Business & Markets

DMS rebate up by 10 cents

DMS kiwifruit grower shareholders will receive an increased rebate of 30 cents for the 2015/2016 year. Bay of Plenty kiwifruit management company, says the 10 cents... Read More

New director for Fonterra

Clinton Dines, a fluent speaker of Mandarin, is Fonterra's new independent director, taking up the board position made vacant when Sir Ralph Norris steps down at... Read More

Video break for committee

An address by former chief Maori Land Court judge and former Waitangi Tribunal chair Justice Joseph Williams is on the agenda for the city council's Tangata Wheniua... Read More

Support for ‘Mumtrepreneurs’

They're called mumtreprenuers - mums in business, working from home, or simply juggling work, childcare and well… life. Two Tauranga mums are finding ways... Read More

Students’ big ‘YES’ to premix treats

An Otumoetai College enterprise group's premix treat for the health conscious has won the students the Bay of Plenty Supreme Award in The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise... Read More

Kiwifruit's exciting future

Robots pollinating flowers and picking kiwifruit, drones monitoring orchards from above and management decisions made on 'virtual orchard” models are coming... Read More

North Shore Air halt Tauranga flights

Commuter airline North Shore Air is grounding its scheduled Tauranga flight to North Shore just a month after the twice-daily service began. Scheduled flights between... Read More

Showcasing kiwifruit science

Leading kiwifruit industry science is being showcased at Zespri in Mount Maunganui today at the marketer's inaugural Kiwifruit Innovation Symposium. 'This is an... Read More

New plan to boost Bay economy

Economic development for the region has been given a significant boost with the launch of Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Economic Action Plan today. Ministers Steven Joyce... Read More

Mega cruise ship set for Tauranga

One of the first big ships to be hosted following Port of Tauranga's channel dredging programme will be the giant cruise ship Ovation of the Seas. Port chief executive... Read More

Tauriko boosting city coffers

Ongoing construction at Tauriko is providing an unexpected boost to Tauranga City Council's income in the form of development contributions. Members of council's... Read More

Fingerprinting milk a winner

A new diagnostic test called Milk Fingerprinting won Fonterra's research and development arm the Innovation Excellence in Research award at this week's New Zealand... Read More