Business & Markets

Milk price up, production down

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has increased its 2016/17 forecast Farmgate Milk Price by 75 cents to $6 per kgMS, but milk production is down. When combined... Read More

Nominations open for prestigious award

The Fresh Carriers Hayward Medal judging panel is once again asking the kiwifruit industry to nominate their finest leaders for the prestigious 2017 award. The... Read More

Property CV's up in Whakatane

Quotable Value's three-yearly revaluation of the Whakatane district shows strong gains for most sectors, with property capital values increasing by an average of... Read More

Who’s the wealthiest of them all?

European New Zealanders are financially better off than their Māori, Asian and Pacific counterparts across most age groups, according to Statistics New Zealand.... Read More

UFB connections for more Tauranga locals

Tauranga residents could be among those eligible for free Ultra-Fast Broadband connection. The Government is continuing its $1.6 billion rollout of UFB until at... Read More

Strong demand expands Fonterra

Another 40 million cartons of whipping cream will soon be rolling down the conveyors at Fonterra's state-of-the-art Waitoa UHT facility every year, as the co-operative... Read More

House prices up 27 per cent

The Tauranga housing market continues to rise, with home values in Tauranga City up by 27 per cent year on year and 5.9 per cent over the past three months. The... Read More

Collecting’s tipping point found

Some people collect teapots, or willow pattern plates, ball point pens, happy meal toys, beer cans - and every now and then they appear in the media with stories... Read More

Dragging the chain on deceased accounts

Bereaved families are facing bills of thousands of dollars to pay for the funerals of loved ones, because of hold-ups at the country's largest bank. ANZ bank has... Read More

Celebrating Te Puke businesses

Paengaroa-based packhouse Kiwi Produce has taken out the 2016 Bennetts Proactive Supreme Award at the Te Puke Business Excellence Awards. Established in 1986 as... Read More

Hamburger, sushi or a pitstop?

The company will have spent the thick end of $50 million morphing Papamoa Plaza into a modern shopping experience, but the little old lady on a walking stick only... Read More

Retail spending up in Eastern Bay

Spending in the Eastern Bay grew to a little over $110.3 million in the quarter ending September 30 - an increase of 6.1 per cent on the same period last year.... Read More