05:00pm Tue 19 Jun, 2018
Community concerns about the priority given to a number of significant roading projects in the Bay of Plenty are being heard across regional and national levels. The... Read More
01:27pm Mon 18 Jun, 2018
Health Minister Dr David Clark says he's disappointed that nurses have voted against the District Health Boards' half-billion dollar offer, the largest made... Read More
02:34pm Fri 15 Jun, 2018
Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick says the Government's proposed international visitor levy will be of major interest locally and she is encouraging local sectors to... Read More
10:00pm Thu 14 Jun, 2018
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has swung in behind his MP Shane Jones, joining him in savaging Fonterra and its chairperson. Mr Jones - who is Regional... Read More
05:10pm Thu 14 Jun, 2018
Many victims of domestic violence are forced to give up work and go on benefits due to the inflexibility of their employment arrangements, says Angie Warren-Clark. The... Read More
10:30pm Wed 13 Jun, 2018
Housing affordability was the Achilles heel of the former government, and it continues to test the new administration. There were fractious exchanges between Housing... Read More
04:21pm Wed 13 Jun, 2018
Maori influence over aspects of the Resource Management Act and other local government issues were among the concerns expressed by Western Bay of Plenty residents... Read More
09:50pm Mon 11 Jun, 2018
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is taking legal action seeking $400,000 for breach of privacy over the leaking of his superannuation overpayment details. Papers... Read More
07:31am Sat 09 Jun, 2018
Tauranga City Council is sending an ultimatum to the government over the stalled Tauranga Northern Link Highway - no highway, no special housing area at Smith's... Read More
10:30pm Fri 08 Jun, 2018
The housing sector is backing a government decision to establish a new standalone housing ministry to fix the housing crisis. The Ministry of Housing and Urban... Read More
11:34am Wed 06 Jun, 2018
Tougher rules are needed to stop logging operations from causing the devastation seen in Tolaga Bay at the weekend, a leading environmentalist says. Millions... Read More
08:08am Wed 06 Jun, 2018
More than 200 descendants of Ngai Te Rangi and other Tauranga iwi gathered on the Tauranga side of the boundary at the Athenree rest area this morning, to assert... Read More