Politics

National fund $69.2m to NZ conservation

New Zealand's leading pest programme will now receive $69.2 million over the next four years to achieve complete eradication by 2050. Prime Minister Bill English,... Read More

Free as a Bird – and saving thousands

Free as a Bird is a non-profit organisation which has rescued, rehabilitated, and rehomed more than 15,000 battery farm chickens in its two and a half years of... Read More

Election 2017: Immigration

Immigration has been a hot topic in recent months, with new migrants accused of contributing towards both the housing crisis and low wages. Net migration to New... Read More

Toi Ohomai chief welcomes more support

Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology chief executive Dr Leon Fourie says the tertiary institute welcomes any additional assistance for students, following Labour's... Read More

National to extend paid parental leave

National has announced plans to extend Paid Parental Leave to 22 weeks as part of its Parents and Newborns Package. In a statement released this morning, Naitonal... Read More

Local candidates to be grilled on sport

Tauranga political candidates will be answering questions on sport and recreation policy in a series of candidate meetings next month. Active transport, breaking... Read More

Every child could learn another language

The National Party has announced plans to provide the opportunity for every child in New Zealand to learn a second language at primary school. The election promise... Read More

Council voting to change

For the first time in its history Tauranga City councillors have agreed to change the voting system which elects them into their three-year terms. City councillors... Read More

Hear hear, Simon Bridges!

Rest assured Tauranga MP Simon Bridges is hearing the concerns of locals, loud and clear. TeleAudiology is a world first in audiology, connecting audiology specialists... Read More

More social housing for Tauranga

Tauranga City Council has granted consent for a transitional housing development in Opal Drive, Papamoa, which will see about 80 families housed every year. Tauranga... Read More

TEL speed limit to increase to 110km/h

The Tauranga Eastern Link is one of two highways motorists will be able to do 110km/h on. In an announcement made today, Associate Transport Minister Tim Macindoe... Read More

Protesters blocking road to mine

Protesters are ‘putting their bodies on the line' to stop mining in its tracks on conservation land in the Karangahake Gorge this morning. Their actions follows... Read More