Business & Markets

Mount plant wins innovation award

An ingenious plant expansion in Mount Maunganui saving $500,000 a year in energy costs, has won a national award for Dominion Salt and engineers Aurecon New Zealand. Both... Read More

Decline in NZ goods exports

The value of the New Zealand exports dropped almost $800 million in April to $3.9 billion. Exports are now down 17 per cent compared with April 2011 and both exports... Read More

Safety first for McLeod Cranes

Tauranga based company McLeod Cranes has proven it is serious about health and safety after winning the Best Safety Initiative by a small business at this year's... Read More

Rollercoaster week for markets

It's another rollercoaster week for equity markets with a quiet start due to the United States holiday but nerves are still dominating the market as the world awaits... Read More

Best time to buy first home

There has never been a better time for first home buyers to enter the market than now, according to staff at Eves Realty in Tauranga. The company, which is celebrating... Read More

What happens after Facebook

The market has been reeling every day with fresh information coming out of the Euro Zone. Last week the market was down with the highly anticipated Facebook IPO... Read More

Comvita announces record earnings

Comvita's record earnings announced today endorse the company's decision to reject the takeover bid by Singapore owned Cerebos. The Paengaroa-based global natural... Read More

Tauranga’s TECT Arena award finalist

TECT Arena at Baypark is a finalist in the Property Council awards - recognition which is being described as testimony to the $41million venue's top standard. Tauranga... Read More

Facebook’s public share offering

International forces are still having a large impact on the equity markets with the ongoing situation in Greece contributing to nerves in the marketplace. The unknown... Read More

Chamber supports partial asset sales

The Tauranga Chamber of Commerce is backing the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce by endorsing its submission to government on the Mixed Ownership Model Bill. The... Read More

NZ dollar continues to weaken

An interesting week for the equity markets as slightly weaker than expected job data comes out of the United States. Equity is also coming under pressure as the... Read More

RBA looks to cut interest rates

This week all eyes will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia as it looks to cut interest rates from 4.25 per cent. It could be cut down to as low as 3.75 per cent... Read More