Mandate welcomed by the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce

REGIONAL property values here continue the rising trend, ending the first month of the year up nearly $40,000 from the same time last year. The latest QV house price index show that at the end of last month, average house values here rose to...

The city of Gisborne was humming again yesterday as New Zealand woke up to life under Alert Level 2. Gisborne city centre resembled Boxing Day crowds at times, with shoppers out in force. People flocked back to places like The Warehouse, which was...

A $27,000 slump in median house prices in Gisborne is probably partly down to uncertainty brought on by the upcoming General Election, the Real Estate Institute says. Latest data from REINZ shows house prices in Gisborne last month fell to their...

NEWS just in that cruise ship visits contributed $3 million in value-add to the local economy last year builds on “a positive feeling” surrounding regional economic activity, says Activate Tairawhiti chief executive Steve Breen. This is reflected...

Many of the region's forestry workers were back on the job yesterday and more will go back into the forest over the next week as the industry steadily ramps up again in Alert Level 3 of the Covid-19 pandemic measures. Eastland Wood Council chief...

The freighter Kowhai will sail from Eastland Port later today with the second consignment of Gisborne kiwifruit bound for overseas markets. The Kowhai is taking away 1200 pallets and follows the freighter C S Service which also loaded 1200 pallets...

The first ever Tairawhiti Women in Business Night was a success with all spaces taken and plans for further networking events. The networking event held on November 11 was hosted by BNI First Light - Gisborne in collaboration with Taiki e! Impact...

THE cruise ship season for Gisborne has been a successful one despite the second cancellation of a visit, says cruise co-ordinator Lana Davy. Sea conditions thwarted the Crystal Symphony’s visit yesterday — the second of four scheduled visits to...

Eastland Group and Trust Tairawhiti have set their first targets on the way towards a zero carbon economy for the Tairawhiti region. In July 2019, Gisborne-based infrastructure, energy and logistics company Eastland Group and its sole shareholder...

Gisborne company Pultron Composites has been named as a finalist in the seventh ExportNZ ASB Hawke's Bay Export Awards. The company, which makes fiberglass rebar — an alternative to traditional steel reinforcement — was nominated as a finalist in...

The first Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1599 in Marseille, France as the “Chambre de Commerce”. The meeting was held in a room, a chambre, to talk about shared concerns in their businesses and the world of commerce in which they...

Encouraging young women into careers in NZ's primary industries

Innovation and entrepreneurial spirit: Two hallmarks of any thriving business, and the two things organisers are looking to celebrate as they head into the Westpac Gisborne Business Excellence Awards. Two new categoriesReflecting the dynamic and...

Developers of Gisborne's newest industrial park say the project will provide opportunities for businesses to “scale up their operations”.The Gisborne and Auckland-based developers behind the new Dunstan Road Industrial Park said the 7ha site...

EMPLOYERS, businesses and the region’s young people are all to be given a say in the creation of a regional strategy to provide young people here with a “pipeline” into employment. Activate Tairawhiti economic development project manager Kim...

Bananas, so often associated with warm tropical climates on the equator, may prove to be another cropping opportunity for enterprising horticulturalists from Northland to Gisborne. New Zealanders have an appetite for the yellow fruit, chomping...

Eastland Network assets and planning manager Mikaere Ngarimu has been named as a finalist at the 11th annual New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards. Mr Ngarimu is one of three finalists for the title of Young Energy Professional of the Year. Judges...

Pharmaceutical company comfortable with progress

Ngati Porou Holding Company has a chief executive for the first time, Shayne Walker who is originally from Wairoa. Matai O’Connor talks to Mr Walker and holding company chairman Matanuku Mahuik

Entries have opened for the seventh Hawke’s Bay Export Awards. Details of the awards were announced by ExportNZ Hawke’s Bay executive officer Amanda Liddle. Businesses will compete for the Best Established Exporter Award (organisations with...

The first quarter of 2021 has seen us, at the Chamber of Commerce, reflect on what our purpose is for our Tairawhiti community and the value we can add to our membership base. The Chamber of Commerce is a worldwide organisation and in New Zealand...

THE Gisborne residential property market is in “good heart”, said industry commentator Philip Searle, after a January during which the most houses sold here since January 2007. Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) figures show 36 Gisborne...

GISBORNE retailers are on track to record another bumper Christmas, latest figures show. New data from Paymark, which processes more than 75 percent of electronic transactions, show Gisborne consumers last month spent $41.9 million on credit and...

New Zealand diplomats are working to ensure Gisborne cheese and manuka honey are not left out of a potential multibillion-dollar free trade agreement with the European Union, and are urging other businesses and Maori interests here to have a say in...

The Government needs to see “sense” and realise tourism revenue generated by the Gisborne Railbike Adventure enterprise could be 10 times that of rail freight, owner Geoff Main says. A year after launching the adventure tourism experience that...

Are you ready for employment legislation changes? If not, you can start your preparations here:The minimum wage rises to $20.00 per hour next month, from $18.90. So for an employee who works 40 hours a week and was getting the minimum wage, they...

Gisborne-based Pultron Composites recently announced the appointment of Nick Crofts to the new position of chief executive at its subsidiary in Dubai, Mateenbar — he talks to Mark Peters . . .The Dubai-based factory Pultron Composites established...

PEOPLE with social enterprise ideas in the Gisborne region will start planning how to get their ideas off the ground with a two-day workshop next week. After receiving 27 applications, Thrive Tairawhiti has selected 15 participants for its four-month...

GISBORNE'S Te Wai Coulston has been chosen to be part of The United States Leadership Tour where he will meet the biggest players in foreign affairs. In January he will travel to the USA where he will compete in the the world’s largest, oldest and...