Business & Markets

OCR ready to rise?

Over the last 18 months The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has tread carefully with adjustments to the OCR, either holding it or reducing it at each review. At the... Read More

Tech expo earns business $200k

One Tauranga business earned $200,000 worth of business as a result of Priority One's Technology for Smarter Business Expo at Baycourt on Tuesday. The business... Read More

Tech expo boosts businesses

Twenty-one business technology exhibits are being showcased at Priority One's Technology for Smarter Business Expo at Baycourt in Tauranga. The expo is from 12.30pm... Read More

Kestrel interest from afar

Interest in the Kestrel, the former Auckland ferry for sale on the Tauranga waterfront, has come from as far away as Whangarei. Kestrel watchers say a group of... Read More

Speed dating for business

It's like speed dating for business at TRENZ this week, where Tourism Bay of Plenty has repeated short bursts to sell the region to overseas travel industry businesses. TRENZ... Read More

Kestrel TradeMe sale popular

As at 8.30am, Friday, 6261 people had visited the Kestrel for sale listing on TradeMe's commercial property sales section. The 105 year old wooden hulled ferry... Read More

Blue Chip investors go south

Ripped off Tauranga Blue Chip investors are meeting Justice and Commerce Minister Simon Power next week to explain their concerns about New Zealand's poor financial... Read More

Bay out-performs NZ average

Strong economic growth in the Bay of Plenty has propelled annual economic growth ahead of the national benchmark, according to the latest National Bank Regional... Read More

Zespri targets US market

Mount Maunganui based kiwifruit marketer Zespri has launched a campaign to raise the profile of kiwifruit in the US and get more Americans visiting New Zealand.... Read More

Port welcomes rail funding

The government's decision to invest $750 million into the national rail network over the next three years will help the Port of Tauranga develop as New Zealand's... Read More

Speedo drive for skills

A man running around Tauranga in speedos is the protagonist in Western BOP economic development agency Priority One's latest drive to get skilled people ‘Back... Read More

TrustPower profits up

Tauranga based power company, TrustPower, has announced a profit increase of 14 per cent for the year ending March 31. TrustPower's consolidated profits increased... Read More