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Big attendance at small business roadshow

A NATIONWIDE roadshow aimed at providing small businesses with face-to-face access to Government departments and information on new tax and health and safety rules, yesterday attracted droves of local business owners. Minister for Small Business...

Cyber security: are you exposed?

WHAT do you know about your online footprint? When you google yourself, what do you find? Increasingly our lifestyles are being digitalised and our information that was once private is now in the global public domain. What are the risks of living in...

Fostering pathways for Maori employment

The Government's Māori Employment Action Plan — Te Mahere Whai Mahi Māori will fill a big void for Māori businesses wanting to build capacity, says Amotai-Supplier Diversity Aotearoa's general manager. Te Mahere Whai Mahi Māori was launched by...

Opportunities in port expansion, says Gisborne apple grower

Mark De Costa's relationship with Eastland Port goes back a long way — 16 years in fact, when his business De Costa Enterprises used to cart bark out of Eastland Port. He has enjoyed watching the port grow while his own business has expanded and...

Rua to issue new shares to buy medicinal cannabis company for $10m

Tairāwhiti-based Rua Bioscience intends to buy a fellow medicinal cannabis company for $10m. NZX-listed Rua entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Zalm Therapeutics Limited, a New Zealand-based medicinal cannabis company, which has...

Understanding the stories behind the numbers

Navigating your way through the early stages of business ownership can be no easy feat these days. Whether it is your first business venture or start-up journey, there are definitely certain “i’s” that should be dotted and “t’s” crossed...

Accreditation required soon to employ migrants

Immigration changes around work visas are now well under way and online applications for accreditation for businesses opened on May 23, 2022. To employ skilled migrants who want to move to a permanent residency visa, businesses will need to be a New...

Unleash the power within your business

Do you often feel like you are juggling all facets of your daily life? While you are pouring your heart, mind and soul into the running of your business, it can seem as if you are forever stuck doing the “must do” office work; never quite making...

Investing in people

Redeployment tally 180 and counting

Farmland being eyed for solar power projects

New Zealand is seeing an increase in overseas investors wanting to build solar power farms and Gisborne is one area investors are looking at. The Herald understands at least one overseas company is considering aquiring farmland both here and in other...

Sisters leading a food journey

True to its name, Puku Ora has grown from a quiet opening four years ago with one person to a fully-fledged operation that now employs 30 staff. Puku Ora means life form, and wellness and health within the gut. In 2017, Erana Blandford said she...

Power to the people

Kawerau power plant bought by Eastland Generation for $83m

Gisborne the only region to experience fall in spending over new year

With Gisborne bereft of cruise ship and Rhythm and Vines festival visitors, credit and debit card spending over the new year fell more than $300,000. Gisborne had already experienced the nation's biggest fall in Boxing Day spending compared with 2020...

Workshops to help wine wellbeing

Wellbeing workshops for grape growers and winemakers will be held across the country from later this month with Gisborne's turn coming on May 3. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) supports the Go You workshops for the wine industry in light of...

Chamber survey shows concern as well as confidence

Gisborne Chamber president says latest business confidence results reflect concerns about agricultural sector and investment in critical infrastructure

International interest in job at Activate Tairawhiti

A NEW government-funded role to advance Gisborne’s economic prospects has drawn international attention from people wanting to provide direct support to local businesses. Last month the government-appointed senior regional official for Gisborne...