Politics

Who will be Labour’s Bay candidate?

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

Sunair flying again

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

Funding boost for canoe racing

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

Gareth Morgan’s yeah nah

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

88 days of sitting, 107 bills passed

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

New PM and deputy formalised

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

Scathing lesson from former councillor

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

Bridges withdraws from deputy race

UPDATED 11.25PM: Tauranga MP Simon Bridges has withdrawn from the contest to become National's deputy leader - handing it over to Paula Bennett.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

English set to be New Zealand's next PM

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

$158,000 for Bay tourism project

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

Gareth Morgan goes after the fat cats

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

From Tauranga MP to Deputy PM?

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