Local Government Minister Rodney Hide is continuing to champion a requirement for councils to produce pre-election statements of account. In a speech to a Citizens... Read More

State Highway 2 has around 21,000 vehicle movements a day, with the section between Te Maunga and Paengaroa having the country's second worst serious crash rate... Read More

For the first time ever the public knows how much MPs spend on travel and accommodation after Speaker of the House Dr Lockwood Smith released figures. Prime... Read More

'Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?” Next week voters can have their say in the controversial Citizens'... Read More

Tauranga members of the New Zealand First Party have welcomed a letter from Winston Peters, in which he both apologises to them and reminds them of his political... Read More

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges enjoys life in parliament but prefers being back on home turf in Tauranga. Here he talks about the positive example Tauranga set in handing... Read More

Citizens Advocacy Tauranga (CAT) has become a duly incorporated society, removing any doubt its members are here for the long haul. The group was formed in 2006... Read More

Former Tauranga MP Winston Peters has not ruled out standing for Tauranga in the 2011 general election. Winston commented in his first television interview since... Read More

Winston Peters has burst back onto the political scene with an attack on the government's direction on the foreshore and seabed issue. The NZ First leader and former... Read More

There is an irony behind councillor Hayden Evans argument with the Tauranga City Council over a pipeline easement over his property. Hayden wants to be the engineer... Read More

Tauranga city councillors rejected a mediation settlement made by their own staff yesterday, June 23, to proceed with a new water pipe across councillor Hayden Evans'... Read More

Napier MP Chris Tremain, the government whip and the deputy chairman of the finance and expenditure committee will be guests at the Papamoa branch of the National... Read More