10:07am Thu 15 Jun, 2017
Iwi blockades are in place at the Tauranga Harbour Entrance to stop commercial shipping traffic leaving the Port of Tauranga. A flotilla of small boats is positioned... Read More
09:11am Thu 15 Jun, 2017
The Maori Kiwifruit Growers Forum has been officially launched in Tauranga, representing a first for the kiwifruit industry. The forum has been created to advocate... Read More
10:30pm Wed 14 Jun, 2017
Zespri chief executive Lain Jager has been revealed as the winner of the 2017 Ravensdown Agricultural Communicator of the Year. The announcement was made at a dinner... Read More
10:50am Wed 14 Jun, 2017
American owners of the former Triodent manufacturing plant in Katikati are proposing to close it down and move manufacturing to Sarasota in Florida, USA. If the... Read More
01:59pm Mon 12 Jun, 2017
Tourism Bay of Plenty is unveiling a new look. The new orange logo is a bi-product of extensive stakeholder engagement and consultation the organisation undertook... Read More
12:45pm Sun 11 Jun, 2017
Steven Tomsen and Patrick Hawkins can claim - without fear of dispute - that they have the 'coolest' jobs in the kiwifruit industry. For 22 years Patrick and Steven... Read More
06:51am Sat 10 Jun, 2017
Tauranga City Council is being asked to spend $350,000 investigating planning issues arising in Welcome Bay and Ohauiti. These suburbs were planned in the 1990s,... Read More
10:07am Fri 09 Jun, 2017
Prospecting operations on Mt Karangahake began this week, despite strong opposition from the Karangahake community. Locals out bushwalking in the Karangahake... Read More
11:11am Thu 08 Jun, 2017
New World, Pak'N'Save and Four Square have announced that they will be microbead free from July 1 - a whole year ahead before the compulsory ban is enforced. The... Read More
04:57pm Wed 07 Jun, 2017
A bright red 1938 telephone box has been transformed into a money machine and installed in Tairua's main street this week in what is likely to be the most unusual... Read More
06:40am Fri 02 Jun, 2017
Kiwifruit marketing giant Zespri won the supreme China Business Award and Exporter of the Year at the HSBC New Zealand-China Trade Association business awards on... Read More
10:59am Thu 01 Jun, 2017
This year looks set to be another good one for the Rotorua district, according to the latest Infometrics quarterly economic report. The just-released report for... Read More