07:00pm Tue 17 Dec, 2024
The minimum wage for adults will increase by 1.5 percent to $23.50 an hour from April, the government has confirmed. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister... Read More
08:30am Sat 14 Dec, 2024
The Government has set a target to lift 15,000 children out of persistent child poverty by 2035, Child Poverty Reduction Minister Louise Upston has announced. 'We... Read More
05:00am Fri 13 Dec, 2024
Watching a suicide plotline on Shortland Street has spurred a Tauranga woman to speak out to create more awareness of the help available to people in distress. Twelve... Read More
07:00pm Thu 12 Dec, 2024
The ACC minister has announced an independent review into the agency, saying he had concerns with its performance. Matt Doocey said rehabilitation rates were... Read More
08:00pm Tue 10 Dec, 2024
Te Tari Pūreke - the Firearms Safety Authority is re-developing firearms safety education and engagement, including the courses offered as part of the licensing... Read More
07:00pm Tue 10 Dec, 2024
A first-of-its-kind report launched on Monday lays the groundwork for growing the visibility of New Zealand's ethnic communities through data, Ethnic Communities... Read More
07:00am Tue 10 Dec, 2024
A majority of Tauranga City Council elected members have voted to proceed with the construction of the planned Civic Whare, Exhibition and Museum project, which... Read More
11:45am Mon 09 Dec, 2024
MPs Todd McClay and Rawiri Waititi are urging Air New Zealand to revisit its decision to temporarily cut 'vital” daily direct flights between Rotorua and... Read More
08:00am Fri 06 Dec, 2024
One of the 10 teenagers in the Government's military-style bootcamp trial has died in an accident while another is currently on the run after attending his... Read More
05:00pm Tue 03 Dec, 2024
A new school truancy policy that could see parents of chronically absent students prosecuted will 'punish poor kids”, Tauranga iwi leader Paora Stanley... Read More
08:00pm Mon 02 Dec, 2024
The reverberations of the Erebus disaster are still being felt 45 years later, said the MInistry for Cutlure and Heritage on Thursday. Thursday, November... Read More
10:45am Fri 29 Nov, 2024
Jobs and an initiative feeding extra students in need in Te Puke are threatened by Government changes to its school lunches programme, a charity boss says. The... Read More