Business & Markets

Cruise ships inject $45m

Growth from this year's cruise ship season is up 12 per cent on last year with a projected increase of 25,000 passengers and crew visiting the city for the 2013/14... Read More

Company’s ‘hands-off’ to Telecom

A Tauranga-based online shopping company are taking legal advice over Telecom's announcement of its new ShowmeTV internet television business. The Papamoa-based... Read More

Council debt looking up

Tauranga City Council debt figures are looking healthier than expected in the financial report for the seven months ending January 2014. The council is continuing... Read More

Minimum wage to rise

Minister of Labour and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges today announced the adult minimum wage is to rise to $14.25 an hour. The current adult minimum wage rate is $13.75... Read More

Horan wants clearer purpose

Tauranga Independent MP Brendan Horan is calling for swifter action on cleaning up New Zealand's rivers, lakes and streams claiming current attempts are 'intermittent... Read More

Kiwifruit returns benefit Bay

Zespri's forecast record returns for green growers is good news for the Bay of Plenty and the country, says Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated president Neil Trebilco. Yesterday... Read More

Port of Tauranga boosts profit

The Port of Tauranga today announced an interim dividend of 21 cents per share on the strength of half yearly results showing both trade and profit increasing. The... Read More

Owner defends trading move

A Bureta mobile trader accused of taking business from nearby cafes says he is just trying to make a living after council jeopardised his summer income by approving... Read More

Bid for bigger Papamoa complex

Property developers Frasers Papamoa are today seeking to extend the size of a planned shopping centre on Coast Boulevard to accommodate the growing Papamoa population. Resource... Read More

Stranded families offered homes

A mother and baby living in a tent at the Wairoa River are being offered assistance by local residents in the second instance this week of families struggling to... Read More

Council win GMO fight

The Environment Court has upheld the right of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to take a precautionary approach to growing genetically modified crops in the region. The... Read More

City hotel plan canned

Tauranga's central city hotel development is too rich for Tainui Group Holdings which has abandoned the deal. The planned hotel site on Durham Street. Tauranga City... Read More