Business & Markets

City delegation to Asia

Tauranga City Mayor Stuart Crosby will lead a delegation to sister cities in China and Japan early next month. The 12-day trip to Yantai in China and Hitachi in... Read More

National award for Comvita

Comvita has won the Cawthron Institute Innovation in Science and Technology Award at this year's Natural Products NZ awards. Natural Products NZ (NPNZ) is a national... Read More

Bay tops guest visits

The Bay of Plenty continues to offer ‘plenty for everyone' recording a 19 per rise in the total guest nights for January 2014 - injecting more than $430 million... Read More

Exporter to pay Rena freight

A timber exporter has been ordered to pay $100,000 in freight charges for timber lost in the Rena grounding, despite the Middle East-bound load not making it to... Read More

Young innovators get creative

The 2014 young innovators competition has a significantly increased prize pool on offer for innovative ideas that may not necessarily be new, but add value to either... Read More

Fonterra accepts MPI charges

Fonterra will plead guilty to charges brought by the Ministry for Primary Industries over last year's botulism scare but if dairy farmer payouts will be affected... Read More

Banana shortage affects price

Stocks of bananas are being monitored in Bay of Plenty supermarkets as New Zealand faces a shortage of one of its favourite fruits this week. Adverse weather conditions... Read More

TrustPower CEO light headed

TrustPower chief executive Vince Hawksworth will light up the room when he returns to work with no hair after losing his locks for child cancer this weekend. The... Read More

House prices reach records

House prices in the Bay of Plenty reached record medians in the month of February, according to the latest figures by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand. REINZ... Read More

Costly tantrum for rocker

Drummer and restaurateur Phil Rudd has been ordered to pay up after he kicked down a door and fired his workers during a tantrum at Phil's Place in 2012. The Herald... Read More

Cruisers’ city shuttle success

A bumper cruise ship season is reflecting brightly in the number of passengers using a shuttle service to visit and spend up in Tauranga's city centre. The Downtown... Read More

Trustpower confirms CBD move

Trustpower is one step closer to relocating its business into the city CBD unveiling plans for its new head office in Durham Street. On Friday Trustpower and developers... Read More