09:00pm Fri 16 Nov, 2018
The Prime Minister has had a taste of sweet and sour in her final meetings at a regional leaders' summit in Singapore. Jacinda Ardern held her two last meetings... Read More
06:00pm Thu 15 Nov, 2018
There's been heated claim and counter claim by two of the region's Members of Parliament after a Rotorua man was critically injured on a forestry site. The argument... Read More
04:58pm Thu 15 Nov, 2018
Bay of Plenty's biosecurity efforts are being hailed a success, with many individuals and organisations walking away winners at a nationwide awards ceremony. Minister... Read More
08:38am Wed 14 Nov, 2018
They're going back in. Eight years after 29 men died in a fireball of methane and other dangerous gases in the Pike River Mine explosions, the Government has... Read More
07:13am Tue 13 Nov, 2018
Teachers in the Bay of Plenty region will be going on strike again today. The strike action comes after NZEI primary teachers, principals and some speech language... Read More
08:00pm Mon 12 Nov, 2018
An inquiry into the government's appointment of the deputy police commissioner has found the process was "adequate and fit for purpose''. The report... Read More
11:30am Sat 10 Nov, 2018
The Employment Relations Authority has slammed the teachers union's pay demands as "totally unrealistic" and is urging teachers to take the Government's... Read More
09:33am Sat 10 Nov, 2018
A primary school principal in one of the country's most deprived suburbs has welcomed a council initiative that aims to stop poverty preventing tamariki from... Read More
08:00pm Fri 09 Nov, 2018
A last-ditch offer from the Education Ministry has failed to avert next week's strikes by primary teachers and principals. New Zealand Education Institute... Read More
06:10pm Thu 08 Nov, 2018
More people in the Bay of Plenty are finding housing, according to latest figures from the Public Housing Quarterly Report The report shows the Government is pulling... Read More
11:50am Thu 08 Nov, 2018
A petition for moratorium of future housing developments in the Western Bay/Tauranga area has received just shy of 2500 signatures. The Fix the Bloody Road petition... Read More
11:44am Wed 07 Nov, 2018
Tauranga court staff will join others throughout the country in a second nationwide strike this afternoon. Courts across New Zealand are expected to be disrupted... Read More