Tauranga's Major Employers

Here are links to the Tauranga's biggest employers.

All have more than three hundred employees, some in locations throughout New Zealand.


Ballance Agri-Nutrients Co-operative Ltd
Ballance Agri-Nutrients, New Zealand's leading manufacturer and marketer of fertiliser. Grown out of the Bay of Plenty, Ballance Agri-Nutrients brings together the identities of three regional fertiliser businesses - BOP Fertiliser, Petrochem and SouthFert - to create a national business employing 450 people.

Bay of Plenty District Health Board

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic has two campuses in Tauranga and a small regional campus at Edgecumbe.

Lambert Group
Servicing the forest industry through heavy engineering, transport, log transfer, etc.

Tauranga City Council

Toll Owens
Toll Owens Ltd is a 50/50 joint venture company between The Port of Tauranga and Toll Holdings that owns and operates the businesses of The Owens Cargo Company and Toll Logistics (NZ) Ltd. The operation offers an integrated marshalling and stevedoring service at 12 ports throughout New Zealand.

TrustPower Limited
TrustPower owns and operates 37 power stations and produces electricity exclusively from renewable sources. The head office is in Tauranga, with regional offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. TrustPower is a major electricity retailer in many of New Zealand's regions.