Business & Markets

Volumetric water bills benefit Tauranga residents

A new report on pricing and valuing water is recognising the huge long-term benefits of volumetric charging for both suppliers and customers, including Tauranga... Read More

Govt cash for events to lift regional tourism

The Government is set to provide a funding boost for nine Bay of Plenty events and five Hauraki and Coromandel events to attract more people to the area. 'Local... Read More

NASA joins global experts at ForestSAT in Rotorua

A global forestry event is attracting experts from NASA and remote sensing specialists from nearly 30 countries to Rotorua next month. Crown Research Institute... Read More

Reserve Bank plans digital currency by 2030

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is planning to have a government-backed digital currency in place by 2030. It is in stage two of a multi-year project to consider... Read More

School girls to experience a day in tech industry

Over 1000 students across New Zealand are set to experience a day in New Zealand's rapidly growing tech sector. Over the next two weeks, more than 1000 secondary... Read More

Tauranga's largest career expo this week

Knowing what to do when leaving school is an age-old dilemma for many teens, with parents sometimes struggling to understand how best to guide them in their... Read More

Banks competing hard to win customers

Banks are competing hard to win customers' money in what appears to be an escalating mortgage war. ANZ cut interest rates again this week, but notably it... Read More

10-Point EV charging hub opens in Tauranga

ChargeNet is meeting the increasing demand for EV-charging In New Zealand with a 10-point charging hub at Tauranga Crossing. ChargeNet, New Zealand's nationwide... Read More

What's on - cheerleading, markets, art

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 a fine day with easterlies. It's... Read More

Death of digger driver in Kaingaroa Forest

A Bay of Plenty forestry company today expects to resume operations suspended since a digger driver died when his machine became submerged on Wednesday. WorkSafe... Read More

Microsoft services go offline for thousands in NZ

Microsoft says it is still looking into the cause of an outage that affected New Zealand customers on Thursday. Products such as Outlook, Azure cloud computing... Read More

NZ Spirit Awards up on Previous Year

Judging for the sixth annual New Zealand Spirits Awards has begun at Wellington's Wharewaka event centre. Over twenty judges from New Zealand and Australia... Read More