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A Tauranga dairy has bowed to public pressure and stopped selling synthetic cannabis.

News

Dairy bows to public outcry

Brendan Manning tells how to reduce stress levels when shifting house

Business

The moving blues

"Frustrated" and "annoyed" are words Bay motorists are using to describe a new petrol tax that will see the cost of fuel increase by nine cents over the next three years.

News

Petrol tax hike annoys drivers in Bay

The region's youngest learners will have more chances to succeed thanks to an injection of an extra $900 million into the education sector.

News

Boost for young learners welcomed

Opponents of a bill proposing government-funded meals for lower decile schools say it could simply end up rewarding bad parenting.

News

Principals question push for free meals

They're marketed as 'legal highs' and available for a few bucks from your corner store.

News

Legal highs: The fightback begins

The Primary Industries ministerial portfolio is a large, challenging one. For Horowhenua farmer and Otaki MP Nathan Guy the first few weeks on the job have been hectic, with the most severe drought since the 1940s striking the North Island and parts of the South, reports Felicity Wolfe

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The farming Cabinet: Who you need to know

Tauranga retailers who stock synthetic cannabis say they are constantly turning away minors attempting to buy the legal high.

News

Demand for synthetic cannabis by minors

Bay parents and principals are encouraging debate about an in-school programme to feed hungry children but say the initiative will not eliminate child poverty.

News

Backing for Food in Schools

Interest rate swaps have become a hot topic with a Commerce Commission investigation and an inquiry by Parliament's Primary Production Select Committee.

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Ups and downs of swaps

Bay of Plenty MPs have paid tribute to a colleague known for his big heart and even bigger personality.

News

Bay MPs in tribute to 'real gentleman'

The local Grey Power president has criticised plans to centralise hospital food and reheat Meals on Wheels for Bay pensioners.

News

Grey Power slams reheated food plan

Interest rate swaps have become a hot topic with a Commerce Commission investigation and an inquiry by Parliament's Primary Production Select Committee.

Rural

Lifting the lid on interest rate swaps

Big money could be injected into the Bay economy after the law change to allow same-sex couples to marry.

News

Gay law could mean big money

Members of the Tauranga church communities have spoken out against the law change to legalise same-sex marriage.

News

Same sex law appals church leaders

The passing of the controversial Marriage Amendment Bill means people like Tauranga's Te Mete Smith can fulfil a dream of getting married in New Zealand.

News

Law change fulfils lifelong dream for Tauranga man

Same-sex marriage in New Zealand? Not if most political heads in the Bay of Plenty region have their way.

News

Most Bay MPs against gay marriage (+poll)

Charter schools, which will not be subject to the Official Information Act, should be able to be investigated by the Ombudsman.

News

Change to charter schools 'not enough'

Two of Tauranga's young leaders felt like politicians when they were introduced to Prime Minister John Key yesterday.

News

Youth leaders rub shoulders with PM

Opposition is mounting among Greerton locals to a local businessman's plans for another alcohol outlet in the area.

News

Greerton liquor store stirs fight

Dublin isn't cheap. But the flat, compact Irish capital is exceptionally walkable, with a wide range of free attractions easily reached on foot from any downtown hotel.

Lifestyle

Travel: Come home to Ireland

Dame Susan Devoy's family is defending her appointment as Race Relations Commissioner amid calls for her to stand down.

News

Family defends Devoy's new role

For my two bobs' worth of saying no to a boardwalk. Just a "say let's have a good look at all the options".

Opinion

Tommy Kapai: No thanks to the 'say no' brigade

Employees may lose their work smartphones, tablets and laptops if bosses are forced to pay tax on personal use of the devices under new IRD proposals.

Business

Personal use tax looms for laptops smartphones, tablets and laptops

The Government says setting the minimum hourly pay at $18.40 - the level campaigners argue is a "living wage" - would cost 26,000 jobs.

News

'Living wage would cost 26,000 jobs'

One of the issues under discussion is electoral integrity legislation - also known as party-hopping law.

News

Party hopping in spotlight

Mighty Berlin, the city that stood on the seismic faultlines of the 20th century, is haunted by its sooty Cold War image.

Lifestyle

Berlin: Gate without a wall

The Government’s focus on lifting NZ’s workplace health and safety record is behind the establishment of a new, stand-alone agency, says Labour Minister Simon Bridges.

News

Government to set up new health and safety agency

It has been nearly a year since the Better Local Government reforms were announced.

Rural

What's in the Local Government pipeline

Tauranga has proved itself a breeding ground for good-looking politicians with the current MP, and one of his predecessors, being named the country's second and third sexiest politicians.

News

Bridges voted sexy politician

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