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Local Focus: Roto-vegas or Roto-wood?

Rotorua aiming to become a film production hub. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Rotorua's love letter to tourists from Auckland

While there's a frosty reception in some places, Rotorua says: 'Aucklanders – we need you'

Covid casualty: Jet boat operation closing for at least 18 months

"It was inevitable": Rotorua tourism operator.

$40 million processing plant for Rotorua and jobs available now

There are jobs going at sawmills across the Bay including Rotorua and Te Puke now.

Women in the boardroom: Female leaders share their journeys to the top

Being a female leader is a tough road, even in 2021.

Business digest: Best New Zealand Non-Bank of the Year awarded

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Opinion: The sharemarket's February flop

Mark Lister is Head of Private Wealth Research at Craigs Investment Partners

Gone: $125m wiped from Rotorua GDP as businesses pivot for future

Rotorua companies had pivoted to make the most of every opportunity.

'We have lost a leader': Top trial lawyer Jonathan Temm QC dies

The Rotorua barrister was involved in some of the country's biggest criminal cases.

Mark Lister: Are houses really as expensive as we think?

Mark Lister is Head of Private Wealth Research at Craigs Investment Partners

The reinvention of the Chow brothers - from the sex industry to property

The Chow brothers have quit the sex industry and want to have $2b in assets by 2025.

'Step of faith': Work to start on 86 new homes at former failed site

The prices would sit in and around the average current Rotorua house value.

'Devastating blow' as Whakatāne Mill closure looms

Whakatāne is reeling 210 workers face losing their jobs at the long-standing mill.

210 jobs on the line: 80-year-old mill may shut down

The mill employs just over 210 people and is Whakatane's biggest private employer.

Business digest: Digital boost for small businesses

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Mark Lister: Reporting season allows us to take pulse of corporate NZ

Mark Lister is Head of Private Wealth Research at Craigs Investment Partners

How much Govt is spending to upgrade MIQ hotels

Keeping the hotels secure is an ongoing expense that doesn't come cheap.

Investors buy record share of homes as first-home buyers squeezed

The biggest housing boom in two decades is taking its toll on first-home buyers: analysts.