Politics
07:00pm Thu 03 Jul, 2025
The maximum length of time someone can be trespassed from a business, as well as the maximum fines, are set to increase, under proposed changes announced by... Read More
09:00am Thu 03 Jul, 2025
The Western Bay of Plenty is one step closer to a sought-after regional deal to help deliver 40,000 more homes and 35,000 new jobs. The Government signed... Read More
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08:00pm Mon 30 Jun, 2025
The government's secure digital storage capability has been significantly boosted with the opening of the new all-of-government data centre, the Minister Responsible... Read More
11:00am Mon 30 Jun, 2025
Former Tauranga-based MP, TVNZ weather presenter and New Zealand Iron Man champion Brendan Horan says he plans to stand for a seat on Whakatāne District Council... Read More
02:00pm Sun 29 Jun, 2025
Today the Government's sentencing reforms take effect, restoring real consequences for crime, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said. 'Communities and hardworking... Read More
05:00am Thu 26 Jun, 2025
A plan to hire 'the snipers of the hunting world” to cull feral goats wreaking 'havoc” in the Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park has been kick-started... Read More
07:00pm Wed 25 Jun, 2025
Legislation fixing the inconsistent treatment of boarder and rental payments has been passed into law in Parliament today. The Social Assistance Legislation... Read More
05:00pm Wed 25 Jun, 2025
A Treaty settlement with Te Whānau-ā-Apanui that was near completion is now 'increasingly unlikely” under this Government as Treaty Negotiations... Read More
07:00pm Tue 24 Jun, 2025
Explainer - America jumped into the war between Israel and Iran over the weekend, as US President Donald Trump announced air strikes on Iran's three principal... Read More
07:30am Tue 24 Jun, 2025
A Bay of Plenty project is one of three solar projects in regional New Zealand which will receive loans of up to $28.1 million combined from the Regional Infrastructure... Read More
11:45am Mon 23 Jun, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he wants to explore the possibility of scrapping New Zealand's regional councils as the Government reforms the Resource... Read More
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04:00pm Sun 22 Jun, 2025
The Government continues to call for diplomacy and dialogue in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said. 'We acknowledge developments in the... Read More
16-Feb 18:06
Whakatāne bar: Waka ama crew swamped by wake
16-Feb 17:09
Coroner rules teen driver's death was preventable
16-Feb 15:53
Car ploughs into bakery window in Tauranga
16-Feb 14:00
People’s choice voting open for community awards
16-Feb 11:42
Mount roads reopen as slip site deemed stable now
16-Feb 10:00
How Kaimai beekeepers built a honey legacy
16-Feb 09:33
Milo snack bars recalled nationwide
16-Feb 08:36
People escape Mount fire as home badly damaged
16-Feb 08:16
Uni's 'ambitious plans' to grow Tauranga campus
16-Feb 08:12
Closures and delays across BOP highways
16-Feb 07:00
Oceans: Junior lifesavers take over Pāpāmoa
16-Feb 06:00
Homekill butcher’s micro abattoir vision
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