Charity Art Auction: Raising funds for 3 special causes
Tauranga Metal Artist, Ninette Kruger collaborated with New Zealand artists Anna Mollekin & Totaea Rendell to create Art For a Cause, raising funds for...
Trustpower sells retail sector to Mercury for $441m
Power generator and retailer Mercury NZ plans to buy the retail business of Tauranga stalwart Trustpower once it gets various permissions sorted, including Commerce...
Leading kiwifruit companies to amalgamate
Seeka Limited and Opotiki Packing and Cool Storage Limited are to join via amalgamation, the companies said in a statement.
This transaction will see Seeka...
Goodman Fielder launches new sustainability campaign
Goodman Fielder has launched ‘Better Together’, an ambitious new sustainability strategy designed to help embed sustainability across the company’s business, culture, brands and products.
Developed...
$40m Kiwifruit Packhouse & Coolstore boost planned For Te Puke
Te Puke’s economy is heading for a $40 million cash injection as DMS Progrowers Ltd has unveiled plans to double the size of its...
Tauranga private equity firm Oriens Capital successfully raises second fund
Private equity investor Oriens Capital has raised its second fund after reaching the targeted $80 million. The fund is now accepting over subscriptions and...
Gala spectacular set to hit Tauranga for six
“A star-studded, entertainment spectacular” is how this year’s Tauranga Gala Dinner is being described. Back for its ninth year, the 2021 edition will be...
Much to do to get Tauranga back on-track
Sacking an elected council and appointing commissioners to run a council’s governance functions is quite a rare event. Essentially, that situation only arises if...
PMG to acquire Bethlehem Town Centre and property in Wellington
PMG Property Funds Management Limited (PMG), with conservative bank borrowings, is acquiring an industrial property at 11-13 Gough Street in Seaview, Wellington, and the...
Shine strike Gold at PRINZ Awards
Award winning Bay of Plenty strategic communications consultancy, The Shine Collective, struck gold again recently at the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ)...
Wellbeing top-of-mind for the agri industry
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending Fieldays. It was the first one since 2019 before the pandemic. When Covid-19...
Whakatane Mill saved, but caution expressed
Whakatane Mill owners SIG Combibloc have announced the sale of the mill to a consortium of investors led by European investor Dr Dermot Smurfit.
The...
Come to Trustpower Baypark this winter
As the temperatures start to plummet around the Bay of Plenty, rug up and head down to Trustpower Baypark where there are plenty of...
Getting the most
I was recently asked, how do you balance looking after your people with the need to deliver commercial value? Simple – these two things...
Bay company survives pandemic
For Bay of Plenty company SwipedOn, as for many others, dealing with Covid-19 hasn’t been easy.
And as an ex Ship’s Captain on container ships,...
Agritech funding takes big step forward
Bay of Plenty agritech startups stand to be among many of the firms to benefit from the first milestone to be achieved from the...
Trustpower to explore potential retail business sale
Tauranga-based utility Trustpower has stated that recent results confirm the merits of its recent strategic review.
Trustpower chair Paul Ridley-Smith said the strong performance of...
Craigs draws strong crowd at Trustpower Baypark
Mark Lister offers explanation to Craigs clients.
Craigs Investment Partners drew a stellar crowd to its recent state of the nation address at Trustpower Bay...
Leveraging digital tools
A master of many tools, Alicia Beach has maximised her Instagram as the platform to sell her paintings. Although this could easily be a successful...
The importance of a Cyber Security Framework
Cyber Security. Those two words seem to be on repeat. Everywhere we turn in the tech space, this topic, albeit being discussed extensively, just...