Business & Markets

Port’s $21.6m deal decision

Timaru District Council is expected to ratify a plan change today allowing the Port of Tauranga Ltd to buy a half share of the Timaru Port in a $21.6million deal. Port... Read More

Celebrating 150 years of rail

KiwiRail is celebrating 150 years of rail in New Zealand with a travelling train exhibition heading along the tracks to Mount Maunganui tomorrow. Stopping at Triton... Read More

Tauranga woman wins big

A Tauranga woman is the winner of a 2013 Toyota Hilux - thanks to buying a can of paint at Mitre 10 Mega. Pauline Happe won the national ‘Dream Big to Win'... Read More

Gull cutting fuel prices

Gull is dropping its fuel prices today as parents and students prepare for school holidays next week. From 7am today, regular 91 will be under $1.99 at unmanned... Read More

Comvita CEO an international leader

Comvita chief executive Brett Hewlett is the toast of the Bay of Plenty business sector after being named ‘KPMG Outstanding International Business Leader'... Read More

Million dollar honey testing

Paengaroa based company Comvita is spending a million dollars on hi-tech honey testing equipment following recent overseas concerns about the quality of New Zealand... Read More

Strong platform for spring market

A total of 51 more farms were sold for the three months ending August 2013 than the same period last year. Statistics released from the Real Estate Institute of... Read More

Federal Reserve to withdraw support

Jonathan York from Bay Financial Partners reviews the investment markets and talks about why it has been a massive week for the markets. He says the US Federal Reserve... Read More

Petrol prices cut 3cents

A strengthening Kiwi dollar and small reductions in commodity prices have led to another three cent cut in pump prices. Petrol giant BP led the price cut yesterday,... Read More

Bay homes offered free insulation

Tauranga residents with a high health risk and cold damp housing are being offered free home insulation as part of a new Government project. The project Warm Up... Read More

Buyers' market changing

Real estate industry observers are saying Tauranga house prices can be expected to start climbing during the next six months as demand begins to exceed supply. Tauranga... Read More

Port loses marshalling contract

Port of Tauranga today announced its subsidiary Quality Marshalling Limited lost a major log marshalling contract at Mount Maunganui and Murupara resulting in a... Read More