Business & Markets

Port shows good growth

New Zealand's largest freight gateway, Port of Tauranga, has shown early signs of a bumper year with growth in container and dairy export volumes for the first half... Read More

Empowering small businesses

Tauranga Chamber of Commerce wants to give small business owners a face, name and a voice with the launch of its new initiative Small Business Tauranga. Launched... Read More

Strong result from POT

Port of Tauranga Ltd has delivered a strong six month result in the face of a decline in log export volumes, says chairman David Pilkington 'Our strategy of extending... Read More

Future pilot welcomes Kiwi Air

There was none so excited about the arrival of Kiwi Air in Tauranga than schoolboy Bailey Pellow. 'We now have a choice and we now have competition. That is cool... Read More

Diplomacy may help dairy prices

Diplomacy is needed to address the global market conditions impacting on New Zealand's dairy farmers, believes Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Andrew Hoggard. On... Read More

Helping small businesses

Tauranga Chamber of Commerce hopes to give a face, name and voice to the city's small businesses with the launch of its new initiative Small Business Tauranga at... Read More

Action on lamb prices needed

Federated Farmers meat and fibre chair Rick Powdrell is calling for action to be taken to address issues in the marketing of kiwi lamb overseas - particularly in... Read More

What's on - gypsy fair

What's on Today: The gypsy fair at Memorial Park, 9am-5pm. A perfect day for the fair, a bit of cloud so it's not too hot while you check out the wares at New Zealand's... Read More

Giving small business a hand up

Is your small business in need of a steer? Perhaps your business needs a hand up? Well The Chamber of Commerce says there's knowledge and a willingness to help in... Read More

Thailand holds potential for kiwifruit

Thailand offers strong potential for New Zealand kiwifruit, and the agreement between Zespri and T&G signed last week will help tap into that market. David Courtney,... Read More

Zespri to work with former rivals

Two former rivals, Zespri and Turners & Growers have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding, confirming their intention to work together in future. Zespri Chairman... Read More

Bay unemployment on the rise

Unemployment has fallen nationally to 5.3 per cent, the lowest since March 2009, according to the latest Household Labour Force Survey. However, Bay of Plenty sits... Read More