UPDATED 10.40PM: Simon Bridges is the winner of the Tauranga seat, and Todd Muller has taken the Bay of Plenty Seat. Te Ururoa Flavell has secured his Wairiki seat,... Read More

Voting is now underway for the 2014 general elections. Voting polls opened at 9am around the Western Bay of Plenty and will shut down at 7pm. Simon Bridges casting... Read More

Today is D-day for politicians around the country as people will cast their vote to see who will be in Parliament for the next three years. All electioneering is... Read More

John Key's 2008 election promise that the government will pay $100 million for upgrading Tauranga‘s central corridor will be kept, says a spokeswoman for the... Read More

John Key take heart. If the general election was held at Otumoetai College today, and if the electorate was made up of 13 and 14-year-olds, National would probably... Read More

With Election Day four days away political candidates are wrangling over the party vote, with Act Tauranga candidate Stuart Pedersen offering advice on National's... Read More

Act leader Jamie Whyte firmly believes plans to raise the minimum wage are in 'fantasyland” and New Zealand needs to look at the 'cupcakes” making up... Read More

UPDATED: Act party leader Jamie Whyte is tackling topics including welfare, education, and crime during his first public meeting in Tauranga today. Jamie is in town... Read More

Six serving prisoners are currently seeking the right to vote ahead of the 2014 Election on September 20. Arthur William Taylor has lost his High Court bid and is... Read More

Labour's Grant Robertson is remaining coy about his decision to contest party leader David Cunliffe's position if all goes sour on September 20, but says he will... Read More

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges could well be in line for a third term in the city's seat judging by an unofficial SunLive reader poll. The poll, asking readers which... Read More

Uncovering Government debt and culling pre-election talks of possible coalitions are high on Winston Peters' list heading into next week's general election. In Red... Read More