Business & Markets

US warms to kiwifruit, UK market hard to crack

A non-traditional market warming up to New Zealand's Zespri-branded kiwifruit is the United States - with chief executive Dan Mathieson predicting volumes heading... Read More

TradeMe rejects one in four police info requests

New Zealand's fifth biggest website - TradeMe - says it has turned down a quarter of police requests for information in the last year. The site received 1348... Read More

Takeaway prices on the rise

Higher prices for takeaway foods and restaurant meals pushed the food price index up 0.2 per cent in the year to June 2018, says Stats NZ. Prices for restaurant... Read More

Banks come through financial stress testing

The main retail trading banks received a pass mark after coming through tests to assess how they would cope with a major economic downturn. The tests, carried out... Read More

Demolition work begins on Farmers’ corner

The redevelopment of Tauranga's iconic Farmers' corner has begun, with local workers starting the demolition of two buildings on the site. Around 20 workers sub-contracted... Read More

Time-lapse of Tauranga Crossing build

A time-lapse video has been released, showing the construction for what is set to be one of the country's largest retail complexes. Tauranga Crossing is currently... Read More

SunLive’s Rosalie has big new responsibilities

She's an institution around Tauranga. You will know her. Because Rosalie's voice is the one that comes up with the sun each morning on the SunLive's weather report. But... Read More

Robot to bring accurate data to kiwifruit orchards

A battery-powered fully-autonomous robot system, which can scan kiwifruit orchards and offer growers a full picture of their crop via accurate data, was drawing... Read More

IRD Tauranga employees walk off the job

It's been 22 years since Inland Revenue employees undertook industrial action, but that all changed today when Tauranga workers walked off the job. Rallies... Read More

Inland Revenue and MBIE PSA members to strike

Tauranga PSA members at Inland Revenue and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are some of many who will be taking strike action next week. The... Read More

Softening of building consents may be a quirk

The value of building consents issued in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty softened markedly last month. Following an outstanding month for Tauranga City... Read More

Whakatāne iwi appeal water bottling consents

A Whakatāne iwi is asking for the Environment Court to decline a Chinese owned company the consents to 1.1 billion litres of water for bottling. Last month,... Read More