Residents are being encouraged to add a touch of te reo to their vocabulary as part of the nation's Maori Language Week Acknowledged since 1975, the week-long event... Read More

Coromandel MP Scott Simpson says fine dodgers are finally paying up since the introduction of strict new rules for traffic offenders. 'People who get caught breaking... Read More

Election campaigning is now in full swing with roadside hoardings going up across the region this morning. Labour candidate for Bay of Plenty Clare Wilson is happy... Read More

Tauranga resident Pat Spellman is calling for Te Ururoa Flavell to act on the finding of the Waitangi Tribunal the Crown breached the Treaty of Waitangi over the... Read More

Tauranga MP and Minister of Labour Simon Bridges had a thrilling morning after jumping out of a plane thanks to Tauranga Tandem Skydiving. Tourism Bay of Plenty... Read More

Motiti Island iwi say they have been vindicated by the hard-hitting Waitangi Tribunal report that criticises the way the Government handled the aftermath of the... Read More

The kiwifruit industry is seeing positive signs of recovery post Psa with growing optimism on the future of orchards in the region. Labour MP and Primary Industries... Read More

With winter flu cases rising and the peak not yet reached, the Government has extended its seasonal influenza vaccine programme by one month - to finish the end... Read More

Almost seven years after the Urewera raids, Police Commissioner Mike Bush is expected to return to the area to apologise to families for mistakes made. The two-day... Read More

Visions of a four-lane highway between Hamilton and Tauranga are not being discarded with Tauranga City leaders admitting the initiative linking the Golden Triangle... Read More

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges says his latest annual survey of the Tauranga electorate shows an increasingly confident city. A total of 80 per cent of people surveyed... Read More

Removing the $64million Route K debt from Tauranga City Council's books will be the key focus of newly announced NZ First candidate for Tauranga Clayton Mitchell's... Read More