Annette King has announced she is stepping down as Labour Party deputy leader and will be retiring from politics at the end of this Parliamentary term. The Rongotai... Read More

Labour Leader Andrew Little continues his visits to regional New Zealand this week with a meeting at Cornerstone Pub on The Strand in Tauranga tonight. The pub... Read More

A new report from Statistics NZ shows the average earnings of mothers to be 17 per cent less than the average earnings for fathers. The report gives the average... Read More

Development of national regulations for the storage of end-of-life tyres, and the finding of alternative end uses 'cannot come soon enough”. Waikato Regional... Read More

Tauranga-based NZ First MP Clayton Mitchell is challenging Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne's mishandling of the Christchurch fires, saying his proposal to... Read More

Bigger ships, bigger capacity and potentially $300 million savings for our exporters and importers. And that delights the Minister for Economic development and... Read More

New regulations have been approved under the Resource Management Act to provide a national approach to the use of poisons like 1080 and brodifacoum. Environment... Read More

The Labour Party's rolling out its heavy guns next Wednesday with party leader Andrew Little heading to town to deliver his State of Tauranga address. Andrew will... Read More

The manager of the Tauranga Women's Refuge has been selected as the Labour Party candidate to contest the Bay of Plenty electorate in September's general election. She... Read More

It couldn't have happened at a better time for New Zealand First. MP Clayton Mitchell's anti-siphoning legislation - the bill which would return the All Blacks,... Read More

It was a cruel catalyst for change. Just one dark moment in early-January. It didn't make the newspapers or the TV, and no-one saw it coming. A 20-year-old committed... Read More

The deadline for some businesses to register under the new Food Act is approaching. Food businesses, including restaurants and cafes with an alcohol licence, need... Read More