Coffee for rubbish deal to tidy township
Tauranga businesses are offering free products for people collecting rubbish.
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Buyers' view brighter on house prices
Number of people who think it is a bad time to buy has fallen
Local businesses going plastic straw-free
More Tauranga hospitality businesses are ditching the plastic straws.
Jeremy Tauri: Special tax code can give refunds early
What if you could get a tax refund each time you got paid your wages/salary or super?
The man who overhauled Bosnia's banking system
Peter Nicholl overhauled Bosnia's entire banking system after the war.
Apartment 'flipped' for $500k profit in five months
A local couple made a gross profit of $500,000 in five months after house flipping.
Achievers extol Maori business acumen
More than 100 people listened to 14 speakers at day two of Te Hekenga III.
Businesses pitch in to clean up coast trash
What other businesses are doing away with plastic straws?
Students reveal business start-up plans
Eight Tauranga students took part in the 10-week Project Ignite entrepreneurial programme.
Jeremy Tauri: Don't rely on one type of marketing
If you own a business with a presence on Facebook you're getting a lot less attention.
One on one: Big dreams of teen photographer
Rose McMahon launched her photography business at the age of 12
Inside story on the TECT cheque proposal
Bay energy consumers will soon decide whether to end the TECT cheque.
Spending up; retailers thrilled
Spending and transactions have both risen, helped by cruise ship visits.
Spending up in the Bay of Plenty
Spending in the region is up 5.6 per cent for January, according to new Paymark figures.
Bay of Plenty's billion dollar tourism boom
Visitors to the Bay of Plenty are believed to have spent $1.8 billion in 2017.
Retailers blame beggars for sales slump: 'People feel unsafe'
Retailers on Bethlehem's main shopping strip say beggars intimidating customers.
Acorn Foundation boss to step down
The boss of one of the Bay of Plenty's biggest charitable organisations is stepping down.
Business fined $12k for 'failing' employees
Bay of Plenty business which failed to provide basic employment rights is fined $12k.
Human bones found at development site
The bones were found during an archaeological survey of a known burial ground.
Record numbers switch power providers
There were 9794 power company switches in Tauranga in 2017 - a record number.
NZ's jobless rate falls to nine-year low
The unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 per cent in the three months ended December 31.
Inside honey's criminal black market
Honey industry losing millions annually as apiarists are hit by organised crime.
Govt warned employment law changes could shrink jobs
Govt advice on employment law changes warns of higher costs to businesses.
Workplace sexual misconduct to be recorded
Ministry to keep centralised records of workplace sexual harassment.
Ngati Tahu, Contact helping Kenya's Maasai
A Bay of Plenty iwi has enlisted Contact Energy's support to help Kenya's Maasai people.
Jeremy Tauri: Focus on repaying your debt
At this time of year, it seems that everyone is thinking about debt.
Kiwifruit sector recovers well from Psa virus setback
The kiwifruit sector has experienced massive growth since the PSA virus took hold in 2010.
Trustpower changes may be too radical
COMMENT: Trustpower share drop adds to customers' worries.
Tourism spending up 4 per cent in the Bay
$990m was spent in the Bay of Plenty by tourists in from January to November 2017.
NZ kiwifruit growing expands
The popularity of kiwifruit growing is spreading outside the Bay of Plenty.
Trustpower threatens legal challenge on TECT cheques
Trustpower CEO Vince Hawksworth has put the case to keep TECT cheques.
Sewing and handicraft popularity soars
Sewing and craft classes are in high demand in Tauranga as more people get creative.