Business & Markets

Four Bayfair shops burgled and smashed overnight

Four shops at Bayfair Shopping Centre have had glass cabinets and doors smashed during a burglary spree early on Saturday morning. A SunLive reader at the... Read More

What‘s on - markets, art and Taijiquan

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService are forecasting a day with cloudy periods... Read More

NZ kiwifruit leaves Tauranga bound for Japan

The first 4100 tonnes of this season's Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit have left Port of Tauranga. The 1.15 million trays are bound for Kobe and Tokyo in Japan, marking... Read More

Fishing vessel’s Tauranga blessing

A vessel designed to create job opportunities for young Māori in the Far North, is set to be blessed in Tauranga before setting off on its first fishing venture. The... Read More

Otakiri water bottling appeal heard in court

The court battle over the fate of water from the Otakiri aquifer is continuing Consents that were granted to Creswell New Zealand, a subsidiary of Chinese water... Read More

Border reopening ‘hugely encouraging’ for tourism

After 'two years of starvation”, Bay of Plenty tourism operators say reopening the borders is a step towards a more secure future. However, a ski field... Read More

Imports continue to widen current account deficit

The seasonally adjusted current account deficit widened to $6.5 billion in the December 2021 quarter, from $4.7 billion in the September 2021 quarter, Stats NZ... Read More

Milk prices: Fonterra reports profit fall

Fonterra has reported a lower half-year profit as higher milk prices raised its costs and cut its margins. Its net profit for the six months ended January was... Read More

2021: Economists predict GDP growth

The latest gross domestic product numbers are expected to show a solid rebound as the country loosened its Covid-19 restrictions to close out 2021. GDP figures... Read More

Process dragging on for fumigant

Registration of an 'ozone-friendly” forestry fumigant has still to be finalised after five years of evaluation. Last November the Decision Making Committee... Read More

The impact of an empty Tauranga CBD

Tauranga City shops are feeling the effects of empty streets, with many people now working from home - not their usual CBD workplaces - due to the Omicron wave... Read More

Consumer NZ reveals plastic packaging complaints

Complaints to Consumer NZ shows some consumers aren't pleased with excess and convoluted packaging. 'Customers are getting increasingly frustrated with all the... Read More