Business & Markets

Push for new business nears

A new campaign profiling top businesses in the Bay of Plenty is being launched to help drive economic development and growth in the region. Run by the Western... Read More

Port industrial action heats up

It's been a week since Maersk announced it was shifting its Southern Star service to Tauranga and the union and Ports of Auckland are still arguing. Ports of Auckland... Read More

Region rebranded as Bay of ‘Plenty’

Rebranding plans for marketing the Western Bay of Plenty are being endorsed by tourism operators, but a lack of funds may limit the Rena recovery campaign. The... Read More

Builder aid is the best ‘Big Idea’

Alan McQuarters is the winner of the Big Ideas Competition for his pricing software programme designed to help the quoting process for builders and subcontractors. ... Read More

Waterfront wrangling continues

The Maritime Union has agreed to suspend strike action and hold mediation talks with Ports of Auckland on Friday, but it is too late to prevent four ships bypassing... Read More

Christmas Eve strike filed

Ports of Auckland Maritime Union of New Zealand stevedores have filed for a Christmas Eve strike. The strike notice is for two 24 hour periods, from 10.30pm on... Read More

Gull to build large fuel tank

Gull is building a 10 million litre fuel tank at its Mount Maunganui storage facility operated by Terminals Limited (TNZ). TNZ is a member of the Gull group of... Read More

Stern warning met warmly

There appears to be concerted action by the central banks in Europe to resolve the continent's debt crisis. Among the moves to resolve the crisis, Spain has managed... Read More

Strike diverts more ships

Four more ships are diverting to Tauranga this weekend to avoid industrial action at the Auckland container terminals. Ports of Auckland has today withdrawn the... Read More

Cerebos not raising Comvita offer

Comvita chairman Neil Craig is expecting Cerebos' takeover bid for the manuka honey products company to lapse as the Singapore owned company fails to budge on its... Read More

Port strikes bring coup for Tauranga

Maersk, one of the world's largest shipping lines, is shifting operations to Tauranga from the Ports of Auckland with industrial action given as a cause for the... Read More

Questioning Zespri’s Korean fine

Independent Kiwifruit Growers are waiting for answers from Zespri about the $500,000 fine the corporate received in Korea. The IKGA says it obtained its own translation... Read More