Business & Markets

Borders plea as fruit fly concerns grow

'While we had 100 per cent x-ray screening, we had 100 per cent no fruit fly.” That is the message from Horticulture New Zealand's communications manager Leigh... Read More

TCDC's push for 'blue highway'

Better signage and increased marketing coverage will be used to improve promotion of the ferry links from downtown Auckland through to Coromandel Town. It is part... Read More

Logistics alliance launches

Port of Tauranga is announcing a joint venture with Kotahi - the logistics company that has already brought about a 10 per cent increase in dairy cargoes across... Read More

Assurances needed for kiwifruit industry

The kiwifruit industry is seeking assurances that the Ministry for Primary Industries is doing everything it can to lower the chances of pests and disease entering... Read More

Port of Tauranga dividend boost

A confident Port of Tauranga board have announced an increased half-year dividend on the strength of increasing business volumes. 'Reflecting its confidence in Port... Read More

Big support for TCDC draft policy

Community boards around the peninsula are supportive of a Thames-Coromandel District Council's draft policy regulating where psychoactive products can be sold. While... Read More

Nervous wait for region's kiwifruit industry

The Bay of Plenty's kiwifruit industry is nervously awaiting developments in Auckland in the hope that the Queensland Fruit Fly population discovered in Grey Lynn... Read More

TCDC website revamp nails it

Accessing information and understanding the building, planning and consent processes is now easier for Coromandel locals, says the district council. The Building,... Read More

Chamber ponders future vision

Tauranga Chamber of Commerce is looking to shore up its vision and direction for its latest chief executive before it finds a replacement for the outgoing Dave Burnett... Read More

Legal high talk: Whangamata

‘Knowledge is power' and the Thames-Coromandel District Council wants to make sure communities throughout the district have access to both. Council is hosting... Read More

Whangamata in top 10 NZ beaches

The 2015 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards has named Whangamata as the ninth best beach in New Zealand today. Now into its third year the Travellers' Choice... Read More

Fruit fly huge risk to industry

With the kiwifruit harvest just weeks away, orchardists are anxiously hoping the Queensland fruit fly found in Auckland on Monday is not part of a breeding population. Neil... Read More