01:06pm Thu 06 Nov, 2025
The Tauranga Business Chamber has revealed the finalists for the 2025 Tauranga Business Awards, recognising excellence, innovation and leadership across the... Read More
09:05am Thu 06 Nov, 2025
The unemployment rate hit 5.3% in the September 2025 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. That is the highest rate since December... Read More
06:30am Thu 06 Nov, 2025
Despite recent challenges, the avocado sector is working hard to improve outcomes. NZ Avocado CEO Brad Siebert says spring storms devastated some Bay of Plenty... Read More
09:05am Fri 31 Oct, 2025
Former All Blacks Sevens star Kurt Baker has traded the rugby pitch for the property market. The two-time Commonwealth Games champion and Olympic medallist... Read More
06:00am Fri 31 Oct, 2025
The 10-year-old who saved a toddler from drowning at Baywave last month has been recognised by Hato Hone St John for her act of heroism. Tauranga St John... Read More
06:00pm Thu 30 Oct, 2025
Zespri's final charter shipment of the 2025 New Zealand kiwifruit season has departed the Port of Tauranga bound for Japan. The ship Whero is carrying more... Read More
11:40am Thu 30 Oct, 2025
Shoppers at Rotorua's Kmart are among the first in the country to be charged a 50c bond to use trolleys. The move, which mirrors Australian Kmart outlets,... Read More
06:00am Thu 30 Oct, 2025
Boats, excavators, bulldozers - Tauranga's Brenton Page spends his days servicing all manner of big machines working for Caterpillar dealership Terra Cat. Now... Read More
10:19am Wed 29 Oct, 2025
A $9 million government boost to wood energy production has been welcomed by a company with its sights set on building a torrefied wood pellet plant in Kawerau. Minister... Read More
07:46am Thu 23 Oct, 2025
Zespri has won a significant legal victory in China, successfully defending the intellectual property rights of New Zealand kiwifruit growers. The Wuhan Intermediate... Read More
09:30am Wed 22 Oct, 2025
A Mount Maunganui business is aiming to use undersea drones to help protect seafloor cables from sabotage as well as other work. SYOS Aerospace has acquired... Read More
06:00am Wed 22 Oct, 2025
Two back-to-back ship arrivals marked the start of the Tauranga cruise season, as the region prepares to welcome up to 230,000 passengers and crew over the next... Read More