Business & Markets

Enticing tourists to Tauranga

Downtown Tauranga is seeking ideas from members for events, activities, highlights and offerings for passengers travelling on the first overnight cruise ship of... Read More

NZ 'easiest place' to do business

New Zealand has been ranked the top country in the world for doing business in the World Bank's 2017 Doing Business Report, and Tauranga business leaders hope it... Read More

Pumpkin Patch enters receivership

The Bay of Plenty's three Pumpkin Patch stores in Tauranga and Rotorua could be under threat after the company went into receivership. KordaMentha partners Brendon... Read More

Tourism still booming

The All Blacks/Pumas rugby match in October may be the reason behind a sudden surge in Argentine visitor numbers during the year. Visitors from Argentina for the... Read More

Tauranga Mad Butcher to close

Tauranga's Mad Butcher franchisee in 11th Avenue has gone into liquidation - the eighth Mad Butcher franchise to do so in the past two years. On Monday the owners... Read More

Trees to off-set cow emissions

A call to plant more trees to offset New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture has won backing from the forestry sector. Chair of the joint Forest... Read More

Gaming blamed on growth

Tauranga's big upturn in non-casino gaming is attributed to strong economic growth, population increases and a rise in tourist numbers. The chair of the Class 4... Read More

Would you like brains with that?

Hell Pizza has launched another marketing coup today by advertising free crumbed lamb brain with any pizza ordered this week in celebration of Halloween. Whether... Read More

More jobs available in the Bay

Job vacancies in the Bay of Plenty listed online during September of this year grew by 2.6 per cent on August, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation... Read More

Fishing and forestry drive diesel demand

Diesel use in the primary sector has increased in the last five years, and now accounts for over half of the sector's energy use, according to Statistics New Zealand. The... Read More

Fonterra announces new appointments

Fonterra has announced newly appointed independent director Scott St John will join the Fonterra Board on November 1. New Zealand's largest business has also confirmed... Read More

Two big ships this week

Two of the monster Maersk containers ships are expected this week, but only one will be arriving and departing in daylight. The Carsten Maersk is expected at 9.15pm... Read More