Former Health Minister Tony Ryall has found post-Parliament life at major law firm Simpson Grierson.

Timothy Allan has turned a childhood love of drawing and painting into one of New Zealand's most successful industrial research and design firms.

It pays to be prepared and when it comes to taking care of your financial affairs, a good way to prepare is to set up an Enduring Power of Attorney, or EPA, writes Liz Koh.

Joining Tauranga economic development agency Priority One in 2006 gave chief executive Andrew Coker a chance to end years of commuting.

A Port of Tauranga official has rejected a claim the company has the worst safety record for all port authorities in the country.

A car dealership which accounts for almost half of the volume of new cars in Tauranga is expanding its showrooms.

Food traceability is becoming an increasingly important issue for Comvita, says Brett Hewlett, chief executive of the BoP-based honey and health products company.

Greg Jarvis was working as a regional manager in Tauranga in 2000 for Ballance Agri-Nutrients, then known as BOP Fertiliser, when he decided it was time to strike out on his own.

Bay restaurateurs and moteliers are happily bracing for a "chaotic" Labour Weekend at the end of an unusually busy October.

Mark Scapens dropped out of teacher training college in his late teens but wound up founding a group of educational training companies.

Kirk Roberts Consulting Engineers is benefiting from increasing demand that has led the firm to expand into larger premises in Tauranga and will see it open a new office in Auckland next week.

Colliers International held its busiest local commercial auction for years last week, says Simon Clark, investment sales director for the firm in Tauranga.

Achieving financial success in life has little to do with academic qualifications and everything to do with habits and mindset.