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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA), which issues licenses to advisers, prefers the word adviser to broker.

 The new fifth unit at Mercury’s Ngā Tamariki Geothermal Station, near Taupō, has begun delivering generation to the grid.

Financial advisor Brian Coogan takes a look at what we can expect from 2026

Shawn Vennell who celebrated 40 years with Quality Print this month can’t quite believe where the years have gone. From starting as a sheet-fed printing apprentice in the mid-1980s – sweeping out under the machines, he jokes – to now owning and running the business seems to have gone past in the blink of an eye.

A Taupō family has imported an electric hydrofoil boat that they will use for tours on the lake.

 Air New Zealand flew its new electric plane into Taupō last week as part of a reconnaisance trip down the country.

Taupō tourism professionals were celebrated at an end-of-year awards evening hosted by Love Taupō.

Byline: Insights with InFinance by Brian Coogan

It’s the age-old question and the answer is – it depends!

OPINION: New Zealand’s proposed new earthquake-rating framework is set to reshape the commercial property landscape, altering how buildings are valued, financed, and insured — and offering a possible lifeline to one of the country’s most iconic heritage structures, the Chateau Tongariro.

Ingham Group has bought two Ford dealerships in Rotorua and Taupō.

Taupō Moana Group Holdings has hired tourism identity Andrew Husheer to the position of general manager for Chris Jolly Outdoors and Taupō Parasail.

In New Zealand’s dynamic property market, commercial property mortgages continue to play a crucial role in supporting business growth and investment.

As peak season approaches, many businesses face the familiar cash flow crunch — suppliers demanding upfront payment while customers take weeks to settle their accounts.

Heritage Meat butchery manager Jayme Elliott (left) and apprentice butcher Leila Adamson receive their bronze award in Great NZ Sausage Awards in Auckland.

The Lines Company’s (TLC) line mechanic team placed third at last week’s Annual Connection in Christchurch and then stayed on down south to help clean up the mess left by damaging storms.

The Volcanic Plateau Master Plumbers Awards in Rotorua earlier this month saw success for Taupō.

 Starting and running your own business is the dream of a lot of people - the thrill of being your own boss, doing it your way and the freedom to create what you want – it’s exciting and scary all in one and when you finally achieve success you wonder why you didn’t do it years earlier. Speaking from experience here.

In the current economic climate it may seem like its taking forever for the economy to get going with echoes of ‘survive to 25’ long faded in the distance, it’s a slow train coming.

When Marina Biddle opened here.for.it in July 2024, she made an unusual move in today’s business climate by opening a physical store, in the Tūrangi Mall.

Since the start of this year, we’ve said that 2025 will be all about easing while everything settles down, setting us up for a recovery starting late 2025, through 26 and into 27.

Kicking off our sector on business finance is Invoice Finance, also known as factoring. While popular overseas, it’s a highly underutilised facility in NZ.

While it’s great to have access to insurance facilities and indeed essential to many parts of our lives, there are guidelines we need to adhere to in order to protect our access to it.

It’s now down to the business of shopping after hundreds gathered for the opening of Taupō’s new Woolworths on Thursday last week, nearly 64 years after the original Woolworths Taupō store opened.

Tongariro River Rafting is a finalist in two categories of the 2025 New Zealand Tourism Awards.

In business, people are often the most valuable asset.

A site at Rotokawa, north of Taupō has been chosen for the country’s first supercritical geothermal exploration well.

As there are many facets to insurance it’s easy to get bewildered about what you need and don’t need and what’s even available out there. That’s where your licensed insurance adviser is qualified to provide the cut through you need.

Mercury Energy is close to completing a $220 million project at its Ngā Tamariki geothermal power station just north of Taupō.

Opening today, the rebuilt Woolworths Taupō Central store on the corner of Spa Road and Tongariro Street may be new from the ground up but on one wall there is still a piece of the store’s 64-year history.