09:31am Sat 17 Dec, 2016
If you think you've got what it takes to represent the people of the Bay of Plenty then the Labour party wants to hear from you. Nominations are now open for everyone... Read More
06:40am Fri 16 Dec, 2016
Tauranga airline Sunair will be returning to the skies after the Civil Aviation Authority reissued their air operator certificate. Last Friday SunLive reported... Read More
05:04pm Thu 15 Dec, 2016
Canoe racing is receiving a big funding increase from the government in what is a big Christmas boost for kayakers and increased recognition for the sport. High... Read More
03:13pm Thu 15 Dec, 2016
If you've got it, we want it. Otherwise ‘no thanks'. That's Gareth Morgan's message to immigrants hoping to come to New Zealand. And no more education scams. The... Read More
08:30am Thu 15 Dec, 2016
Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says Wednesday's adjournment of Parliament brings to an end an extremely busy legislative year. This year Parliament sat a total... Read More
09:46am Mon 12 Dec, 2016
UPDATED: 11.50am: Party President Peter Goodfellow has announced Bill English and Paula Bennett are the new leader and deputy leader of the National Party. They... Read More
02:00pm Sun 11 Dec, 2016
City councillors' first working meeting of the triennium started with them receiving a good telling off over the council decision in September to order the felling... Read More
10:38am Sat 10 Dec, 2016
UPDATED 11.25PM: Tauranga MP Simon Bridges has withdrawn from the contest to become National's deputy leader - handing it over to Paula Bennett. Making the announcement... Read More
05:25pm Thu 08 Dec, 2016
Bill English is New Zealand's presumptive Prime Minister after rival Jonathan Coleman pulled out of the race for the top job. Bill was the last MP standing in... Read More
10:32am Thu 08 Dec, 2016
Economic Minister Steven Joyce and Associate Tourism Minister Paula Bennett have announced $158,000 is being committed to a visitor economy project as part of the... Read More
09:56am Thu 08 Dec, 2016
Following his party's policy announcement this week, I asked Gareth Morgan how the last few days had impacted on his plans around releasing his first policy on... Read More
09:02am Thu 08 Dec, 2016
Yesterday the news broke of our own MP Simon Bridges running for deputy prime minister, while endorsing Bill English as his preferred PM to work under. Since then,... Read More