Business & Markets

Opotiki Harbour numbers ‘stack up’

In light of recent media coverage of a proposed new harbour entrance, Opotiki District Council has clarified the numbers and reminded those outside the district... Read More

Mount becomes Climbing NZ’s base

Sport Climbing has become a new Olympic sport and Tauranga has claimed a big chunk of the New Zealand action, thanks to the University of Waikato Adams Centre for... Read More

Ho, ho, ouch - Santa’s debt burden

Another Christmas, another splurge of unbudgeted spending, and more families stretched beyond their financial limits. 'November was our busiest month this year,”... Read More

Expanding the NZ avocado market overseas

A new member has joined AVOCO's senior management team to expand on market development in Asia and oversee grower communications at home. A familiar face to many... Read More

Financial assistance creates more jobs

Recent financial assistance provided by New Zealand Community Trust is set to help create more jobs in the Bay of Plenty. A total of $25,000 has been received by... Read More

‘English only’ sign causes outrage

A post on social media has sparked outrage after it said 'only English language is to be spoken” by staff in a Bay of Plenty supermarket. Posted on a Papamoa... Read More

Statistics mistake corrected

Statistics NZ's has re-released its household income and housing-cost statistics because of an error which increases average household income over the last ten... Read More

Summer shellfish hazards

It doesn't bode well for shellfish gatherers this summer. Biotoxin alerts warn of paralytic shellfish poisoning in the Bay of Plenty, from Waihi Beach to Opape,... Read More

Homelessness created by systems

A givealittle page has been opened by the Tauranga Moana Nightshelter to help raise $100,000 to build ten studio apartments on the Elizabeth Street site. The transitional... Read More

Mega-liner to return to Tauranga

The 168,666 GT engineering and technological marvel, Ovation of the Seas, will arrive in Tauranga on December 22 for the first time this season. Having successfully... Read More

Water bottlers welcome public feedback

Nongfu Spring has welcomed the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's decision to publicly notify its consent applications to expand the Otakiri Springs water bottling... Read More

Council supports higher bus driver pay

Companies tendering for bus contracts from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council will now be viewed more favourably if they make a commitment to higher driver pay. First... Read More