07:01am Tue 29 Jul, 2014
A financially struggling Welcome Bay mother is upset at being denied medical care for her nine-year-old daughter due to an unpaid bill. Solo mother-of-four Jules... Read More
03:12pm Mon 28 Jul, 2014
Election billboards sporting images of the Rena disaster have spilled onto pastures as the Green Party brings attention to the 'big issues facing the country”. Green... Read More
03:34pm Sun 27 Jul, 2014
National candidates for Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty electorates are ranked 18 and 59 on the party's list. National candidate for Tauranga Simon Bridges and Bay... Read More
01:52pm Sat 26 Jul, 2014
Tauranga City councillor Clayton Mitchell believes he can be a councillor and a member of parliament and says he will give up his councillor's salary if elected. Clayton... Read More
06:58am Sat 26 Jul, 2014
The Government is running out of time to decide on whether its own submission, worth $10.4 million, will be made on the resource consent application to leave the... Read More
03:16pm Fri 25 Jul, 2014
A $46 million Freedom Village in Papamoa is officially open, with Prime Minister John Key endorsing the affordable lifestyle as a way of the future. In front of... Read More
06:13pm Thu 24 Jul, 2014
Tauranga Independent MP Brendan Horan is calling for Prime Minster John Key to personally apologise to the people of Tauranga for not fulfilling a six-year roading... Read More
12:04pm Thu 24 Jul, 2014
Prime Minster John Key will meet Papamoa school students before opening a nearby retirement village in a whistle-stop visit to Tauranga City. Arriving in Tauranga... Read More
08:53am Wed 23 Jul, 2014
Both the kiwifruit industry and the unemployed in the Bay of Plenty look set to benefit from a new government initiative. New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated... Read More
04:23pm Tue 22 Jul, 2014
The NZ Independent Coalition Party is launching its campaign to contest the general election next Tuesday night at what is being called a place where it all started... Read More
11:18am Tue 22 Jul, 2014
Is the winter weather getting to you? Are you yearning for a getaway? If the mind is willing, but the budget isn't, why not treat yourself to a holiday of the imagination? Registrations... Read More
10:16am Tue 22 Jul, 2014
Coromandel MP Scott Simpson is encouraging small businesses around the region to have a crack at winning $65,000 worth of prizes. Scott Simpson MP says The ANZ Flying... Read More