07:00pm Fri 12 Aug, 2022
International visitors are returning to New Zealand at higher numbers than previously expected, are staying longer and spending more, Tourism Minister Stuart Nash... Read More
01:30pm Fri 12 Aug, 2022
The government is today announcing a tax break for developers for as long as the homes are held as long-term rentals. Housing Minister Megan Woods the changes... Read More
11:45am Fri 12 Aug, 2022
The planned roundabout at the intersection of Ōmokoroa Rd and State Highway 2 is a 'good step forward”, but locals would like a more permanent solution. A... Read More
08:30am Fri 12 Aug, 2022
Tauranga will have the opportunity to meet, hear from and ask questions to Hon James Shaw, Minister of Climate Change tonight. Shaw will be at The Village Hall,... Read More
07:00pm Wed 10 Aug, 2022
The Government is announcing changes NCEA and University Entrance in what it says is a response to Covid-19 disruptions. Associate Minister of Education Jan Tinetti... Read More
03:00pm Wed 10 Aug, 2022
Kākāpō numbers have increased from 197 to 252 in the 2022 breeding season, and there are now more of the endangered parrots than there have been for almost... Read More
02:00pm Wed 10 Aug, 2022
The Government has passed the Firearms Prohibition Order Legislation Bill - meaning anyone convicted and sentenced of a specified serious crime can be subjected... Read More
06:26am Wed 10 Aug, 2022
National MP Sam Uffindell has been stood down from the party's caucus while an investigation is carried out into further allegations of bullying raised by... Read More
08:00pm Tue 09 Aug, 2022
Legislation to repeal the ‘Three Strikes' law has passed its third reading in Parliament, despite both the National Party and Act Party being opposed. 'The... Read More
11:26am Tue 09 Aug, 2022
National MP Sam Uffindell says he's not the same person he was '20 odd years ago' after his involvement as a teenager in an assault on a younger student... Read More
10:17am Tue 09 Aug, 2022
National Party leader Christopher Luxon says voters should have been informed that MP Sam Uffindell left a prestigious boarding school for violently beating a... Read More
07:55am Tue 09 Aug, 2022
National is standing by Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell following revelations he was asked to leave King's College due to his involvement in the assault of a younger... Read More