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Business digest: Gas plan for new energy hub in the Bay
11 Apr, 2021 07:00 PM
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A plan to blend Bay of Plenty-generated hydrogen into local natural gas supplies, before switching to delivering 100 per cent hydrogen by 2050, will create a new local energy economy according to Firstgas Group. Firstgas Group operates the natural gas pipe networks in the North Island and owns Rockgas, an LPG supply and distribution business.
A new report released by Firstgas details the Bay s role in a nationwide change over the next 30 years toward zero-carbon gases.
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CoreLogic: Tauranga house prices stopping people moving to city for jobs
8 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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House prices in Tauranga are making it increasingly difficult to attract people to the city. Photo / File
House prices in Tauranga are making it increasingly difficult to attract people to the city. Photo / File A worse economic effect than the pandemic is predicted for Tauranga with house prices deterring people from moving to the city for work. That s according to Nigel Tutt, the chief executive of Tauranga s economic development organisation, Priority One.
It comes off the back of CoreLogic NZ s latest House Price Index which shows Tauranga s average property value is now $888,930, up from $876,122 in the last quarter.