Out and About in Waikato – December 2025
Linking professionals Business networker Linkedin Local held their Christmas party at Craig Investment Partners in…
Out and About in Tauranga – December 2025
Celebrating Innovation: The R&D Experience Grant Event The Tauranga Business Chamber hosted an event at…
Out and About in Rotorua – December 2025
Rotorua Business Chamber – Business After Five Our largest BA5 and final event of a…
Aligning agendas
Bay of Plenty’s business community is being urged to align agendas and seize export opportunities,…
Can we bet on The Bay?
After turbulent times, a resilient BOP real estate market could be on the cusp of…
Building a legacy beyond sport
Olympic gold medallist Rob Waddell has turned his passion for volunteering into a Waikato business…
Voices from atomic shadows
A public lecture at Cambridge’s St Andrew’s Church Hall last month presented survivors’ accounts of…
School zones and hidden prices
In Hamilton, the right side of the street can mean the right school – and…
Students shake up city
A young researcher’s internationally recognised work is revealing how resident‑driven innovation can guide Tauranga’s next…
Close encounters
It may look alien, but a Hamilton‑built simulator is set to transform pilot training in…
The science of learning
What began as a Tauranga teacher’s frustration over gaps in science education has grown into…
The spread of butter
Open Country Dairy’s new $50m Waikato butter plant underscores confidence in farmers, exporters and the…
Out and About – Butter plant opens in Waharoa
Butter plant opens Open Country opened its new $50 million butter plant at Wahāroa last…
Cut spending, cut progress?
One of the last announcements of 2025 was the government’s call for a cap on…
If we build it…
As previously noted, I have always been proud of the fact that journalists were amongst…
In awe of crowds and resolutions
The new year and summer remind me that we humans have a long history of…
