Business & Markets

Business Expo to highlight wellbeing

With wellbeing in the workplace a hot topic in 2019, the Bay of Plenty's annual Business Expo has announced an award-winning wellbeing specialist, author and entrepreneur... Read More

Tauranga’s Bahama Hut announces permanent closure

A popular Tauranga nightclub located in the central business district is now closed. The Bahama Hut, located on Hamilton Street off The Strand in Tauranga, have... Read More

Air New Zealand engineers’ strike called off

Air New Zealand and the unions representing the company's engineers have reached an agreement, lifting the strike notice that threatened to disrupt travel... Read More

Mixed reactions to ACC changes

The Government is predicting New Zealand businesses will to save about $100 million over the next two years, following the reduction of the ACC Work Levy. The... Read More

Racecourse safety gets $600k investment

The Government has announced more than $600,000 will be invested into safety projects at racecourses throughout the country. Racing Minister Rt. Hon Winston Peters... Read More

The sweet taste of honey in the Kaimai Range

Jody Mitchell is used to the early Kaimai mornings. She grew up there, and brought her husband home from Cornwall to raise their own family in the hills overlooking... Read More

Tauranga Crossing dining precinct fully leased

The new two-level dining precinct at what will be Tauranga's largest shopping centre has been fully leased almost half a year before its completion. Eighteen... Read More

NZTA CEO resigns

New Zealand Transport Agency chief executive Fergus Gammie has resigned. He announced his resignation today after months of mounting pressure over the agency's... Read More

Air NZ, unions begin urgent talks as strike looms

Urgent talks begin today between Air New Zealand and aviation engineers' unions to try to avert strike action planned in the run-up to Christmas. The Aviation... Read More

Greenpeace takes a swing over river pollution

Greenpeace has launched a new campaign to ban synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and save New Zealand's rivers. They have launched the campaign in billboard style,... Read More

Downtown Tauranga scores 8/10

Downtown Tauranga is more than an okay place to muddle around and find interesting things to do - just ask the cruise ship tourists. Cruise ship passengers visiting... Read More

Mural the first to go in building demolition

The mural that once stood with the storage building on Dive Crescent is no longer. The mural was created back in March 2017, and was dubbed ‘Messenger',... Read More