Government urged to give support as impacts of coronavirus outbreak continue to be felt in this region

Wairoa-based Quality Roading and Services (QRS) has started the year by securing $29 million in contracts around Hawke’s Bay and the East Coast.“Eighteen million dollars of that amount is for work scheduled in 2019,” chief executive Nigel...

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A lawyer and a doctor of philosophy who whakapapa back to Tairawhiti are the new board members of the region's $377 million community trust. Wi Pere Mita and Dr Warren Williams are the new appointees of Trust Tairawhiti's governance board. Gisborne...

With more than 400 people out of work and up to 1300 more jobs at risk following Covid-19, the region's roadmap to economic recovery will receive professional input from Infometrics senior economist Brad Olsen. Rau Tipu Rau Ora, the Covid recovery...

Ngati Porou have secured another foot in the fisheries market after starting a partnership to purchase Akaroa Salmon Ltd in the South Island. The partnership, named Ahi Mokopuna, is between Ngati Porou Seafoods Ltd, Te Kahui o Onuku and Archipelago...

In February this year, Government Ministers and the Tairawhiti Economic Action Plan Steering Group launched the Tairawhiti Economic Action Plan (TEAP) — a multipoint plan focused on transformative economic change. The plan focuses on those human...

Kevin Hollis has run his own successful business since September 1, 1992. He still remembers his first customer — Doug Humble. The glass industry today is more competitive than it has ever been in his 53-year-long career.“That's good for the...

An item on the radio a couple of weeks ago caught my attention — the Hon Michael Wood, the new Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, stated that one of the first things on the Government’s agenda once Parliament officially opened was to...

In the lead-up to writing this article I was thinking that 2021 had started off pretty well — Covid-19 was largely contained to managed isolation facilities, the vaccine was being rolled out for front-line workers and life in the provinces seemed...

Dancefit Studios in Gisborne is a busy family business with a focus on community. Fresh out of university 15 years ago after studying exercise science, Tessa Beattie — a little undecided about her future career but with a love of music and dance...

Jobs, Robots and Us author Kinley Salmon visited Gisborne recently for a public discussion around perceptions about automation and alternative futures for New Zealand. Mark Peters reports. Last here many years ago for a soccer tournament and now...

Work to build a second production line at the state-of-the-art Wood Engineering Technology (WET) mill at Matawhero is well under way. WET's second Optimised Engineered Lumber (OEL) production line was announced in June last year and chief executive...

Less than a year after Gisborne businesses started implementing a series of management principles made famous by the Toyota Motor Company, designed to give the “shop floor” more stake in businesses, some are now doubling their workforce and...

The Government has announced that from April 1, 2020, the minimum wage will increase from $17.70 to $18.90 per hour. This will see an increase of 7.27 percent or $1.20 per hour, and will mean an extra $48 per week before tax for employees on...

A GOOD return on assets and a tightening of the belt have contributed to steady gains in the financial performance of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou over the past year. TRONPnui’s commercial arm Ngati Porou Holding Company produced a net profit of...

June 30 is just around the corner and for most farmers it is time to start thinking about getting ready for year end. In this day and age, that does not have to be as daunting as it once was. I thought it timely to provide a commentary of the year...

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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, an ethical approach to investing, is here to stay and it needs to stay, Craigs Investment Partners say. Craigs' senior sustainability analyst Vanessa Stevens says the company believes that ESG...

AFTER weathering plunging log prices early in the year Eastland Group has ended the financial year with record profits, helped along by its 2015 acquisition of Transpower’s Gisborne and Wairoa assets. Eastland Group owns Eastland Port, Eastland...

“We're going into the business of mass-producing Endeavour models,” jokes White Pointer Boats owner Rex Briant. He is proud of the two 200kg aluminium Endeavour models built by his team and is keen to see them erected. Meanwhile, though, demand...

THE Commerce Commission’s annual summary of New Zealand’s lines companies ranks Gisborne’s Eastland Network as having one of the nation’s highest frequency of power outages. The Commission has published its latest one-page summaries of key...

REACTION to yesterday’s launch of the Tairawhiti Economic Development Action Plan has left some of those receiving funding thrilled with the announcement. After the plan confirmed a $2 million government grant for Eastland Community Trust’s WET...

The Eastland Tree Clearance Project has been a life-changing experience for the 25 people who took part, with a number going on to secure full-time employment or apprenticeships. The graduates received certificates acknowledging the work done and...

NEWLY-promoted NZX 50 company Comvita has links in Gisborne dating back 30 years when it sourced honey here from beekeeper Barry Foster. Today there are 3500 hives at Kiwi Bee East Coast in Tikitiki, just some of 35,000 hives in Comvita apiaries...

A $1.5 million marketing campaign is well on track to pay back community faith, with the region’s economic development agency reporting a $4 million increase in economic activity in Gisborne. After Air New Zealand last year increased the number of...

THE tourism industry in Gisborne has grown faster than in both Wellington and Auckland over the past six months. The latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) show that visitors...

It was while working at ProTraffic, the traffic management business she started with her husband Kurt, that Tessa Allan found the inspiration to start a second business in the field of workplace medical services. ProTraffic had used another provider...

EASTLAND Community Trust and Activate Tairawhiti have applauded the Government’s pledge to invest $4.2 million in Tairawhiti to boost local tourism and forestry opportunities. Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones made the announcement...

New start-up Tairawhiti business Piki Tech is under the wing of regional business adviser Malcolm Mersham. This free service is offered by the Takihoko Business team (formerly Activate Tairawhiti) of Trust Tairawhiti (formerly Eastland Community...