026 trustee election were declared after... Read More

A Coromandel track popular with visitors heading to the world-renowned Cathedral Cove could reopen before Christmas after years of closure, with a new route... Read More

He Puna Manawa, Tauranga's new library and community hub, is open. Hundreds gathered at dawn for the karakia and blessing of the first new building to open... Read More

Four fire engines are responding to an industrial building fire in Tauranga, Fire and Emergency New Zealand says. Among the first on the scene was National... Read More

Prominent fishery figures in the Coromandel have endorsed the Government's indefinite ban on collecting certain sea creatures along the district's shorelines... Read More

With the General Election quickly approaching on November 7, the Electoral Commission is reminding Kiwis to enrol or update their details in time to receive... Read More

Matakana Island's Opureora Wharf is getting a $2.01 million upgrade. The money from the Regional Infrastructure Fund will upgrade the island's only vehicle... Read More

Damaged election signs were an unwelcome birthday present for Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell as billboards across the Bay of Plenty were hit by vandals. Signs... Read More