02:00pm Sat 08 Oct, 2022
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
01:00pm Sat 08 Oct, 2022
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
09:00am Mon 18 Jul, 2022
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
06:50am Sat 02 Jul, 2022
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
06:45am Wed 11 May, 2022
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
09:00am Sun 10 Apr, 2022
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
10:25am Sun 18 Oct, 2020
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
11:30am Sat 18 Jul, 2020
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
12:17pm Tue 09 Jun, 2020
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
04:00pm Sun 08 Dec, 2019
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
03:45pm Sat 23 Nov, 2019
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
10:00am Sun 13 Oct, 2019
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