Latest from BOPT - Election 2020

Local Focus: Labour's Jan Tinetti on Candidate Camera

Transport, skill shortages and equal access to Tauranga are important issues for Tinetti.

Local Focus: National's Sam Uffindell on Candidate Camera

Crime, cost of living, and a new highway are top of mind for Uffindell.

'Not a magic bullet': Tinetti slams new National policy

Tinetti said academics “know best” and it was important politicians “stay out of it".

Local Focus: Labour's Pare Taikato on Candidate Camera

Infrastructure, housing and climate change top of mind for the new Labour candidate.

Luxon announces education policy in Tauranga, visits Aims Games

The campaign trail has taken the National leader to Tauranga today.

Former deputy mayor who wants to be city's next MP won't 'swallow a dead rat'

'I know this place very well and what many of our city needs are.'

'Ripped' from their frames: National, Labour election signs vandalised

'It is frustrating. We put a lot of effort into getting them ready.'

'Not a huge surprise': Ten Te Pāti Māori election signs vandalised in Tauranga

The misspelt word "raciest" has been spray painted on some of the defaced signs.

Pineapple on pizza? Christopher Luxon shows his lighter side - and a hidden talent

The National Party leader has some fun before getting down to serious business.

Voters in the Bay of Plenty most decisive in the country

Four out of five of the votes were cast before election day.

Misinformation and complacency? Poor voter turnout for Waiariki

"People don't know how to engage, and they didn't feel safe to engage."

David Beck: There is a thin line between political debate and toxicity

OPINION: Keyboard warriors were out in force during the 2020 election.

Māori Party MP arrives at Parliament: 'Now I know how Pākehā feel walking on to a marae'

'We've just got to ensure that we stay true to ourselves, we stay true to our kaupapa.'

Complaint about Hannah Tamaki signs on election day

Vision NZ had thought the office signs could stay up, a party spokeswoman said.

Red wash: Data shows how Labour smashed National's stronghold in the Bay

Labour won every electorate in the region for party votes for first time in 18 years.

Is this the new leader of the Māori Party?

Waititi says it could "naturally fall that way" but he wasn't his party's only leader.

'I'm just buzzing': Labour mandate has list MP Jan Tinetti on cloud nine

'I am just happy to be there and be there for Tauranga.'

Tommy Wilson on the fall and rise of the Māori Party in Waiariki

Opinion: "Ki tai wiwi ki tai wawa – The tide goes out - the tide comes back in."