7:01am Friday 06 Nov, 2020
Four months after it battled two resource consents in the Rotorua High Court, Ngati Awa is returning to oppose plans for a petrol station on the outskirts... Read More
6:30am Friday 06 Nov, 2020
The unemployment rate in New Zealand has hit 5.3 per cent. Stats NZ says in the September 2020 quarter, the seasonally adjusted number... Read More
10:44am Monday 02 Nov, 2020
With the future of a major industrial operation in the Bay of Plenty uncertain, the Eastern Bay’s economic development agency is highlighting what... Read More
12:30pm Sunday 01 Nov, 2020
A new agreement has confirmed a decade of action against the pest plant wild kiwifruit as part of the efforts to control its spread in the Bay of Plenty. Bay... Read More
10:30am Sunday 01 Nov, 2020
The hatch of a Kiwi chick has been a ‘parting gift’ from the Bay of Plenty’s last cruise ship passengers. Donations made by cruise... Read More
8:00am Saturday 31 Oct, 2020
The New Zealand kiwifruit industry will be boosted by three specialised reefer vessels following significant investment by operator Fresh Carriers, underpinned... Read More
7:30am Saturday 31 Oct, 2020
Port of Tauranga is not expecting any cruise ship visits for the next two summers, leaving a $100 million hole in the regional economy. The cruise season... Read More
4:58pm Friday 30 Oct, 2020
A new online job service hopes to get students into summer fruit picking work as growers continue to warn of a dire shortage of pickers. Earlier this... Read More
12:45pm Sunday 18 Oct, 2020
There will be no horsing around for the all-important mission of getting newly hatched eastern brown kiwi chick Horse to his new home. Horse, recently... Read More
7:00am Sunday 18 Oct, 2020
A new site is aiming to simplify the web experience for small businesses by giving them tools to maximise people’s online interactions... Read More
12:35pm Thursday 15 Oct, 2020
Rotorua tourism attractions received a welcome boost during the school holidays and are looking forward to more Kiwi visitors over the summer months. Polynesian... Read More
11:46am Tuesday 13 Oct, 2020
More than 14,500 people will be required on kiwifruit orchards across the Bay of Plenty over the coming summer months to prepare vines for the 2021 season. This... Read More
7:56am Monday 12 Oct, 2020
The future of another major industrial operation is under review because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Norwegian forest products company Norske Skog is... Read More
4:52pm Friday 09 Oct, 2020
Hundreds of marae throughout the country will be upgraded through investments from the Provincial Growth Fund’s refocused post COVID-19 funding... Read More
11:23am Wednesday 07 Oct, 2020
The finalists for the 2020 Westpac Rotorua Business Awards have been selected with more than 35 local businesses and organisations vying for the title... Read More