Politics
03:18pm Sat 27 Sep, 2014
It's going to cost ratepayers $70,000 for a by-election to find someone to replace outgoing NZ First List MP Clayton Mitchell as a Tauranga City Councillor. Following... Read More
01:02pm Sat 27 Sep, 2014
UPDATED: Labour's David Cunliffe has resigned from his position at leader of the party. Cunliffe made the announcement this afternoon after he fronted the party's... Read More
10:48am Tue 23 Sep, 2014
Politics in the Horan household are closed for the time being as NZ Independent Coalition leader Brendan Horan and his party 'grieve” a disappointing 2014... Read More
09:27am Mon 22 Sep, 2014
Successful National candidates Todd Muller and Simon Bridges are this morning thanking those who supported them through a 'surreal campaign”. The pair, who... Read More
04:29pm Sun 21 Sep, 2014
Bay of Plenty's new MP Todd Muller has this weekend had one of his childhood dreams come true from the most 'surreal” New Zealand general election campaigns... Read More
01:30pm Sun 21 Sep, 2014
New Zealand First's new List MP Clayton Mitchell is today spending time with family and friends ahead of joining his new party in the capital, which he says voters... Read More
12:11pm Sun 21 Sep, 2014
Labour's Tauranga candidate Rachel Jones is having a low key day after missing out on a List MP seat in parliament in last night's election results. The Labour Party... Read More
10:14am Sun 21 Sep, 2014
National's re-elected Coromandel MP Scott Simpson is this morning celebrating his 14,783 vote majority over his rival candidates with "a really good coffee" and... Read More
10:50pm Sat 20 Sep, 2014
The Bay of Plenty region can lay claim to two new MPs taking its total to three following tonight's 2014 Election results. Incumbent Tauranga MP Simon Bridges is... Read More
10:05pm Sat 20 Sep, 2014
Clayton Mitchell is looking set to secure a place in Parliament as a List MP for NZ First. Current voting results have the party with 11 seats. It will definitely... Read More
08:54pm Sat 20 Sep, 2014
National's Todd Muller is the new Bay of Plenty MP after clinching the seat by more than 20,000 votes tonight. Todd, at Te Puna Rugby Club, has just given his thank... Read More
08:05pm Sat 20 Sep, 2014
Rachel Jones is donning a new look for her election celebrations tonight, channelling the look she was given by Tauranga's mystery graffiti hoarding artist. The... Read More
04-Nov 18:00
BOP fisherman receives international recognition
04-Nov 16:25
Tauranga hit-and-run accused removed from court
04-Nov 16:00
Little girl's wish tops Katikati tree with star
04-Nov 11:45
More than 1400 hurt by fireworks in five years
04-Nov 11:00
Public art symposium seeks volunteers
04-Nov 10:00
Major Maketū culvert upgrade to start this month
04-Nov 08:04
Nangs-fuelled drive ends in home detention
04-Nov 07:00
Mum grows thriving food forest in Tauranga
04-Nov 06:00
Kiwifruit boom fuels Bay of Plenty land rush
03-Nov 18:00
Exports to Australia ease avocado glut
03-Nov 16:20
Man in custody after alleged hit-and-run
03-Nov 14:05
Te Puke artists put their creativity on show
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