Business & Markets

Te Puke in the spotlight

A new video promoting Te Puke's town centre is the latest tool the town is using to show it is ready for the Tauranga Eastern Link to open next year. Created by... Read More

More seasonal workers welcomed

Both the kiwifruit industry and the unemployed in the Bay of Plenty look set to benefit from a new government initiative. New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated... Read More

A flying start on offer

Coromandel MP Scott Simpson is encouraging small businesses around the region to have a crack at winning $65,000 worth of prizes. Scott Simpson MP says The ANZ Flying... Read More

Merivale project takes next step

Visions of developing a state of the art Merivale Community Centre are one step closer with vital funding for a feasibility study secured. The Merivale Community... Read More

Solid start to community awards

Locals are really getting behind Tauranga volunteers with almost 100 entries in the Western Bay of Plenty area for this year's Trustpower Community Awards. Trustpower... Read More

Bridges leaps out of plane

Tauranga MP and Minister of Labour Simon Bridges had a thrilling morning after jumping out of a plane thanks to Tauranga Tandem Skydiving. Tourism Bay of Plenty... Read More

Greenlees to leave Zespri

The founding director of Zespri is stepping down from the board after 15 years' service to the kiwifruit industry. Craig Greenlees will not seek re-election as a... Read More

Sports hub plan for Cossie Club

Plans are underway to create a Sports Centre of Excellence at the former Cosmopolitan Club building at Blake Park in Mount Maunganui. Council controlled organisation,... Read More

Golden highway vision welcomed

Visions of a four-lane highway between Hamilton and Tauranga are not being discarded with Tauranga City leaders admitting the initiative linking the Golden Triangle... Read More

New Trustpower site blessed

Trustpower's new site on Durham St has been blessed by representatives from Ngai Tamarawaho this morning in what is another step forward for the power company's... Read More

TECT submissions closing soon

Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust is reminding consumers they have until July 15 to submit feedback on a $15 million funding proposal for a new tertiary campus in the... Read More

Tenders out for log collector

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is hiring a temporary contractor to cover a gap in the Tauranga harbour log collecting contract. The previous contract to collect... Read More