Business & Markets

Is the steel colossus awakening?

It's now been revealed that foundation strengthening will also be required to fix the stalled Harington Street carpark building. About a year after construction... Read More

Living life from out of the garden

It's taken 16 years to get Jizzy and Mike Green's garden looking the way it does today. When they first moved in, it was a blank canvas with just grass and five... Read More

Bunnings recalls Trailerpro trailers

Owners of Bunnings Trailpro trailers are being urged to respond to a product safety recall. Bunnings has initiated a product safety recall of all Trailpro... Read More

Food and beverage industry tops $71.7 billion

A new report has found the food and beverage industry had a combined total revenue of $71.7 billion in the last financial year and is ripe for growth with companies... Read More

Tauranga Airport soars above all others

Another milestone and another accolade for Tauranga Airport - domestic travelers think it's the best. Tauranga's the eighth busiest airport in the country, the... Read More

Whakatāne to get $36.8m funding boost

More than $36 million will be invested into waterfront and visitor projects that will 'transform” Whakatane and wider Eastern Bay of Plenty region. Minister... Read More

Medicine sales skyrocket for AFT Pharmaceuticals

Hospitals and customers stockpiling cold and influenza medicine is boosting revenue for New Zealand drug company AFT Pharmaceuticals. The company supplies pharmacies... Read More

Petrol drives up household transport spending

While Kiwis may love their road trip and getting out in the weekend, that may change after information released by Statistics New Zealand this week. An increasing... Read More

Harvesting of Green, Gold and Red Kiwifruit begins

The 2020 harvesting of Green, Gold and Red Kiwifruit has begun with kiwifruit picking underway in Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty. The 2020 season is forecast... Read More

Begging ban sent packing

Tauranga's controversial begging ban, which only came into force in April last year, has been revoked. Councillors voted six-four in favour of ditching the bylaw... Read More

Tauranga taxi landscape changes shape

Uber ride share drivers claim there's a turf war simmering in Tauranga with conventional taxi drivers accused of ‘poaching' Uber fares and ‘double... Read More

12.6 percent rise in rates?

The Mayor of Tauranga Tenby Powell has delivered an impassioned message on ‘bold leadership' while backing a substantial rates rise to cover for a ‘past... Read More