A bill to improve how low strength beer and wine can be sold passed its second reading in Parliament overnight. The Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Display of Low-alcohol... Read More

Tauranga-based NZ First MP Clayton Mitchell approves of changes to the government's immigration policy, saying it's about time it took action. He's commenting on... Read More

Finance Minister Bill English has presented the Crown accounts for the year to June, showing a surplus of $1.8 billion in 2015/16, up from $414 million in 2014/15. The... Read More

The Government is looking at changing tenancy rules following recent court rulings which Housing Minister Nick Smith says have created confusion over how the Residential... Read More

Around $9 million will be invested in the redevelopment of Edgecumbe College in the Bay of Plenty. 'This project will involve demolishing and rebuilding three existing... Read More

The government needs to stop burying their heads in the sand over the housing crisis. That's the conclusion of the cross-party inquiry into homelessness, which... Read More

Tauranga's Mayor elect Greg Brownless says he has a bit of catching up to do before he's sworn in at the end of the month. There's two immediate issues, the previous... Read More

Although he was unsuccessful in both his mayoral bid and re-election campaign for council, John Robson isn't bitter. When he was elected in 2013 he promised to pay... Read More

Two new people - David Sparks and Sela Kingi - are elected to Kawerau District Council in the 2016 local elections. Along with the six returning councillors, the... Read More

Although progress results have all but confirmed the new mayor and council, Bev Edlin is still in with a chance and is nervously awaiting the Preliminary Results... Read More

Former councillor and United Future MP Larry Baldock has returned to council after a three year hiatus. Larry, who also ran for the mayoralty, topped the Otumoetai-Pyes... Read More

A court date's been set for a legal challenge to the sale of Tauranga's state housing stock. The hearing will be held in the Wellington High Court on Wednesday,... Read More