02:18pm Wed 17 Aug, 2022
The Reserve Bank has hiked the official cash rate by 50 basis points to three per cent as it continues to tighten monetary policy to bring down inflation. The... Read More
02:00pm Wed 17 Aug, 2022
The Ministry of Social Development office in Mount Maunganui will be temporarily closed next month. Building improvements are underway at the office, located... Read More
10:45am Wed 17 Aug, 2022
Forks at the ready, avo fans - with the harvest just beginning, the fruit is already going cheap. A scan of supermarket prices on Tuesday revealed that avocados,... Read More
07:00am Wed 17 Aug, 2022
The 2022 kiwifruit harvest is now complete with 2800 orchards from Kerikeri in the north to Motueka in the south picked for consumers. Before the harvest began... Read More
07:00pm Tue 16 Aug, 2022
Changes to the Fair Trading Act, which come into force today, mean door-to-door traders who ignore a ‘Do Not Knock' sticker risk fines of up to $30,000. In... Read More
09:10am Tue 16 Aug, 2022
The former leaseholder of Rotorua's 'iconic' Blue Baths says new government advice shows the council could have left the building open while a plan... Read More
07:00am Tue 16 Aug, 2022
Tauranga property and business industry advocates, Urban Task Force for Tauranga are announcing the establishment of a Leader Development Scholarship to encourage,... Read More
07:00pm Mon 15 Aug, 2022
Businesses are being urged to pay close attention to a broad set of consumer protections and contract law that come into effect tomorrow, along with hefty fines.... Read More
06:00pm Mon 15 Aug, 2022
More New Zealand home owners are scrambling for their insurance documents as the country is increasingly battered by severe weather events. Storms, floods, landslides... Read More
11:15am Mon 15 Aug, 2022
A new recruitment campaign called ‘Find Your Fit In Forestry' aims to draw attention to the varied career opportunities available in the growing forestry... Read More
11:45am Sat 13 Aug, 2022
The number of people off sick for more than a week almost doubled in the three months to the end of June, according to Stats NZ. About 55,000 people cited illness... Read More
06:45am Sat 13 Aug, 2022
Cruise ships are set to return to the Bay of Plenty in about three months' time after two-and-a-half year hiatus when the Government closed the maritime border... Read More