Boxing Day sales are proving popular as ever at Bayfair Shopping Centre as it experiences more foot traffic this year than last and was busy even before opening... Read More

The year is drawing to an end and after the turmoil experienced by investors in failed finance company Hanover, there now appears to be a chance they may recover... Read More

New Zealand has recorded a surplus in its balance of payments for the first time in 20 years and provides evidence of how the Bay of Plenty's economy has weathered... Read More

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The Reserve Bank has dropped its expectation that it will not consider increasing the OCR until mid to late 2010 and Governor Dr Alan Bollard has said it may rise... Read More

Tauranga's job market for young people is in a holding pattern as businesses tentatively wait for the holiday season to begin. Student Job Search employment consultant... Read More

The countdown to Christmas has begun and if November spending figures in the Bay of Plenty are anything to go by, the Christmas season could be a bumper year for... Read More

The Bay of Plenty is a growth point in IT and the recent success of two Bay based online businesses highlights the success the region is having in this field. In... Read More

This week has brought some major news in world financial markets with the announcement that Dubai is looking to renegotiate or possibly suspend payments on its debt.... Read More

A new partnership with the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has created more certainty for local charitable trust Avalon Bay of Plenty Incorporated. The charitable... Read More

SunLive has gone to Bayfair Shopping Centre and asked people how they are feeling about the Christmas shopping season, if they have started and if recession is going... Read More