Business & Markets

Meat firms fined $1.6m for tallow fraud

Firms altered tallow for profit, court hears after probe. New Zealand Food Safety said a group of meat processing companies, directors, and managers have... Read More

Fire fighters battle Bethlehem electric truck fire

Multiple fire crews are attending the scene of an electric vehicle fire in Bethlehem, Tauranga. An electric truck caught fire in the carpark outside Kmart... Read More

What's on: comedy, half marathon, art

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService is forecasting a fine apart from some... Read More

Ārepa's brand The Brain Drink recalled

New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Alphagen NZ Limited in its recall of specific batches of Ārepa brand The Brain Drink as it may cause injury due to... Read More

Passport fees to increase from May 2

The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has announced an increase in passport and travel document application fees. From tomorrow, the price of an adult... Read More

Businesses fear impact of expanded paid parking

The introduction of paid parking on more Tauranga city centre streets will create 'real problems”, a shop owner says. Paid parking will be extended... Read More

Survey shows importance of airline

A survey of businesspeople asking whether they think Whakatāne District Council should support Air Chathams to continue its Whakatāne to Auckland route received... Read More

Taxpayers’ Union debt clock hīkoi hits Tauranga

A hīkoi around New Zealand calling for the Government to balance its books arrived in Tauranga today. Led by a seven-metre Taxpayers' Union Karaka Nama (Debt... Read More

BoP businesses embrace growth opportunities

The Bay of Plenty's business future looks bright, according to MYOB's Annual Business Monitor survey. The Western Bay has a strong exporter economy, with... Read More

Is your power bill 'average'?

Have you ever wondered whether your power bill is "average"? Power bills have gone up for lots of households this month, as new lines charges and other price... Read More

Finances: What the numbers say

About 15 percent of New Zealanders have at least $500,000 in household investments, but half of us are worrying at least weekly about our money, new data shows. The... Read More

Virus eradicated, controls lifted at poultry farm

Movement controls have been lifted from Mainland Poultry's Hillgrove Farm in Otago, after the successful eradication of H7N6 strain of high pathogenic avian... Read More