Business & Markets

Chinese bottling plant gets go ahead

A proposal to expand the Otakiri Springs water bottling plant in Eastern Bay of Plenty has been granted consent by an independent hearing panel. Independent... Read More

Calling all Bay of Plenty Property Heroes

If your colleagues or clients are making a difference in the community nominate them for the Bay of Plenty Property People Awards. The Property People Awards... Read More

Whakatane councillor calls for consent clarity

A Bay of Plenty councillor is calling for a moratorium on granting water bottling consents until the issue of water ownership is sorted. The call follows the government's... Read More

Air NZ hikes fares on international flights

Air New Zealand is raising international airfares by up to 5 per cent to cope with rising fuel and other costs. The price rise will take effect on Thursday and... Read More

Tourism BOP gets Tauranga Council funding boost

Tourism Bay of Plenty will become the first Regional Tourism Organisation in New Zealand outside Auckland to become a Destination Manager, after a 48 per cent... Read More

A chance to advertise from the edge of space

The Bay of Plenty will soon join the 'space race' and achieve a New Zealand first. In June three sub-orbital helium space weather balloons will be launched... Read More

Another read in every book

The next Harbour City Lions book fair, the 2019 incarnation, starts from scratch, right here, right now. 'So bring out your books,” says Lion and book fair... Read More

Bay Oval comes out on top

Bay Oval is being recognised for a marathon season of international cricket after gaining a NZ Cricket Turf Management award, for the best International Short-Term... Read More

Tauranga hosts NZ film conference

The base of Mauao has been a busy hub of film professionals this week, as the Regional Film Offices of NZ - RFONZ - met for their annual two-day conference. 'I... Read More

School-boy inventor enters innovation awards

Tauranga Intermediate pupil Christian Stark is hoping to take home a prize in the Innovation Awards with his invention which takes the messy work out of peeling... Read More

Opotiki couple sustainable farming champions

Opotiki organic kiwifruit growers Mark and Catriona White have won a top award in a national farming contest. The Opotiki orchardists collected the sustainable... Read More

Help celebrate 50 years of Fieldays

Got a memory to share about Fieldays, or just want to chew the fat about farming life? Then you might want to join the Fieldays road trip in Te Puke this weekend. To... Read More