A Bay of Plenty hui on the Foreshore and Seabed Act is being held at noon in Kawerau on Saturday instead of in Tauranga as originally planned. "The various iwi... Read More

Tauranga Grey Power member Doug Wilson is just about at the end of his tether after fielding hundreds of calls over the past few weeks from people complaining about... Read More

A full-capacity crowd of about 200 people turned out to hear New Zealand First leader Winston Peters' first official speech in Tauranga. Winston talked for about... Read More

The New Zealand First Party may have found a new candidate to stand in Tauranga at the next election but finer details need to be ironed out before the party can... Read More

New Zealand First leader and former Tauranga MP Winston Peters is preparing to make his first official speech in the city since the last election. He will speak... Read More

Western Bay of Plenty Grey Power president Frances Denz says the organisation's regional body will accept a rise in GST if an independent audit proves tax cuts and... Read More

Many New Zealanders are still complacent about preparing for a natural disaster, and last weekend's tsunami is an illustration of this says Tauranga MP Simon Bridges. 'Despite... Read More

Tauranga electorate chairman for ACT, Ron Scott, says the introduction of the Minimum Wage Amendment Bill is a big step forward for youth in the Bay of Plenty. The... Read More

Labour leader Phil Goff took his fight against a possible rise in GST to the streets of Tauranga on Tuesday afternoon when he arrived in the city aboard the party's... Read More

Labour leader Phil Goff is coming to Tauranga and he is keen to hear the city's residents' view of the government's proposal to increase GST to 15 per cent. On... Read More

The Bay of Plenty's four elected MPs racked up close to $400,000 in expenses in 2009, according to figures released by Parliamentary Services and the Department... Read More

The Labour Party's list MP working in Tauranga supports making some changes to MMP but believes it would be a waste to completely throw the electoral system out. Jacinda... Read More