Politics

Crown committed to Hauraki negotiations

The Crown is committed to completing historic Treaty settlement negotiations with Hauraki iwi, says Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Christopher Finlayson. On... Read More

‘Get on’ with negotiations: Tregidga

Hauraki District Council Mayor John Tregidga is urging Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson ‘get on' settling Treaty claims with the Hauraki Collective. Negotiations... Read More

Protestors drop in on Bridges

Protestors were ordered away from Simon Bridges' Third Avenue office in Tauranga yesterday after attempting to 'improve transparency” by washing the minster's... Read More

Search is on for Coromandel Youth MP

The search is on for an energetic, passionate young person to become the voice of Coromandel's youth in the 2016 Youth Parliament. Local MP Scott Simpson is calling... Read More

$20M bill for sex offender register

Cash-strapped police face a $20 million bill for technology to support the government's new child sex offenders' register. The database is expected to be up and... Read More

Iwi gets first dibs on state houses

The government is looking to put some state owned houses in Tauranga and Invercargill on the chopping block - and is giving local iwi first refusal. Treasury confirmed... Read More

Your say on term-time holidays

SunLive took to the streets of Tauranga on Friday lunchtime to ask what the locals thought about parents taking their children out of school during term time. The... Read More

Clayton's call for Youth MPs

Aspiring politicians in Tauranga are being given the chance to represent the region in parliament next year - and List MP for New Zealand First Clayton Mitchell... Read More

Schools say 'domo arigato' for funding

A total of $122,178 will be divvied up between four Coromandel schools to allow for more classes teaching Japanese to students. Te Rerenga, Coroglen, Whenuakite... Read More

Youth MPs wanted

Youth MPs are being sought for Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty electorates to attend Youth Parliament next year during parliament's recess in July. If you're curious... Read More

Bay students set for windfall

Students from the Bay of Plenty are set to benefit from $1.5 million in research and development grants, made available through Callaghan Innovation and the government. Bay... Read More

Panel reveal top 40 flags

The Flag Consideration Panel have revealed the final 40 designs selected for further investigation as part of the official design review process. Flag Consideration... Read More