Politics

Call to ditch fishing subsidies

New Zealand has led an international call for action to eliminate harmful fishing subsidies. Trade Minister Todd McClay, along with a number of colleagues from... Read More

Final results for NZ flag

The final results of the flag referendum are in, confirming Kyle Lockwood's Silver Fern the winner. This is consistent with the preliminary results released on... Read More

Bay agreement targets skilled migrants

A new partnership between four organisations will look to attract and retain skilled migrants to the Western Bay of Plenty. The Western Bay of Plenty Regional Partnership... Read More

Boost for Tauranga Chamber

Tauranga businesses are set to benefit from the government's decision to renew its regional business partner programme for another five years. The Tauranga Chamber... Read More

Growing the Bay's small businesses

Small businesses in the Bay of Plenty will be supported and encouraged to grow thanks to a long-term commitment to the Regional Business Partner programme. 'The... Read More

Preferred flag winner announced

Preliminary results show that New Zealand prefers the Silver Fern with the black, white and blue background, if it had to replace the current flag. The next most... Read More

Tauranga woman helps Little take a dive

Tauranga woman Andrea Meldrum says her sky diving company is delighted to be 'giving something back” after helping Labour Party leader Andrew Little complete... Read More

Support boost for Tauranga schools

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges has revealed that seven of the city's schools will participate in projects to better support children with special educational needs. 'Here... Read More

Mahuta still backs Labour lead

She was shafted in the recent reshuffle, tumbling from fourth to twelfth in the cabinet ranking. She even lost her responsibility for Maori development. But an unfazed... Read More

Green MP hits out at OceanaGold

Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty has hit out at mining company OceanaGold's plans to expand their explorations underneath Waihi. The Coromandel MP says the company's... Read More

Tauranga skydiver lends Little a hand

Encouraging a senior politician to jump from an aircraft is not in many job descriptions, but that's exactly what Tauranga's Andrea Meldrum will do tomorrow when... Read More

Report reveals damning figures

The poorest half of the world's population - around 3.5 billion people - is responsible for just 10 per cent of pollution, despite being the most threatened by catastrophic... Read More