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The Eastern Bay of Plenty is intent on bucking the rather despondent mood that has prevailed across New Zealand in recent months as a...

  Inside the July/August issue! In this month’s cover story of the Bay of Plenty Business News, we’re pleased to be able to report on a...

Zespri’s 2019-20 financial results have put the industry on a strong footing as it commenced its new season harvest amid the pressures of Covid-19...

Forestry minister Shane Jones’ desire to regulate log exporters and forestry advisors has the industry wary about the risk of greater intervention in the...

BOP Business News presents its annual Yearbook celebrating regional business success. The Yearbook gives you a behind-the-scenes view of the Bay's big business performers, and...

Occupiers are looking for the workplace to create this social fabric. The workplace is the glue. Covid-19 has simply been a catalyst to take us “back to the future”. Many of the innovations we will see shouldn’t come as a surprise.

In the June/July issue: Navigating uncharted waters - Despite the murky outlook, Bay businesses are showing great ingenuity in plotting their courses around the...

There is no doubt that at this point of the Covid-19 pandemic we are venturing into unknown and potentially very dangerous seas. But as...

Leading New Zealand investment bank Craigs Investment Partners (Craigs) has emphasised its commitment to keeping its head office in the Tauranga CBD. And it...

When lockdown hit, it plunged Tauranga’s Trustpower Baypark into a strange new world. The Bay’s biggest events centre could no longer carry out anything...

Tabak Business Sales recently celebrated its 20th year of business brokering with an anniversary function at the Tauranga Club. Invited guests included many accountants, lawyers,...

I think there’s been remarkable collective discipline through the lockdown. New Zealanders by and large saw what was happening overseas, and thought, “we’ll put our best foot forward” and they did.

In early February, when I was asked to speak at the 2020 City Leaders Lunch, COVID-19 wasn’t on many people’s radar.

New Zealand’s kiwifruit industry is known for its collaboration and amidst the uncertainty of COVID-19, this season’s efforts have been no different.

There are many corporates who have already rolled out working from home programmes and these should have support mechanisms in place. While it is...

A snapshot of where the Bay business community is at, with thanks to the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce for its insights. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...