Bay of Plenty Regional Council progress results are expected to be available mid-afternoon, after polls closed at noon . Bay of Plenty Regional Council has 14... Read More

Voting has closed for the 2022 local election. Voting closed at midday. Postal voting closed on Tuesday, but ballots were allowed to be dropped off at councils... Read More

Incumbent Bay of Plenty Regional Councillor, Toi Kai Rākau Iti, will campaign for re-election to his Kohi Constituency seat under the Māori Party ticket. As... Read More

The Electoral Commission is beginning an enrolment drive to make sure people are enrolled for this year's local body elections. "It's time to check you're enrolled,... Read More

Tania Tapsell has entered the race for the Rotorua mayoralty with a promise to focus on stopping "the spend". Among the three-term Rotorua district councillor's... Read More

The exit of district health boards and Tauranga's 'loss of democracy” will increase the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Local Body Election costs fourfold.... Read More

Todd McClay has beaten off a strong challenge from Labour Party candidate Claire Mahon to win his fifth term as Rotorua electorate MP. McClay will represent Rotorua... Read More

The country's top women's rugby players will be in action in a nine-week Farah Palmer Cup with the 2020 draw released by New Zealand Rugby yesterday. Fans will... Read More

Rotorua will be staring down the barrel of a by-election if popular third-term district councillor Tania Tapsell becomes a member of Parliament after September's... Read More

Jim Mather, who has served as chief executive officer of three organisations over the last 16 years, has been appointed the new chairman of the Lakes DHB. He... Read More

Two new trustees have been voted in to join four re-elected trustees on the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust for the next three years. But there has been a... Read More

The progress results are in for the election of seven members to the Lakes District Health Board. Johan Morreau, Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, Christine Rankin, Ngahihi-O-Te-Ra... Read More