Saturday is election day, when voters have their say on who should govern New Zealand, but also being questioned is what electoral system the country should use. ... Read More

Partial ownership of New Zealand's power companies and airline will go to the highest bidder if National gains a second term in government. National is planning... Read More

A colourful celebration of the Maori Party arrived on The Strand in Tauranga this evening with its candidates hopeful of a strong result in Saturday's election. Supporters... Read More

New Zealand First's Tauranga electorate candidate Brendan Horan is claiming incumbent MP Simon Bridges is an ineffective leader for the city owing to inaction over... Read More

A Labour government will shift the retirement age to 67, but one Tauranga financial planner is warning this won't change people's approach to saving for their senior... Read More

Enrolment levels in the Bay of Plenty and Tauranga electorates have increased with more than 95 per cent of the population now enrolled - but remain lower than... Read More

Ruth Bridges is looking forward to watching the return of election results this Saturday night and is 'quietly confident” her son will once again become the... Read More

Bay of Plenty and Tauranga electorate candidates have been given one minute to speak on camera about why they should get your vote in the general election on November... Read More

A Tauranga principal says politicians should be looking at how to improve education rather than tossing national standards policy around like a football. Otumoetai... Read More

The Greens are using oil damage to the Western Bay of Plenty coastline caused by Rena, the container ship grounded on the Astrolabe Reef, to launch a new campaign. ... Read More

National candidate for Tauranga Simon Bridges is backing Prime Minister John Key's decision to make a complaint to the police about the taping of his meeting with... Read More

The number of fully qualified teachers in Tauranga early childhood centres will increase no matter which political party forms the next government. Both Labour... Read More