06:45am Wed 27 Sep, 2023
Voting in the 2023 General Election will be underway soon. Overseas voting starts today. Voting places will be open in New Zealand next Monday, October... Read More
10:10am Tue 06 Jun, 2023
A sweeping review into the country's electoral system is recommending the voting age be lowered to 16, a 3.5 per cent party threshold, and a public referendum... Read More
07:45am Sat 03 Jun, 2023
Police have confirmed they warned Education Minister Jan Tinetti over Facebook posts made during the Tauranga by-election last year. They say the breach of electoral... Read More
10:00am Sat 29 Oct, 2022
The Local Government Commission has received a reorganisation initiative proposing changes to the boundary between Kawerau District and Whakatane District. The... Read More
09:10am Mon 10 Oct, 2022
Low voter turnout in the council elections has fuelled calls for an overhaul of the entire local government voting process, including postal ballots. Just 36... Read More
07:00am Mon 10 Oct, 2022
The local government election has been a big win for two newly-elected mayors who have become the first young wāhine Māori to lead their cities. Tania Tapsell... Read More
10:00am Sun 09 Oct, 2022
David Moore says he played his worst game of golf ever on Saturday, but losing on the links was quickly overshadowed by initial results for Ōpōtiki district's... Read More
08:00am Sun 09 Oct, 2022
Initial results for the Kawerau district local body elections shows all six of the current councillors that are standing will be returned. The two new council... Read More
06:50am Sun 09 Oct, 2022
Initial results for the Whakatāne district local body elections suggest a vastly different council that will be led by international man of science Victor Luca.... Read More
05:28pm Sat 08 Oct, 2022
Progress results for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council elections have been released on Saturday afternoon. For the Tauranga General Constituency, five councillors... Read More
04:30pm Sat 08 Oct, 2022
Tania Tapsell has claimed victory as Rotorua's new mayor. Tapsell attracted 6254 votes, a lead on closest rival Fletcher Tabuteau of 2862 votes. At her election... Read More
02:23pm Sat 08 Oct, 2022
Tania Tapsell is leading the Rotorua mayoralty race with about 90 per cent of the returned votes counted so far. Tania, with 6254 votes is nearly 3000 votes... Read More