Business & Markets

Priority One CEO resigns

Priority One Chief Executive, Andrew Coker, has resigned effective from August, giving the economic development board three months to find a replacement. Andrew... Read More

Cats on the payroll

There are lap cats and street cats, and then there are the cats in between: the ones that don't like people but aren't quite tough enough to make it on the streets. Those... Read More

Tourism dollar to boost region

Millions of dollars' worth of new tourism business will be negotiated in the Bay of Plenty next week as the city hosts New Zealand's annual tourism trade show. The... Read More

Interest in Coromandel fish farming

The Waikato Regional Council is considering calling for tenders for the Coromandel Marine Farming Zone off the north-west Coromandel coast. Council has been advised... Read More

Unemployment drops in the Bay

Bay of Plenty has the lowest unemployment rate in the North Island, according to the latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand today. The figures showed... Read More

Tauranga firm warned after breach

Tauranga-based Craigs Investment Partners has been formally warned by the Financial Markets Authority of not sufficiently investigating a client's background under... Read More

Kristin moves up the Tourism BOP ranks

Tourism Bay of Plenty has announced former 2IC and head of marketing Kristin Dunne as the organisation's new CEO. Assuming the leadership role on Monday, Kristin's... Read More

Coffey dives into water fight

Rotorua businessman and television personality Tamati Coffey has waded into the fight over bottled New Zealand water being sold overseas. Over the weekend Tamati... Read More

New post for John Parker

Former Tauranga Port chairman John Parker has been appointed to the Primary Growth Partnership's Independent Investment Advisory Panel. Primary Industries Minister... Read More

Fruit growers to test skills

Some of region's best young fruit growers will converge on Tauranga to put their skills to the test. Mills Reef Winery will be playing host to the Bay of Plenty... Read More

Name change for trust

The Mauao Area Wildlife Trust will be relaunched and renamed as the Western Bay Wildlife Trust today. The Trust chairperson Julia Graham says due to overwhelming... Read More

$3.8 billion trade balance deficit

According to Statistics New Zealand the annual trade balance is in deficit by more than $3 billion and it's the largest the country has seen in seven years. The... Read More