Peter Cullinane, co-founder of Lewis Road Creamery premium butter and co-founder of Antipodes Water.

Hamilton has become the first city council in New Zealand to approve paying all staff a 'living wage', and Auckland and Wellington are considering following suit, a campaigner says.

Two students who started selling boxes of meat to their Dunedin peers last year have trebled their client base, hired staff and are now eyeing markets further north.

Chris Morrison, co-founder of Phoenix Organics and co-owner of All Good Organics which has launched the new product Karma Cola against competition like Coke and Phoenix Organics. Morrison claims his cola is the real, real thing.

Jennifer Boggiss, director of Heilala Vanilla on making the company's pure vanilla products stand out from the rest.

Tim Lightbourne, co-founder with winemaker, Rob Cameron, of award winning Invivo Wines, talks about launching a possibly risky low calorie wine range.

How do you get people to try a new food product that is up against a big player?

When Tzu Chen first saw camellia trees flourishing in the Waikato, it seeded what could have been viewed as an impossible dream.

MYOB New Zealand executive director, Scott Gardiner on establishing ambassadors for your brand instead of doing it all yourself.

Baker reckons there's a place in the market for biscuits made just the way you'd make them at home.

My parents worked in middle-class jobs and taught me traditional values of hard work.

Murray Crane, owner of contemporary tailors, Crane Brothers talks about how to expand your team without putting off loyal customers who associate you, the business owner, very much with the brand.

Dave Lewis, managing director of VantagePoint, a customer-led growth advisory firm on expanding your brand and team without losing customers.

Last year, like a lot of other restaurant owners in Auckland, Creghan Molloy-Wright and Simon Wright at The French Cafe had to work hard just to tread water.

Former Apple chief evangelist and now entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki says he wants to help New Zealand be even more enchanting on his upcoming visit here on Wednesday.

Just 15 months after its launch in New Zealand, frozen yoghurt retailer KiwiYo is gearing up for major push into China.

It's imperative for business owners to know what their brand is, rather than just what their business is.

Facebook billionaire and venture capitalist Peter Thiel is backing a group of talented young entrepreneurs to skip high school and start up their own companies.