Business & Markets

Bay of Plenty’s top checkout operators

Two local women have come second and third in a competition to find the Bay's best checkout operator. Checkout operators from New World, PAK'nSAVE and Four Square... Read More

Cyber-attack on shipping giant

Shipping giant Maersk is one of the big names that has fallen victim to a huge ransomware attack. The international company's website is offline as the company... Read More

Mayoral change of mind restores funding

A change in the mayoral vote means the original $4 million funding request for a new Mount Maunganui visitor centre is restored to the Annual Plan. Two weeks ago... Read More

Bay to see 14,000 kiwifruit jobs by 2030

A new report shows kiwifruit's contribution to New Zealand GDP is set to increase from $2.6 billion in 2015/16 to $6.14 billion in 2030, with an additional 29,000... Read More

Relocatable house park plans

UPDATED:5.30pm. Te Puna company Modcom Portable Buildings Limited is going to be supplying 10 relocatable homes for use by Edgecumbe people displaced by flooding. The... Read More

International innovators coming to town

A week-long festival of innovation in August is set to showcase the diverse range of innovative and entrepreneurial activity taking place in Tauranga and the Western... Read More

New trustees for Tourism BOP

Gwendoline Keel, Jussara Bierman and Colleen Te Arihi are the three new trustees on the Tourism Bay of Plenty board, appointed by Tauranga City Council and Western... Read More

Winners announced for export awards

On Friday night, local exporters from across the Bay of Plenty came together to celebrate those ‘raising the bar' to export success at the 2017 Bay of Plenty... Read More

A million messages to ports industry

The Port of Tauranga's successful establishment as the only New Zealand port call for Maersk and Hamburg Sud's big ship services is going to change New Zealand's... Read More

Kids, money, responsibility and success

The day the cleaner walked out the front door never to come back was the day the McQueen kids were first confronted with the harsh realities of making and managing... Read More

A love made in Dominos

A passion for pizza is what led a Tauranga couple on a journey of love and success. Tim and Elizabeth Miller met in a Dominos store in Christchurch and have taken... Read More

Fulfilling the one million prediction

Port of Tauranga is celebrating handling one million containers across its wharves next Tuesday. The on-wharf celebration for about 100 board members, staff, shipping... Read More