Politics

Cemetery back with Maori

The Mission Cemetery in Tauranga will be handed back into Maori ownership after the New Zealand Mission Trust Board Empowering Bill was passed overnight. Maori Party... Read More

Horan adds fresh Peters’ claim

MP Brendan Horan continues to push his case against his former leader Winston Peters' parliamentary transparency by making fresh allegations over having taxpayer-funded... Read More

Internet-Mana Party official

The Internet-Mana Party has officially been launched today by representatives of both parties, and hopes to gain five per cent of the party vote in this year's general... Read More

Two horse race for BOP

Two political hopefuls for the Bay of Plenty National Party candidacy face the second of three pre-selection meetings today. Tauranga City Councillor Steve Morris... Read More

Labour’s plan for city housing

Two Labour representatives stopped in Tauranga this week to speak about the party's Best Start package, but instead found conversations turning to the city's housing... Read More

Poaching Peters’ constituents

Colin Craig's message at GreyPower's annual meeting in Tauranga drew comparison with pre-elections speeches from another political party that cultivated the retiree... Read More

Peninsula presence on board

The Coromandel will be well-represented on the Department of Conservation's Waikato regional board with three locals being appointed or re-appointed. Arthur Hinds... Read More

Govt boost to region's tourism

A tourism business which started in the Coromandel is to receive Government financial support for a new project to boost holidaymakers' experiences in the region. Bachcare... Read More

Sake traded on sister city visit

First benefits of the recent Tauranga City Council-sponsored trade delegation to the sister cities of Hitachi and Yantai can be sampled at Takara Japanese Restaurant... Read More

Psa recovery boosts Te Puke

MP Todd McClay says improvements in the kiwifruit market is positive news for Te Puke growers. Zespri's annual report for 2013/2014 released this week shows the... Read More

Peters refutes Horan claims

NZ First was quick to deny allegations made by Tauranga Independent MP Brendan Horan that the party misused taxpayer funds, saying the accusations are baseless and... Read More

Tourism trade show in Bay

The largest international tourism trade event will be hosted in the Bay of Plenty in 2015. TRENZ will be at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre in May and will focus... Read More