Business & Markets

Supermarkets paying more for grocery items

The prices supermarkets had to pay suppliers to stock their shelves were 10.2 per cent​ higher in November compared with a year ago, data from economists at... Read More

Retail card spending increases in November

Retail card spending rose $21 million (0.3 per cent) in November 2022 compared with October 2022, when adjusted for seasonal effects, Stats NZ says. The increase... Read More

Powerco to use virtual power plant technology

Powerco and solarZero have established a partnership for a community-led solution to help keep the lights on across the Coromandel Peninsula. solarZero, the country's... Read More

Leading Tauranga Company celebrates 10 years

An award winning Tauranga based firm is celebrating 10 years of helping businesses around the country. Insurance brokerage O'Connor Warren has become one of the... Read More

2023: Household debt payments likely to be higher

Higher debt servicing charges are expected to add about $80 a week to the average household budget by the end of the year, on top of rising prices for basic goods... Read More

Further funding for Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

The government has decided to advance a further $6 million bridging funding to allow time for MBIE through Kanoa-RDU to support the development of an alternative... Read More

AA calls for staged return of fuel excise duty

Any day now the government is due to make a decision on whether to extend or curtail the fuel discount that is part of its cost of living relief package. In March... Read More

Firefighter strike: Potential $20K pay rise

The firefighters union and their employer have come to an agreement after months of strikes over pay and conditions. Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the New... Read More

Growers desperate for workers in BOP

Growers desperate for workers are building their own accommodation, bumping up wages, and trying to recruit backpackers before they arrive in the country. A handful... Read More

Airlines told to conserve fuel after contamination

Upcoming holiday travel plans could be disrupted, with a bad batch of aviation fuel forcing rationing for airlines. Z Energy, owner of the dud shipment, told... Read More

Community mourns news of Bobby‘s passing

Hundreds of people are taking to social media to express their sorrow at the passing of Tauranga's fresh fish king Bobby Palmer. He passed away on Monday following... Read More

Hitler comment: Bus supervisor dismissed

A Tauranga bus supervisor sacked after making inappropriate and abusive comments has lost his fight in the Employment Relations Authority against his dismissal. In... Read More