16:33:24 Wednesday 26 March 2025

Business & Markets

Finance Minister backs 'growing' Port of Tauranga

Expanding the Port of Tauranga to host larger ships is key to doubling New Zealand's export economy over the next decade, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. Growing... Read More

What's going on with the price of butter?

If you have bought butter recently you might have noticed something - it is a lot more expensive. Stats NZ said last week that the price of butter was up... Read More

No, Trade Me isn't offering you $2000 a day

Trade Me is warning people to be wary of scam texts claiming to offer high-paying jobs via the company. A series of recruitment scam messages have been circulating,... Read More

Mechanic fined for parking unlicensed car on road

A Pāpāmoa automotive business owner is refusing to pay a $200 fine issued when he moved a client's unlicensed car on to the street. Autoworld Pāpāmoa... Read More

Tauranga home values rise amid flat market

Tauranga's housing market has continued to show slow but steady growth over summer, despite falling interest rates and broader market stagnation nationwide. The... Read More

Te Puke growers win Supreme Farm Award

Te Puke kiwifruit growers Blair Dyer and Steve Atkinson have won the Regional Supreme Award at the Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards in Tauranga. Blair... Read More

Zespri’s Kiwifruit charter departs for China

Zespri's first charter shipment of the 2025 New Zealand kiwifruit season has set sail from Tauranga bound for Shanghai. The vessel, Kowhai - which was named... Read More

Banks compete for home loans

Banks are competing for home loan business with offers of cash - and even some people who stay with their current banks are getting them, brokers say. Glen... Read More

Tauranga going green for inaugural Irish festival

When the strains of fiddle music sound and the first Guinness is poured at Tauranga's inaugural Irish festival, Laura McCabe will no doubt be thinking of the... Read More

Te Puke care home provider makes $17m commitment

Bupa Villages and Aged Care has announced a $17 million redevelopment of Te Puke Care Home. Bupa Te Puke will soon see construction crews and machinery on... Read More

Export Awards return with 1920s gala celebration

The ExportNZ ASB Bay of Plenty Export Awards will take place at Mercury Baypark on July 18. After a hiatus since the Covid-19 lockdowns, the event returns... Read More

$20m geothermal-powered tissue machine launches

The 'world's first” tissue machine operating entirely on geothermal steam instead of gas is being unveiled today at Essity's Kawerau paper mill. More... Read More