Politics

Applying heat on candidates

The income inequality lobby group Closing The Gap has surveyed local body candidates on what it believes are crucial issues affecting the Bay of Plenty and New Zealand. And... Read More

Customs order new boat

Customs isn't talking yet about the size of the investment it is announcing today in a ‘world-class patrol vessel' to reinforce and enhance the protection... Read More

Electric vehicles at Bayfair

Electric vehicle owners are gaining in numbers and begining to appear in groups at public events, after years of being treated like vegetarians at a barbecue, About... Read More

Protestors want cannabis law change

A protest rally against New Zealand's cannabis laws will be staged outside the Tauranga Police Station this afternoon. The Stop The Arrests rally is one of 26 protests... Read More

Voting papers arriving

Voting papers for next month's local body elections will begin arriving in letterboxes around the electorates from today. 'They start to be delivered from Friday... Read More

Average annual wage $58K: Joyce

Would you believe me if I told you that New Zealand's average annual wage is currently $58,000? Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce... Read More

Your council candidates

This year, you are being asked to vote for the candidates you believe will do the best job in shaping the future of this city, district, and region - and making... Read More

Young pup tries to crack the board

He is just 21, ambitious beyond his years, and wants to carry his short lifetime of experience in hospital wards to the healthcare powerhouse that is a DHB boardroom. 'There... Read More

NZ rocketing into the future

Proposed new regulations is aiming to lift New Zealand into outer space and beyond. The proposed regulations would better enable space rocket launches from New... Read More

Urgent call to deal with homelessness

Labour's housing spokesperson Phil Twyford is calling on the Government to declare a state of emergency over the nation's homelessness crisis. 'There are 42,000... Read More

Housing crisis under the spotlight

The cross-party inquiry examining the deepening housing crisis in New Zealand is headed to Tauranga next weeks despite efforts by the Government to derail the initiative. The... Read More

Safety service helps 2637 victims

The Strengthening Safety Service has helped 2637 victims of family violence and their families since it was introduced in October 2014. The free service involves... Read More