Business & Markets

Wind farm proposed for Kaimai Ranges

A wind farm planned for the northern Kaimai Ranges could provide clean energy for up to 49,000 households in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. Auckland's Ventus... Read More

Comvita forecasts $10m profit loss

Comvita is warning the New Zealand Stock exchange an originally forecast $17m profit this year is being drastically cut back to $5m-$7m, because of bad weather. 'The... Read More

Tauranga internationally unaffordable

An international survey of housing affordability ranks Tauranga among the top unaffordable cities in the world for house prices. Housing in Los Angeles, San Francisco,... Read More

Matapihi trust buys Hawke's Bay orchard

Matapihi based Ngai Tukairangi Trust has paid $40.2 million for a Hawke's Bay kiwifruit orchard in what is believed to be a record price for any horticultural land. 'We... Read More

Snapping up some great prizes

The prize of a return trip to London, Paris, New York or Rome has enticed hundreds of budding and professional photographers to enter the Bay's inaugural large... Read More

$600,000 to buy a home

Prospective homebuyers may have to find up to $600,000 to get into a home in Tauranga. That's the new median price for a house in the city, according to figures... Read More

Park outlook for new café

The Brunel Group is looking for a café or restaurant operator for the ground floor of their Willow street project named ‘The Reserve'. 'It's a very... Read More

Photo scam pops up in the Bay

A photography agency which operated out of Bayfair has been slammed by the Privacy Commission for unauthorised use of children's images. Expression Sessions set... Read More

Prices of greens falling

Vegetable prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in December, led by cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. "This seasonal movement is expected as we move through... Read More

Waiting for an angel’s blessing

'I am going through a divorce and will find myself in a position that could have a devastating effect.” It was an email to SunLive- a plaintive appeal for... Read More

A city of two councils

Tauranga ratepayers face the prospect of forever paying for two separate council buildings in the same city, unless some way is found to get the two talking. Tauranga... Read More

Tauranga takes a close fifth

Fifth place, it's not ‘in the money' nor does it have the cachet the Flight of the Conchords gave to Hamilton's fourth place, but it's Tauranga. Population... Read More