Tom Rutherford News Today

Thats literally what happened behind me tonight. Donald trump took a victory lap on this stage savory that landslide win he had in the New Hampshire primary. There was a point during the speech he tipped his hat to Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie. Even though trump has been attacked by his rivals all day long, even marco rubio got into it. Hes been taking a kid glove approach with donald trump. Donald trump did not really talk about his gop opponents at this event, save a couple of lines for je...

Politicians and farmers are aiming to raise $300,000 to help farmers affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

A bill that would restore the entitlement to New Zealand citizenship rights for some Sāmoans passed its first reading last Wednesday.The Restoring Citizenship Removed By Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982, in which the National Party were the sole opposers, will now move to the select committee...

Bay of Plenty MP Tom Rutherford wants to see convicted murderers ineligible for parole if they do not reveal the location of their victim’s body. Rutherford...

Tributes are flowing for Bay of Plenty “community champion” and “rare human” Richard Crawford, who died after suffering a heart attack while biking in Roto

A Bay of Plenty election candidate who poured about $27,000 into his campaign and won 204 votes – roughly $132 per vote – says he has no regrets. Independent...

Plans to raise the weir at Cowichan Lake to provide reliable river water flows to protect salmon got a $14 million boost from the province.

Plans to raise the weir at Cowichan Lake to provide reliable river water flows to protect salmon got a $14 million boost from the province.

When Fa’anānā Efeso Collins gave his maiden speech last week, it was more special than he could possibly have imagined. It wasn’t actually his first speech...

A Waihī Beach mum has described several “extremely stressful” hours “trapped” with her sick daughter in gridlocked Tauranga traffic, fearing their electric...