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National Jazz Festival has Bay business preparing for a bumper weekend
13 Mar, 2021 01:00 AM
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Jazz Festival manager Marc Anderson, left, and Tauranga Jazz Society president Jeff Baker. Photo / George Novak
Jazz Festival manager Marc Anderson, left, and Tauranga Jazz Society president Jeff Baker. Photo / George Novak
Bay retailers, and accommodation and hospitality businesses are gearing up for one of the busiest weekends of the year, thanks to a weekend of jazz.
The 58th National Jazz Festival and 43rd National Youth Jazz Competition return on Easter weekend with an impressive and exciting programme of events across Tauranga.
The competition will showcase emerging jazz players talents with 300-plus secondary school students performing at the Baycourt Community & Arts Centre on March 31 and April 1.
Business digest: Retailers hit by Covid 19 lockdowns
13 Mar, 2021 09:00 PM
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Bay of Plenty Times
Average retail spending remained relatively strong in February, a new Retail Radar report by Retail NZ shows. But the report has revealed the second lockdown in Auckland from February 28 significantly impacted the retail sector.
Retail NZ chief executive Greg Harford said more than half of all retailers around the country reported a drop in sales over the past month, rising to 70 per cent of respondents with stores in Auckland. Spending numbers for March are not yet available but will have been impacted by the lockdowns.
Northland tsunami alert: Retailers rate response
12 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz
Around 15,000 people evacuated Whangārei last week amid the spectre of an up to three-metre Kermadec Islands-generated tsunami hitting while they would normally be taking care of business or grabbing a morning coffee.
Central city retailers have given the tsunami evacuation a mixed scorecard. Northland s Local Democracy Reporter Susan Botting canvassed retailers to find out more about their views on the city s first full-blown tsunami evacuation.
They were asked about:
4. Business day.
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