Business & Markets

Kids Ride Shotgun wins Tauranga business awards

Kids Ride Shotgun has been named Business of the Year at the Tauranga Business Awards 2022. The Tauranga-based export company, whose mission is to raise the next... Read More

Kombucha recall due to alcohol content too high

New Zealand Food Safety - NZFS - is supporting Daily Organics in its recall of kombucha due to higher-than-permitted alcohol levels. "The issue with Daily Organics... Read More

Clubs speak out against proposed Tauranga stadium

Community sports clubs that could be displaced if a stadium is built on the Tauranga Domain are standing firm on their desire to stay put. A business case is... Read More

One of BOP’s largest law firms takes up CBD lease

Wanting to have a physical presence in the heart of Tauranga's CBD has led to law firm Holland Beckett Law leasing about 2000sqm of space in the Northern Quarter... Read More

Small business remains solid in BOP - study

Bay of Plenty small business sales, jobs and wages remain solid, according to a recently released business insights study. The Xero Small Business Insights update... Read More

Inflation set to hit Kiwis with food allergies

New Zealanders living with food allergies are paying 35 per cent more for free-from and vegan food products, according to new data. A doctor and head of one of... Read More

Fieldays to open to familiar sights and sounds

The traditional sight of hundreds of marquees and the familiar smell of wood chips is set to return to Mystery Creek on Wednesday, when Fieldays opens its gates. With... Read More

Live: Dairies across Aotearoa close in protest

Shopkeepers have taken to the streets to say enough is enough after the fatal stabbing of a Hamilton man working at an Auckland dairy. Janak Patel, 34, died... Read More

Crime wave sees shopkeepers calling for guns

Shopkeepers have taken to the streets to say enough is enough after the fatal stabbing of a Hamilton man working at an Auckland dairy. Janak Patel, 34, died after... Read More

Calls to help save Mt Ruapheu ski fields

People are being invited to sign a petition to help save Mt Ruapehu ski fields. Mt Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Ltd is now in voluntary administration, a process... Read More

Celebrity chef‘s restaurants in administration

The Madam Woo restaurant chain, founded by celebrity chef Josh Emett and restaurateur Fleur Caulton, has been put into voluntary administration as part of hospitality... Read More

OCR hike: What we know so far

Tighten your belts and prepare for recession - that's the message the Reserve Bank is sending after hiking the official cash rate by the single biggest level... Read More