02:05pm Sun 04 Jun, 2017
Budget 2017 is boosting the government's social housing budget with an extra $155.2 million of operating funding and $20 million for more emergency and transitional... Read More
11:15am Sun 04 Jun, 2017
New funding for Bay of Plenty District Health Board in Budget 2017 increases the DHB's total allocation to a record level, says Health Minister Jonathan Coleman. The... Read More
03:23pm Fri 02 Jun, 2017
Up to $500,000 has been provided by the government to assist in the clean up currently taking place around the Whakatane district following the April floods. Today... Read More
01:16pm Fri 02 Jun, 2017
Opportunities Party leader Gareth Morgan has welcomed the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's recent stand on feral cats. The report, issued Wednesday,... Read More
10:48am Fri 02 Jun, 2017
The government will invest about $30 million in school property in the Bay of Plenty as part of Budget 2017. Details of the investment were announced by Education... Read More
01:41pm Wed 31 May, 2017
Ian Upton is heading south as he takes his peace hikoi from Tauranga to Rotorua today. Ian arrived in Tauranga Tuesday afternoon before heading south today towards... Read More
05:54pm Tue 30 May, 2017
The government will invest $9.17 billion in capital into New Zealand's state highway network over the next four years through the New Zealand Transport Agency. Transport... Read More
10:28am Tue 30 May, 2017
Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller is calling on the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to actively engage with community concerns regarding proposed changes to Tauranga... Read More
07:00am Sun 28 May, 2017
The Katikati Resource Centre and Maketu Health and Social Services are two of seven youth sector organisations around the country to receive a share of $71,000... Read More
11:51am Sat 27 May, 2017
With Budget 2017 now unveiled, SunLive took to the streets recently to discover what people thought and how it will affect them. Described by Finance Minister... Read More
10:57am Sat 27 May, 2017
The Insurance Council of New Zealand is concerned that major increases in taxes and levies on people who insure their homes could see low income households not... Read More
08:57am Sat 27 May, 2017
St John Ambulance will be consulting before deciding how to distribute its new injection of money and manpower. The government has announced a new investment of... Read More