10:50am Tue 05 Feb, 2019
New Zealanders will be forking out a little more for their travel this year as passport prices are set to rise. By March 1, the adult passport fee will increase... Read More
07:09am Tue 05 Feb, 2019
The Welcome Bay Community Centre is planning to open what could be the country's first plastic free café, that will provide jobs and training for young... Read More
01:48pm Mon 04 Feb, 2019
No appeals have been received by Hauraki District Council following the late December notification that OceanaGold's application for an underground mine below... Read More
11:45am Mon 04 Feb, 2019
Tauranga small businesses say they are being bogged down by mounting compliance costs and if the recommendations of the Fair Pay Agreement report is implemented,... Read More
09:00am Mon 04 Feb, 2019
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the creation of a new skills and employment initiative - Te Ara Mahi (Pathways to Work) - to support workers and employers... Read More
06:56am Sat 02 Feb, 2019
Bay of Plenty businesses are assessing the impact the Government's fair pay working group recommendations will have on them. Business NZ is warning the... Read More
09:02am Fri 01 Feb, 2019
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has rejected a proposal to close Rotorua Racecourse. A proposal out for consultation this week by NZTR has taken umbrage at the... Read More
11:45am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
Tauranga race track has been spared the axe, in a major shakeup of the thoroughbred racing industry that proposes shutting down 21 race tracks around the country... Read More
10:00am Thu 31 Jan, 2019
An investigation is underway into a fire which razed the back of a Mount Maunganui restaurant. Firefighters were called out to a fire at A Taste of Asia at 2.38am. Photos... Read More
08:00pm Wed 30 Jan, 2019
McDonald's is now handing out Roald Dahl's entire collection with its Happy Meals. The fast food chain will be dishing out 800,000 copies of the books... Read More
07:00pm Wed 30 Jan, 2019
A shoplifter who ran over a shop worker, breaking her pelvis and femur, has pleaded guilty. Lisa Doyle entered guilty pleas to five charges at Rotorua District... Read More
01:47pm Wed 30 Jan, 2019
Small goods manufacturer Hellers has been fined almost $40,000 and ordered to pay a total of $15,000 to three children who had moderate to severe allergic reactions... Read More