Timber Design Centre to create future where timber construction leads the...
Envisioning a future where timber is used more widely in mid to high rise buildings and contributes to carbon neutral targets, is an exciting...
Trustpower Baypark moves into the new year with a great line-up
It started well – then the restrictions mandated with the Government Protection Framework Red Traffic Light at the end of January changed the way...
Rates rebalancing is looming for Tauranga
Some Tauranga businesses face a significant rates increase as the recently reappointed city commissioners work to rebalance the city’s transport rating inequities. They have...
First Zespri Kiwifruit charter vessel sails for Japan
The first 4,100 tonnes (1.15 million trays) of this season’s Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit have left Port of Tauranga, bound for Kobe and Tokyo in...
Tauranga braces for political change
One of the most remarkable political developments seen in the Bay of Plenty in a while has been the recently announced retirement of long-serving...
Bluelab takes out top national award
As the world wakes up to the significant challenges presented by feeding a growing global population, CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) is gaining traction as...
Pilkington retires as Port of Tauranga chair
Long-serving Port of Tauranga chair David Pilkington has announced his retirement for later this year after nine years in the role and nearly 17...
Council explores Civic Project Master Plan costs
Tauranga City Commissioners, in a council meeting in late February, have agreed to consult with the community on cost options to create the new...
Tauranga CBD’s Farmers’ complex nearing completion
Some Bay locals and visitors have been caught out by the Tauranga commissioners’ decision to go ahead with long delayed major road works in...
Forest owners urged to look at Australian policy
The Forest Owners Association is telling the government that Australia’s support of plantation forestry is in sharp contrast to the increasingly restrictive measures being...
Business Park vision takes major step forward
297 Te Puna Station Road is set to be developed as part of the planned Te Puna Business Park to support the region’s fast...
Priority One Tauranga Moana applauds Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s decision
Priority One Tauranga Moana applauds Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s decision to re-appoint Tauranga City Council’s Commission until July 2024, announced today.
We acknowledge that...
Human-based functions usurped by automation creating challenges
Industrial logistics and warehousing businesses are hurtling towards the wider use of automation and it’s a hot topic in the property world with implications...
Home ownership in New Zealand requires a whole lot of Grit
The road to home ownership is a tough one for most New Zealanders, even more so today with the New Zealand median house price...
Folly of the native forest carbon solution
The Farm Forestry Association claims anthropologist Dame Anne Salmond’s recently publicised view, that planting native forests offers the best solution to the climate crisis,...
Business sector feedback wanted
As part of Tauranga City Council’s forthcoming 2022/23 Annual Plan and 2021-31 Long-term Plan Amendment processes, the Commissioners want to hear from the business...
TECT Park gains international recognition
The Bay’s TECT Park has been recognised as a top 10 winner in the Green Flag International People’s Choice Award.
The 1650-ha TECT Park in Upper Pyes...
Bay Venues supports Healthy School Lunch programme
At the tail-end of 2020, Bay Venues established Healthy School Kai to cater for large schools in the area who had been chosen to...
Tauranga shipping schedules remain fraught
With the exporting season in full swing, the grief experienced with shipping delays and capacity constraints last year is unlikely to ease much this...
BOP apartment developments: When is enough enough?
As the housing crisis continues to bite, in this edition we are spotlighting the rapidly emerging, and relatively recent phenomenon of apartment living for...