Politics

Government’s Fair Pay Agreement work to begin

The Government's work on establishing Fair Pay Agreements, helping design a collective bargaining system to lift wages and productivity in New Zealand, will be... Read More

Candidates for TECT board announced

Nineteen candidates have been announced for the three positions available on the Tauranga Electricity Consumers Trust board. Independent Returning Officer... Read More

ACC for sexual harassment victims “makes sense“

ACC cover for victims of sexual harassment would be an excellent idea despite challenges, say lawyers and an advocacy group. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary to... Read More

Rebels get their medals

The "rebels have got their medals" in a Queen's Birthday honours list topped by people not afraid to go against the flow. Rabble-rousers the Topp Twins and... Read More

When a kingdom is a caravan

Lyn Haines is an unfortunate statistic and a Housing New Zealand priority. She's been subsisting in 'a tin can” as she calls it - a 3.3 square metre caravan... Read More

Housing NZ chair refuses to step down

The chair of Housing New Zealand says she will not resign over the methamphetamine hysteria scandal. Housing New Zealand's (HNZ) chair Adrienne Young Cooper... Read More

Meth saga: compensation not being ruled out

Housing Minister Phil Twyford has announced a major review into the meth contamination saga and now says he is not ruling out the possibility of compensation. Hundreds... Read More

Civil Defence award for Whakatane

The Whakatane District Recovery Project team has been recognised at the 2018 Civil Defence Awards. They are among four recipients from around the country who... Read More

Taxpayers fund meth house renovations

The taxpayer has paid potentially millions of dollars in free renovations to private homeowners as a result of Housing New Zealand's botched campaign against... Read More

Clark says abortion laws need updating

Former prime minister Helen Clark says abortion should be "simply a decision made between a woman and her doctor". Clark, who is also a former health minister... Read More

Local Labour MPs to explain Budget 2018

Waiariki MP Tamati Coffey, along with local Labour list MPs Jan Tinetti and Angie Warren-Clark, will hold a free public hui in Tauranga this Wednesday, in order... Read More

DHBs offer pay rise to avoid nurses’ strike

District health boards are offering nurses pay rises of nine per cent over the next 15 months in a bid to avoid nationwide strikes. DHBs have been in pay talks... Read More