The announcement of $100 million to clean up the country's rivers and lakes is not enough. This is the message from Fish & Game chief executive Bryce Johnson following... Read More

Three public meetings to discuss survey results and Budget impacts are being held in Tauranga this week. Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller is hosting the meetings to... Read More

This year's Budget sees $46 million spent on helping to support victims and prevent sexual violence. Justice Minister Amy Adams and Social Development Minister Anne... Read More

This year's Budget investment in health, housing and infrastructure is something Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller believes will further underpin a 'booming” Bay... Read More

Treasury's latest forecasts show rising surpluses and falling debt as the Government maintains its careful management of public spending, Finance Minister Bill English... Read More

// National MP and Finance Minister Bill English is set to release the 2016 Budget this afternoon and SunLive will keep you up to date with live streaming from... Read More

Finance Minister Bill English will deliver the 2016 Budget at 2pm today. Ahead of this afternoon's announcement, Bill has already said that 'because of some growth... Read More

Two Bay of Plenty iwi who were "virtually stripped of all their lands, could now start to rebuild culturally, environmentally and economically", says Te Ururoa Flavell. The... Read More

A pot of gold has been placed at the end of the rainbow. And Tauranga MP Simon Bridges believes it might be exactly what the city needs to get the museum project... Read More

New Zealand first MP Clayton Mitchell is meetin with Te Puke kiwifruit orchardists to see if accommodation for kiwifruit workers can be used for some of Tauranga's... Read More

If Auckland housing spreads onto Pukekohe's elite growing soils, Kiwi households will have to rely on expensive imported vegetables. That's the warning from HortNZ... Read More

MPs from a little known government committee were blown away by the scale of the kiwifruit industry and level of technology being used, says their host Bay of Plenty... Read More