Business

Luxon: Supermarket competition helps keeps prices down

By Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister and MP for Botany Big news for shoppers is also a strong vote of confidence in New Zealand’s economy. United...

New prize for awards

Power Farming has joined the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) as new national sponsor, adding a tractor to the prize pool. The farm machinery...

New owners set gold standard

Despite only reopening their doors in September, the new owners of Good Home Pukekohe have already started making a name for themselves. Good Home Pukekohe...

Recognition for Franklin builders

Two Franklin building companies were recognised at the Master Builders House of the Year competition last weekend. For more than 30 years, Master Builders House...

Festive trains return to Franklin

The award-winning Counties Energy Christmas Lights, Trains at Night event is steaming back into Franklin next week, and is set to deliver another season...

Black Friday kicks off the festive season

Auckland’s shopping destinations and malls will be busy between now and Christmas as Black Friday sales lure in bargain hunters and window shoppers alike. Black...

Q&A with Kshitij Gupta, Port Waikato Wharf Store

Kshitij Gupta, or Sam as he’s more commonly known, owns and runs the Port Waikato Wharf Store. Helena O’Neill stopped by to try the...

Prizewinning sausages from Karaka

A Franklin business has won two medals at The Dunninghams Great New Zealand Sausage Competition in early October. Judges awarded Jim and Louise Foote, owners...

Latte love for coffee cart

Teacher-turned-business owner Pamela Riordan last month celebrated the first birthday of her mobile coffee cart, Bean Roamin’. After 30 years as a teacher, and most...

A quick and modern building solution

Back in 2012, Transbuild started building small units between 40m2 and 70m2 and has now grown to a wide range of residential and commercial...