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Waikato Business Award winners 2024 show sector's resilience
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Kinleith Mill job losses feared with ‘change proposal’
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Waikato butchery Expleo brings home the bacon
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‘Tough news’: NZME proposes to close 14 local newspapers, with the loss of 30 jobs
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'Kiwi-style coffee with an American feeling': Homebrew expands to Te Awamutu
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Coromandel walk a winner at Rural Women NZ Business Awards
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NZ's top 100 'hottest' suburbs with most potential to grow in value revealed
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From loss to lens: hobby photographer turns passion into business after brother's death
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DoorDash app launches in Taupō, Cambridge and Te Awamutu
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Taupō looking to tap into $400m business events market
Business event delegates spend more than $400 a day on average.
Waikato man gets home detention for $53K Covid wage subsidy fraud
Jarryd Delroy Hector was found to have falsified GST and income tax returns.
Pinched travel market hurts Hamilton airport group's before tax profit in FY24
Land sale returns were also down, but expected.
Deloitte Fast 50 regional winners revealed
29 different winners were recognised for pushing the limits and raising the bar.
Rukumoana Schaafhausen rejoins TGH board of directors
They also appointed Warwick Tauwhare-George as advisor to the board.
Genesis gets more coal in for next winter
Genesis is ordering extra coal in anticipation of another challenging winter next year.
Landmark Homes Taupō a finalist in 2024 Franchise Awards
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Jetstar lays down marker on new route with $135 Hamilton-Sydney flights
Budget airline also offering $274 fares from Auckland to Seoul.
New hot pool complex being built at Taupō's Huka Prawn Park
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Contact's latest geothermal project up and running
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