Business & Markets

Passport prices set to rise

New Zealanders will be forking out a little more for their travel this year as passport prices are set to rise. By March 1, the adult passport fee will increase... Read More

Plastic free café to open in Welcome Bay

The Welcome Bay Community Centre is planning to open what could be the country's first plastic free café, that will provide jobs and training for young... Read More

Project Martha ready to start in Waihi

No appeals have been received by Hauraki District Council following the late December notification that OceanaGold's application for an underground mine below... Read More

Tauranga small businesses fear mounting costs

Tauranga small businesses say they are being bogged down by mounting compliance costs and if the recommendations of the Fair Pay Agreement report is implemented,... Read More

$82m investment to boost employment in regions

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the creation of a new skills and employment initiative - Te Ara Mahi (Pathways to Work) - to support workers and employers... Read More

BusinessNZ warning on fair pay proposal

Bay of Plenty businesses are assessing the impact the Government's fair pay working group recommendations will have on them. Business NZ is warning the... Read More

Plea to keep Rotorua racing on course

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has rejected a proposal to close Rotorua Racecourse. A proposal out for consultation this week by NZTR has taken umbrage at the... Read More

Race tracks facing the chopping block

Tauranga race track has been spared the axe, in a major shakeup of the thoroughbred racing industry that proposes shutting down 21 race tracks around the country... Read More

Blaze erupts at Maunganui Road restaurant

An investigation is underway into a fire which razed the back of a Mount Maunganui restaurant. Firefighters were called out to a fire at A Taste of Asia at 2.38am. Photos... Read More

McDonald’s replace Happy Meal toy with books

McDonald's is now handing out Roald Dahl's entire collection with its Happy Meals. The fast food chain will be dishing out 800,000 copies of the books... Read More

Papamoa Pak’n Save worker run over

A shoplifter who ran over a shop worker, breaking her pelvis and femur, has pleaded guilty. Lisa Doyle entered guilty pleas to five charges at Rotorua District... Read More

Hellers prosecuted over mispackaged Sizzlers

Small goods manufacturer Hellers has been fined almost $40,000 and ordered to pay a total of $15,000 to three children who had moderate to severe allergic reactions... Read More