Business & Markets

Cruise passengers to taste the Bay

Cruise ship passengers will receive a taste of the Bay in a different way, following a new partnership between Downtown Tauranga and Zespri. The pair have created... Read More

Customers charged multiple times due to glitch

One in five Kiwibank card users have been impacted by a glitch where their cards were declined, then charged multiple times. Users with Visa debit cards who made... Read More

Tauranga to join second nationwide Courts strike

Tauranga court staff will join others throughout the country in a second nationwide strike this afternoon. Courts across New Zealand are expected to be disrupted... Read More

Zespri buy-back applications worth more than $95m

Zespri has made good progress in strengthening alignment and grower ownership and control of the company through a targeted share offer and buy-back programme. The... Read More

Largest cruise ship to visit Tauranga seven times

Tauranga is one of two cities that will be visiting seven times by Ovation of the Seas this cruise ship seas. Ovation of the seas is New Zealand's biggest cruise... Read More

Watch the races at Our Place

The Melbourne Cup is upon us, with people turning to the TAB to see what horse might let them collect that extra bit of cash flow this week. Our Place in Tauranga,... Read More

Hemp seed can now be sold as food

Regional economies are expected to be the biggest winners of rule changes that allow hemp seed to be treated as just another edible seed. 'This is great news... Read More

’Biggest changes’ to the tax system explained

Today Inland Revenue kicks off a major public information campaign to tell New Zealanders what the biggest changes to the tax system in a generation will mean... Read More

23-year-old takes top prize at 2018 LinkT awards

A property management business grown by a 23-year-old has taken out the title of Young Business Owner of the year at the 2018 Young Read Woudberg LinkT Awards. The... Read More

Bay radio station comes out on top at Radio Awards

A Bay of Plenty radio station has taken out the supreme award at the 2018 Maori Radio Awards. TumekeFM, based in Whakatane claimed the title of Te Pou Toa o te... Read More

Gold quality food at Mount childcare centre

Kumara and chickpea curry, beef chilli, and wholemeal pasta salad with chicken, corn, peas, tomato, broccoli and cheese. Impossible meals to get into a toddler,... Read More

Household incomes up over 40 percent from 2008

The average annual household income has risen 41 percent since 2008, up more than twice the rate of inflation, says Stats NZ. Over the same period, average annual... Read More