Rua Bioscience co-founder Manu Caddie has resigned from the Tairāwhiti-based medicinal cannabis company after helping set it up. Mr Caddie says his skills are in creating something where not much existed before, then supporting others who know more...
Data can help businesses understand the issues that Maori experience — and helping promote this message was the goal of Figure. NZ chief executive Ngapere Riley when she was in Tairawhiti during TechWeek 2021. Ms Riley thinks that fundamentally...
AN URBAN development strategy centred largely on Turanganui a Kiwa-Gisborne’s coastline, the Turanganui River and the maunga Kaiti Hill has the potential to benefit businesses in this region. The council’s Urban Development Strategy, adopted late...
Gisborne brothers Jacob and Raymond Geuze have launched www. Flax. nz, a site where everything from tools to sports equipment can be listed and rented. Describing it as the Trade Me of rentals, the idea is that you can make your belongings work for you...
Self Storage Gisborne is investing about $1.2 million to expand its Makaraka storage services by an additional 180 units over the next three years, to meet strong demand. Managing director Peter Jex-Blake says the extension of their Makaraka facility...
Recently the national Chambers of Commerce network rolled out First Steps, a website packed with resources to help business owners and managers deal with the challenges they face every day. The idea for First Steps was born during the Covid...
Three entries in an international design competition have earned Gisborne man Ben Galbraith gold, silver and bronze awards. The US-based Dieline Awards centre on brand-packaging design. The awards comprise packaging designs for food, health...
More Maori involvement in economic development will be a focus of Trust Tairawhiti senior employment coordinator Alex Hawea, who is putting his Auckland experience to bear. Alex, who started in the role at the end of 2020, hails from Tairawhiti and...
Newly-appointed Cabinet minister and East Coast MP Kiri Allan says $34 million of new funding will create more than 400 jobs in ecology, restoration, trapping, pest control, fencing and project management. The Conservation Minister said the Jobs for...
MAYOR Meng Foon will hold a Business Ready Forum next month to take advantage of the Government’s Tuawhenua Provincial Growth Fund (TPGF) launched here on Friday.“If you have ideas suitable for the TPGF, get them ready as soon as possible,” he...
WITH more and more unskilled jobs being filled by robots and computers, digital expertise is becoming increasingly important for both job-seekers and the companies looking to employ them. The Gisborne Chamber of Commerce hopes to get ahead of these...
A NEW report indicates foreign tourists are looking to move away from the major cities in favour of more “authentic” Kiwi holidays in provinces like Gisborne. In its latest report on the tourism sector, consumer behaviour analysts Marketview...
HOUSE prices here are close to rivalling the record peak of 10 years ago, a new report indicates. CoreLogic’s Pain and Gain report for the June quarter of the year shows while Gisborne, Invercargill and Whanganui experienced a higher proportion of...
A gritech company Vence has raised over NZ$16 million to help take its virtual fencing and herd management solutions to the world. The latest funding round completed last month will allow the Gisborne-linked company to scale up the delivery of its...
Supermarket chain Countdown has detailed plans for a new, bigger, updated Gisborne store, due to open from mid-2021. The new, 3876sqm store will replace the existing 2800sqm Countdown Gisborne and have an in-store pharmacy, a dedicated online pick-up...
KEITH Sutton has been appointed chairman of Eastland Group Limited, Eastland Network Limited, Eastland Port Limited and Gisborne Airport Limited. ECT appointed Mr Sutton to the Eastland Group board of directors last year. He replaces Nelson Cull, who...
A decade after first setting up in Gisborne, PGG Wrightson Seeds has been developing new premises to cope with increased demand from two major markets. The company has sold its Solander Street site and is in the process of moving to a new 1.5-hectare...
Two new actions have been added to the region’s recently-refreshed Tairawhiti Economic Action Plan (TEAP) to create high-value jobs here. At its August meeting, the TEAP Steering Group endorsed the preparation of a food innovation strategy for...
Recently the Eastland Group and Trust Tairāwhiti announced their decision to sell Eastland Network, the local lines company. It would be fair to say that it hasn’t been a popular decision, with many people concerned by such fundamental...
Easts Outdoor Work and Leisure branches into making PVC face shields
Local businesses looking to raise their profile on a global scale can now bank on a national technology campaign and toolkit launched this year. As part of the campaign, Gisborne hosted a digital marketing and sales initiative called “Tech Story”...
THE New Zealand sharemarket is having “another blinder’’, Gisborne investors have been told. Mark Lister, head of private wealth research at Craigs Investment Partners, told an audience of about 100 at a Craigs’ Investor Day held yesterday...
A New Zealand-based UK immigration specialist is in Britain at the moment on a recruitment drive, promoting thiscountry and in particular the regions as great places to work. Geoff Taylor from The Emigration Group is in the United Kingdom until the...
One of the hottest topics in employment relations right now is “can an employer require all of their employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19”.While the answer to that question is going to be the topic of much debate, and no doubt a few cases...
All permanent employees become entitled to four weeks of annual leave after 12 months of continuous employment. They will accrue their leave over the first 12 months of employment — for employees who have four weeks of leave, it is accrued at 1.66...
2020 has been challenging for many within our local business community. Riding the highs and lows of a pandemic has definitely tested resilience and the survival of businesses throughout the country. As the end of the year nears, the Christmas...
The log boat African Dove — an eight-year-old bulk carrier sailing under the flag of Bahamas — docked on Monday to become the third logger to load at Eastland Port this month. The Yangtze Legend sailed on Sunday night, preceded by the Atlantic...
Eastland Wood Council organised a forestry field trip last Friday for Gisborne District Council election candidates and some guests. The event was led by Shaun Truelock of Juken New Zealand Ltd (JNL) and Chris Hurring Logging Ltd.“Forestry industry...
Craig Sidoruk, HR and employment relations specialist
While the region’s business leaders are urging the Government to go further in tackling the climate crisis, a new survey suggests half of our businesspeople have little interest in the issue. One of Trust Tairawhiti’s key submission points on the...
by Jacqui Logan, chartered accountant