06:49am Wed 02 Dec, 2015
The first seasonal workers have swung into action in New Zealand's apple orchards, preparing the trees for another bumper crop. BOSTOCK New Zealand has recently... Read More
01:32pm Tue 01 Dec, 2015
Te Puke's going to have another big slice of kiwifruit, this time in the town's main street, in addition to the giant kiwifruit slice at Kiwifruit Country at Rangiuru. The... Read More
11:20am Tue 01 Dec, 2015
The Bay of Plenty region reached record high average asking prices in November, according to data from website Realestate.co.nz. Coromandel and Waikato also reached... Read More
03:01pm Thu 26 Nov, 2015
'Too precious to fry” read the slogan next to the big blue globe carried by a protestor outside Fonterra's annual general meeting at its Waitoa factory yesterday. Jill... Read More
11:29am Thu 26 Nov, 2015
The Thames Town Promotion Project is kicking off with a public meeting at the Thames Civic Centre Conference Room next week on Thursday, December 3. This will be... Read More
04:50pm Tue 24 Nov, 2015
The Bay of Plenty has knocked Auckland from top spot as New Zealand's best-performing region on the latest ASB/Main Report Regional Economic Scoreboard. The move,... Read More
04:00pm Tue 24 Nov, 2015
Former Comvita CEO Brett Hewlett is the new chair of Tauranga economic development agency Priority One. Brett stepped down from his position at Comvita this year... Read More
11:01am Tue 24 Nov, 2015
One new director and two new councillors have been elected to the Fonterra Shareholders' Council following a record shareholder voter turnout. Newly elected director... Read More
04:03pm Mon 23 Nov, 2015
An enterprise initiative developed by Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, the University of Waikato and Priority One has seen ten Tauranga students gain first-hand experience... Read More
07:45am Mon 23 Nov, 2015
A Bay of Plenty business owner is looking for his company to make a splash this summer. Aaron Donelley's business Donelley Sawmillers, in conjunction with timber... Read More
11:24am Sat 21 Nov, 2015
Figures out today show the positive impact tourism continues to have on regional economic growth. The Regional Tourism Estimates for year ending March 2015 have... Read More
11:59am Wed 18 Nov, 2015
Gold kiwifruit orchards in the Bay are selling for as much as $550,000 per hectare, and green for $400,000, even though harvest is still four months away. That's... Read More