Politics

Gate Pa exhibition delayed

The opening of the Te Papa style walk-through exhibition of the Battle of Gate Pa will now be on Saturday, due to delays in its completion. The exhibition in the... Read More

New homes for families

Housing Minister Nick Smith stopped in Welcome Bay today to visit one of six new homes being built in Tauranga as part of a new Housing New Zealand Corporation [HNZC]... Read More

Synthetic ban prompts watchdog

A psychoactive substances watchdog group is being set up in Tauranga in the wake of the Government's plans to ban all legal highs. Plans to form the group came after... Read More

Legal highs to be pulled

Legal highs will be pulled from shelves within two weeks following an announcement from the Government this afternoon. Each brand of synthetic high will undergo... Read More

Tyre fines decision deflated

Tauranga City councillors have backed down on the high pressure tyres decision deciding instead to take a lower pressure approach. Instead of ticketing and fining... Read More

MP takes change in his stride

Te Puke's newest MP is vowing to work hard and earn the support of the township following the latest electorate boundary changes throughout the Bay of Plenty. Last... Read More

Iwi protests treaty settlement

A Bay of Plenty iwi fears they will become 'ghosts in their own region” if the Tuhoe Treaty Settlement is passed into law. Te Upokorehe held a rally in Ohope... Read More

Signage spelling set straight

Western Bay of Plenty roading authorities are apologetically replacing sign on a State Highway 29 across the Kaimai Range after a complaint from a Maori kaumatua... Read More

Te Puke now part of Rotorua

Te Puke residents will now turn to MP Todd McClay after the township was officially transferred to the Rotorua electorate today. The 2014 Representation Commission... Read More

Horan to be discharged

Tauranga's Independent MP Brendan Horan remains in Tauranga Hospital today where he is being treated for blood poisoning. The Mount Maunganui resident was admitted... Read More

Horan talks waterpolo with Prince

Tauranga's Independent MP Brendan Horan got the chance to talk waterpolo with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the official unveiling of the Queen Elizabeth... Read More

Tackling local reforms

A specialist three-person panel will sit down in Tauranga this week to tackle key local government reform issues facing the Bay of Plenty. On Wednesday, Bob Owens... Read More