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Bigger and better op-shop
The Taupō Hospice Shop is now in larger premises at the former Danske Mobler store in Totara Point and is open for business.
The smart answer to provisional tax
As New Zealand businesses navigate increasingly complex cashflow pressures, tax pooling is emerging as a practical and often underutilised solution for managing provisional tax obligations.
Business time with BA5
Guthrie Bowron hosted the most recent Business After 5.
Electrifying the problem
With the price of fuel out the gate, is it the electric vehicle’s time in the sun? We take a look under the hood.
Slow burn for big idea
A Taupō entrepreneur is hopeful an aviation breakthrough will slash fuel consumption by 30%.
Unpacking the trade deal with India
Trade Minister Todd McClay visited Taupō on Tuesday to push the merits of a proposed trade deal with India.
Full steam ahead for power station
Mercury has officially opened its $220 million expansion project at its Ngā Tamariki Geothermal Station near Taupō.
What it takes to stay in business
Sue and John Collett still remember their children roller-skating on the freshly polished concrete floors of their Totara Point store.
A quick trip to the Strait of Hormuz
Financial columnist Brian Coogan writes about the impact of global events on New Zealand’s economic recovery. He also has personal experience with the current choke point for trade following a visit to the Strait of Hormuz. Here are his observations.
The economic effects of global tension
The effect of global tension on economic recovery
Refinance for cashflow easing
While we’ve done a great job bringing down inflation and interest rates and generally setting ourselves on a path to economic recovery, the latest geopolitical events that are hopefully short-lived highlight the need for flexibility. To that end it’s timely to take a look at options available.
End of year tax boost
Introduced in 2025 and designed to stimulate capital spending and support economic growth in the form of accelerated depreciation, the government’s Investment Boost scheme allows a further 20% depreciation on the purchase price of new qualifying assets in the financial year of acquisition, on top of standard depreciations that normally apply.
Contact offers $47m for KCE
Contact Energy has put in an offer for the remaining 24.98% of King Country Energy Ltd.
Hotel proposal for Chateau
Ruapehu's mayor says the government should consider a proposal from an unnamed investor to return Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel.
New build vs turnkey
First-home buyers and investors are weighing the benefits of new builds against turnkey options.
First home buyers’ market
This week’s column explores how to get on the property ladder as national confidence lifts and what it means for Taupō
‘Stay of execution’ for Polytech campus
The Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology campus on Te Heu Heu Street has been given a stay of execution and will not be sold – in the meantime.
A byte of computer history
Lew Solomon is hoping to track down a piece of computer history, featured in the Taupō Times on June 4, 1970.
Dress with confidence this summer
Summer dressing this season is all about feeling good in what you wear — light, effortless pieces that carry you through warm days with ease.
Making an impression for 40 years
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.
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