06:58am Wed 20 Apr, 2016
The Ministry of Health's newly updated Health Strategy will set a clear direction for the health system over the next 10 years. Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman... Read More
06:49am Tue 19 Apr, 2016
The Treaty Settlement Claims Bills of Tauranga Moana iwi are a testament to the tribes' determination to work together, believes Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa... Read More
06:49am Fri 15 Apr, 2016
Tauranga's skydiving industry is included among about half the industry's small to medium sized operators being driven out of business by unsustainable Civil Aviation... Read More
01:01pm Thu 14 Apr, 2016
Ngāti Ranginui, an iwi of Tauranga Moana, has had the first reading of its settlement legislation. The Iwi signed off a Deed of Settlement with the Treaty of Waitangi... Read More
02:15pm Wed 13 Apr, 2016
New taxes for small businesses are being welcomed across the board today, with both New Zealand First and Act leaders complimenting the government. Prime Minister... Read More
08:43am Fri 08 Apr, 2016
John Key's government defence of the foreign trusts tax havens issue shows the extent the Government is prepared to go to defend something that has no benefit to... Read More
10:37am Tue 05 Apr, 2016
The message appears to be getting through to Kiwis with student loans who are now based overseas. Inland Revenue received more than 20,000 additional repayments... Read More
09:40am Mon 04 Apr, 2016
Social housing often hits the news for all the wrong reasons, believes Tauranga Community Housing Trust's Jo Gravit. Last week New Zealand First social policy spokesperson... Read More
09:25am Sun 03 Apr, 2016
While more school kids use the bus, up 56 per cent this year, adults seem to prefer the car as their patronage of the local bus system has dropped a tad, 1 per cent. Welcome... Read More
04:45pm Fri 01 Apr, 2016
Paid parental leave will be extended by two weeks as part of a raft of law changes which come into effect today. Along with increasing parental leave to 18 weeks... Read More
02:29pm Fri 01 Apr, 2016
Bethlehem schoolboy Navarone Williams today seized an opportunity to shake hands with the most powerful man in the world. And two of his sporting heroes LeBron James... Read More
04:52pm Thu 31 Mar, 2016
This summer has been the busiest so far for Customs, with a record number of travellers crossing the border and a record number of them using SmartGate. 'Passenger... Read More