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Grant Bradley
Deputy Editor - Business

Grant Bradley is the Business Herald’s Deputy Editor, Aviation and Tourism Writer.

Grant Bradley is the deputy editor at the Business Herald, based in Auckland. He has worked at the New Zealand Herald for more than 30 years in senior roles including chief reporter and deputy news editor, and his current role also writes about tourism and aviation. He was the Australasian Aviation Press Club journalist of the year in 2016 and has also won awards from that organisation for multimedia coverage and news reporting on airlines. He has written extensively about the energy sector for the Business Herald. Earlier in his career, he worked at The Press in Christchurch, London News Service and the New Zealand Press Association. He won the Harry Brittain fellowship to study journalism in the UK in 1995, was awarded the inaugural MFAT Focus Latin America study grant in 1996 and a Royal Norwegian Embassy grant to study the energy sector in Norway in 2015. Grant Bradley can be contacted at grant.bradley@nzherald.co.nz.

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Air New Zealand asks all passengers to reconsider travel
Bay of Plenty Times

Cyclone Gabrielle: Air New Zealand asks all passengers to reconsider travel

10 Feb 08:55 PM
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What's eating Waihi? Battle lines drawn in the dig for more gold
Bay of Plenty Times

What's eating Waihi? Battle lines drawn in the dig for more gold

11 Sep 05:45 AM

Gold, frogs and politics - miners get go-ahead to open a new front.

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Cleaning up Waihi: What OceanaGold has budgeted for rehab
Bay of Plenty Times

Cleaning up Waihi: What OceanaGold has budgeted for rehab

01 Sep 05:00 PM

A new report finds there could be 1.6m ounces of gold to dig out of the area.

Economic Scorecard: The regions that rode into Covid crisis strongest
Bay of Plenty Times

Economic Scorecard: The regions that rode into Covid crisis strongest

12 Jul 05:00 PM

Economists look ahead at how regions could survive the Covid-19 crisis.

Air NZ hanging tough on refunds: 'We can't open the floodgates'
Bay of Plenty Times

Air NZ hanging tough on refunds: 'We can't open the floodgates'

03 Jun 05:58 AM

Consumer NZ says the airline is in a better position to wear financial impact.

Survey finds some small businesses are flying high
Bay of Plenty Times

Survey finds some small businesses are flying high

12 May 07:13 AM

As the tourism industry gathers for its big trade show a survey reveals operators' mood.

Hauraki Rail Trail one of the great rides in NZ
Lifestyle

Hauraki Rail Trail one of the great rides in NZ

03 Feb 03:00 PM

Gold's grip may be over but Waikato shines bright for cyclists, writes Grant Bradley

Air NZ working on hybrid plane plan for regional routes
Bay of Plenty Times

Air NZ working on hybrid plane plan for regional routes

09 Nov 01:15 AM

Hybrid planes could be part of Air New Zealand's regional fleet within a decade

Government plans unveiled for $80m tourism levy
Bay of Plenty Times

Government plans unveiled for $80m tourism levy

05 Nov 06:30 PM

Tourism strategy says government will take stronger stewardship role

Sparks flying between power companies
Bay of Plenty Times

Sparks flying between power companies

09 Oct 03:01 AM

Genesis says an industry-wide approach could be the best way to help needy consumers.

Mercury and Genesis take swipe at Meridian's pricing stance
Bay of Plenty Times

Mercury and Genesis take swipe at Meridian's pricing stance

08 Oct 05:05 AM

Meridian says it wants to expose ''dirty secrets'' but Mercury says its price scheme best.

Cruise ship spending soars to $435 million
Bay of Plenty Times

Cruise ship spending soars to $435 million

15 Aug 11:12 PM

The increased number of voyages and passengers boosted spending by $67m

Budget 2018: Tourism NZ takes a hit for marketing
Bay of Plenty Times

Budget 2018: Tourism NZ takes a hit for marketing

17 May 04:44 AM

The country's tourism marketing organisation has had its funding cut.

Air NZ domestic fares to soar in price within days
Bay of Plenty Times

Air NZ domestic fares to soar in price within days

15 May 09:11 AM

Rising costs, especially fuel prices are being blamed for Air NZ fare increases.

Are there too many tourists here? What Kiwis really think
Bay of Plenty Times

Are there too many tourists here? What Kiwis really think

26 Apr 10:43 PM

Concerns about the impact of tourists is levelling off but Kiwis worry about road crashes

Ngati Tahu, Contact helping Kenya's Maasai
Bay of Plenty Times

Ngati Tahu, Contact helping Kenya's Maasai

04 Feb 09:27 PM

A Bay of Plenty iwi has enlisted Contact Energy's support to help Kenya's Maasai people.

Getting Aussies on great NZ road trips
Bay of Plenty Times

Getting Aussies on great NZ road trips

10 Jul 04:17 AM

Australians are being targeted by a new campaign to get tourists driving to the regions.

Jetstar's $40m boost for the regions
Bay of Plenty Times

Jetstar's $40m boost for the regions

22 Nov 12:00 PM

Jetstar's regional operations could boost the economy of four centres it serves by about $40 million a year, according to Infometrics

Crackdown on freedom camping coming
Bay of Plenty Times

Crackdown on freedom camping coming

17 Oct 08:59 PM

The tourism industry and other groups are tackling freedom campers messing up popular tourism spots

Monster container ship bound for NZ
Bay of Plenty Times

Monster container ship bound for NZ

11 Jul 10:30 PM

The biggest container ship to visit New Zealand will visit Port of Tauranga later this year.

Air NZ settles price-fixing case for $51m
Business

Air NZ settles price-fixing case for $51m

09 May 05:00 PM

Air NZ has opted to settle a US price-fixing case for $51 million in the latest of a series of cargo cartel actions it has been fighting around the world.

Megaship looms for NZ summer
Bay of Plenty Times

Megaship looms for NZ summer

09 May 01:42 AM

The biggest cruise ship to ever visit New Zealand is coming around Christmas.

AirAsia X launches cheap fares
Business

AirAsia X launches cheap fares

13 Jan 03:00 AM

AirAsia X is returning to New Zealand and is offering international fares as low as $99.

Air NZ's low fare promise with new fleet
Bay of Plenty Times

Air NZ's low fare promise with new fleet

05 Nov 01:40 AM

Air New Zealand will purchase 15 new ATR72-600 aircraft to operate on regional services, the airline announced today.

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