Politics

Budget 2024: Tauranga reveals spending wish lists

Tomorrow, the coalition Government will deliver its first Budget, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis promising 'good”... Read More

Te Pāti Māori protest plans for Thursday

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has slammed plans for a day of disruption launched by Te Pāti Māori as 'illegal”. Te Pāti Māori is urging all Māori... Read More

Deadline to buy first EV RUC licence approaching

NZTA is reminding owners of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to buy their first road user charges licence before the deadline of 31 May... Read More

Government to consult on shooting club regulations

The Government is consulting New Zealanders on a package of proposals for simple and effective regulation of shooting clubs and ranges, Associate Minister of... Read More

Three to contest vacant Maketū-Te Puke ward seat

Three people have put their hand up for the vacant seat on Western Bay of Plenty District Council. A byelection was called in the Maketū-Te Puke ward after... Read More

Toll road graffiti '100 per cent relatable'

Minus two-degree temperatures left one truck driver chilly on his night shift when suddenly, driving along the Tauranga Takitimu Drive Toll road at 1.20 in the... Read More

LIVE: Pledge to fund new cancer drugs in question

National's pledge to fund 13 cancer treatments from this year is looking increasingly shaky - with numerous ministers saying they cannot do everything in... Read More

Husband calls 111 six times, watches wife die

A coroner has suggested the country's ambulance service lobby the Government for more funding after a man watched his wife die despite calling 111 five times,... Read More

Kawerau poverty worst in 60 years, says principal

Kawerau school principal Ripeka Lessels says the town is suffering the highest levels of poverty she has seen in her lifetime. Lessels, who is founding principal... Read More

Mayoral contender plans to commute from Cambridge

If Olympian and financial adviser Mahé Drysdale is successful in Tauranga's election this year, he will become mayor of a city he does not live in. Drysdale,... Read More

Health Select Committee to look into aged care

The Health Select Committee has agreed to undertake an inquiry into aged care provision, the scope of which will include the current and future capacity of the... Read More

The need to prepare for megathrust earthquake

Whakatāne needs to prepare for a megathrust earthquake and resulting tsunami similar in size and strength to the 2011 Japan event, local GNS researcher Dr Mawera... Read More