Business & Markets

What's on - bromeliads, art and Shakespeare

Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. MetService is forecasting frequent showers and... Read More

The Fat Brother has food to share

A Tauranga restaurant dishing out free meals on Mondays was saddened to hear one family hadn't eaten since Saturday. Last month the burger, sandwich and... Read More

Greater focus on getting people into work

The coalition government will refocus employment efforts and the welfare system so that supporting people who can work into jobs is the number one priority,... Read More

Building activity to return to pre-Covid levels

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has today published the National Construction Pipeline Report 2023 providing a projection of national building... Read More

New interactive electricity safety education

Unison's Safe Sparks is going digital, bringing electricity safety education to schools in a new and interactive way. Electricity distributor, Unison Networks... Read More

Ram raid in Otūmoetai

Construction contractors are repairing damage to the entrance of Liquorland Otūmoetai in Bureta, Tauranga, following a ram raid and burglary at the premises... Read More

Entries open for annual apprentice challenge

NZ Certified Builders encourages apprentices nationwide to get their entries in before the 25 March deadline for its annual Apprentice Challenge sponsored by... Read More

Tauranga Rotary collecting art for annual sale

Are you downsizing? No longer want to keep that work of art? Tauranga Rotary members are collecting art for their Annual Book and Art Sale in March. Joan... Read More

Feedback sought on surface longline fishing

Fisheries New Zealand is assessing whether a commercial landing exception should be provided for five highly migratory species managed under the Quota Management... Read More

One arrested so far for Bayfair jewellery robbery

Police investigating the robbery of a jewellery store by six people at the Bayfair shopping complex in January have charged a man with aggravated robbery. "An... Read More

Don’t forget East Coast growers hit by cyclone

Horticulture New Zealand is calling for a renewed effort to support East Coast growers on the eve of the first anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle. The cyclone... Read More

Robbery at Brookfield Superette

Police are making enquiries following the robbery of a superette dairy in Brookfield on Tuesday. Police were notified of a group of three youths that entered... Read More