Business & Markets

May house prices up on 2012

The median house price for homes sold in Tauranga during May has increased by $7000 since the same month last year, according to figures released by the Real Estate... Read More

Te Puke steam reformer progress

Significant funding is still needed before progress can be made on a monster waste-eating steam reformer plant in Te Puke, Tauranga City Councillors were told this... Read More

Spending up at food outlets

Takeaway outlets in the Bay of Plenty experienced a boom in spending during the recent long weekend. Figures released by Paymark on this year's Queen's Birthday... Read More

Night picking to beat weather

LED headlamps aren't normally part of a kiwifruit picker's equipment - but picking gangs working for Western Orchards Packhouse in Katikati have recently been working... Read More

Old Foodtown renovating

The former Foodtown Supermarket building in Cameron Road is being gutted ready to be turned into retail outlet for Harvey Norman. All walls and partitions are gone... Read More

Titanium award for Tauranga

Tauranga based Titanium Industry Development Association is breaking new and exciting ground in the world of design and manufacturing. Recognition for TIDA members'... Read More

MPR - long term investment

IRG BOP investment advisor Jonathon York talks the latest in the markets. ... Read More

Global finance expert visits

The global financial crisis of 2008 is the opening act for decades of financial instability unless the world starts to look at alternatives, says one of the world's... Read More

Bay economy confidence on the rise

Bay of Plenty's economy continues to increase in confidence with optimism sitting at more than double 12 months on. Figures released by the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce... Read More

Comvita cracks $100m milestone

Paengaroa based honey products company Comvita has made more sales but announced a reduced profit in the annual result for the end of the financial year. While sales... Read More

Young Innovator Awards open

It's time for young people around the Bay of Plenty to put their thinking caps on and submit their most innovative ideas in the Young Innovator Awards. Now in its... Read More

Innovating business culture

Beyond logs, kiwifruit and fertilizer - a group of Western Bay businesspeople have plans to add innovation to the region's reputation. The group, of self-employed... Read More