Business & Markets

Rewarding workplace wellbeing

A Tauranga charitable trust is basking in the workplace health and safety limelight with an ACC sponsored national award after spending 22 years working behind the... Read More

Call for TECT cheque donations

The appeal is going out to households and businesses to put on their charitable hats and donate their 2013 TECT cheques to a not-for-profit organisation ahead of... Read More

Drive to attract big business

About 150 business and civic leaders attended Priority One's Annual General Meeting last night to receive an update on activities underway to stimulate the economy... Read More

Grinding success for Coffee Club

The Coffee Club Bethlehem is fast becoming a multiple award winning cafe. Franchise holder, Ivy Joe, has been named the winner of the 2013 Westpac Tauranga Small... Read More

Tauranga hope for laid off workers

Laid off workers of multi-national engineering and technology company Metso are eyeing Tauranga as a potential employment post as its Matamata hub closes. Metso... Read More

Focus on employing Te Puke youth

A plan to stop Te Puke school-leavers from leaving the district by matching them with employers is gaining momentum. The Te Puke Youth Employment Programme follows... Read More

Property values shift slightly

New home loan lending restrictions are yet to kick into the property market as Tauranga City houses prices remain steady at 0.7 per cent above the same time last... Read More

New cruise ship shuttle launches

A new shuttle bus service to bring cruise ship passengers into downtown Tauranga could prompt a campaign for CBD-wide Sunday trading. Tauranga retailers have welcomed... Read More

TECT cheques at the ready

TECT's little helpers are busy stuffing and folding envelopes with this year's TECT cheques as 56,000 Bay of Plenty residents await an early dose of Christmas cheer. Next... Read More

NZ avocados' Japanese style

New Zealand avocados are being marketed in Japan by a company well known for its premium brands. Primor export manager Ted Thomas says a relationship has been formed... Read More

Change ahead for city mail centre

Tauranga's postal sector will look entirely different come early 2014 as the changes announced on Friday take place. Most Tauranga mail sorting will be moved to... Read More

Green kiwifruit returns up

For the first time in 10 years growers of Hayward green kiwifruit are forecast to receive more than $5 a tray for their fruit. Zespri's latest forecast is for $5.01... Read More