10:28am Thu 01 May, 2014
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
04:48pm Tue 29 Apr, 2014
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
11:16am Tue 29 Apr, 2014
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
06:41pm Sun 27 Apr, 2014
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
08:21am Thu 24 Apr, 2014
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
07:37am Wed 23 Apr, 2014
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
08:50am Tue 22 Apr, 2014
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
07:01am Fri 18 Apr, 2014
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
03:49pm Thu 17 Apr, 2014
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
10:25am Mon 14 Apr, 2014
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
04:26pm Fri 11 Apr, 2014
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
03:02pm Tue 08 Apr, 2014
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