Firms vie for slice of Enterprise funding
This week's Enterprise Angels meeting saw funding pitches from three companies, including Bay of Plenty-based Balex Marine. Balex
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Kiwifruit farmers appeal $1m real estate ruling
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Record profit for kiwifruit operator
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New approach as office makes move
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Drug testing putting trade students off
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Tainui keen to berth up partners for inland port
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First-home buyers struggle in the Bay
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Aucklanders snap up Tauranga property
More than $1.5 billion of property has been sold in Tauranga this year with almost 1 in every 5 properties snapped up by Aucklanders.
Valleygirl out of pocket, staff not paid
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Media man finds calling in funerals
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Consider KiwiSaver
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Buying a business more than buying a job
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KiwiSaver fund used in retirement
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Footwear store steps up, trail-blazing new horizons
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'Amazing' running culture a draw
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Rents soar in regions, is Akld to blame?
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Bay's 'silver economy' subject of conference
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Rallying computer aid is global hit
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Couple to seek compo over sea view loss
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Tauranga city centre poised for more high-rises
Rules strangling the intensification of residential areas surrounding Tauranga's downtown are to made more user-friendly as part of
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Not a time for 'blowing all the loot'
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Port shipshape to handle large vessel
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Cairns says cash spent on dredging validated
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