Business & Markets

Seafarer’s welcome to refurbished mission

The United Seafarer's Mission has had such a spruce up in recent times, people are walking out thinking they are in the wrong place. Mission chair Jeff Law says... Read More

Brace yourself for the weather ahead

A string of strong fronts whipping the country after zooming across the Tasman like a train with carriages hurtling along after each other is just some of the... Read More

Sky Waka opening a boost for tourism

Mt Ruapehu's newest and most exciting tourism attraction, the Sky Waka gondola, opened last week and is expected to be a ‘game changer' for tourism in the... Read More

GirlBoss making moves in Tauranga

She's met the Queen, flown with NASA, spoken at more than 50 events in New Zealand and overseas, and founded New Zealand's largest organisation for young women.... Read More

No fair suck of the sav in Tauranga

The traditional Cumberland sausages, Lancashire black pudding and pork pies have disappeared from Tauranga's main street… just as quickly as they arrived. Doug... Read More

NZKGI celebrate 25 years and book launch

The New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers is celebrating 25 years as an incorporated group. The NZKGI's central role as an advocate for growers of New Zealand's... Read More

Car crashes into Bayfair Shopping Centre

A car has crashed into the side of a building at Bayfair on Sunday afternoon. Police received a report at 3.55pm that a car had hit 'the front of Bayfair building”,... Read More

Kiwi ingenuity for collecting White Island samples

Volcanologists have used simple ‘kiwi ingenuity' to collect toxic water samples from White Island's crater lake in a unique way. 'The volcano's crater... Read More

Home-charging electric vehicle tech debuts in BOP

New technology that see electric vehicles supplying electricity to homes and businesses is being introduced in the Bay of Plenty and Tairawhiti Gisborne, thanks... Read More

Rotorua born woman receives British Citizens Award

A woman who was born and raised in Rotorua is the first ever New Zealander to receive the British Citizens Award at the Palace of Westminster in London on Thursday,... Read More

More flu vaccine on the way

Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced that 55,000 more doses of influenza vaccine will be arriving in New Zealand next week, and will be available to the... Read More

Nigel Masters, music and ‘The Boatshed’

At college, Nigel Masters was that very cool guy playing guitar in the rock band. I, on the other hand was a geeky girl on a violin in the college orchestra. Not... Read More