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Business park taking shape

Gisborne’s newest business park is taking shape alongside Gisborne Airport, as contractors in Gisborne experience a “dream run”.Ahead of schedule and less than six months after work started, Aerodrome Business Park expects to release titles...

Register to avoid trademark issues

GISBORNE-based wine and food exporters have been urged to register their brand names in China — or risk the possibility of having their brands and logos hIjacked by money-grabbing “trademark squatters”.Speaking during a visit to Gisborne...

Celebrating a growing season like no other

Summerfruit NZ's registrations are open for their Growing Strong — Success in a Changing World conference to be held in Hawke's Bay on June 9 and 10. The event will be held at various venues, including the War Memorial Centre in Napier, where trade...

Celebrating diversity in business

Small business incubator The Icehouse has started a new series of podcasts across its social media channels, with Gisborne business people expected to feature in future broadcasts.“A Seat At The Table podcast is about celebrating the different...

Time is ticking — are you ready for payday filing?

Payday filing is coming for employers, so the time is right to start thinking about your payroll system:How do you run it?Have your requirements changed?Does it contain all the features you need?From April 1, 2019, payday filing will become...

Stage two of port development plan about to be submitted

After five years in the planning, Eastland Port's Twin Berth stage two consent application is just weeks away from being submitted.“This is a significant milestone for Eastland Port and Tairawhiti, and one we've worked towards with many different...

Future lies in H&S

Pania Kiwara is one of the latest recruits to the Tairāwhiti Economic Support Package Redeployment Programme, and her role contributes to the safety of her fellow workers.“I'm a health and safety comms adviser trainee with Advanced Tree...

Meet our champion butcher

Gisborne ''unknown' to stake a claim for national glory

First grape pick heralds ‘outstanding’ vintage

The first grapes have started to come out of the region's vineyards and wine industry experts say if weather conditions stay the way they have been the vintage will be one of Gisborne's best ever. Villa Maria started the harvest on Monday with the...

Westpac business awards back

The Westpac Tairawhiti Business Excellence Awards will return in 2021. The awards have been held four times in this region, the last time in 2018, and were not able to be staged this year due to Covid-19. Westpac commercial and agriculture are...

Craigs researcher says NZ in good shape

TIMES have been good, but now is the time for investors to be conservative in their financial decisions, said Craigs Investment Partners head of research, Mark Lister, who was in Gisborne to speak to clients.“Everyone has had a good run,’’ Mr...

Qualified in first intake for civil trade regime

GISBORNE man Robert Matete is one of 14 civil infrastructure workers nationally to become formally qualified under a new Civil Trade Certification. As a superviser at Downer, Mr Matete looks after maintenance, winter services and iwi liaison. New...

Big drop in economic confidence surprises

ECONOMIC confidence has dramatically fallen in Gisborne-Hawke’s Bay in a survey result that has taken Westpac Bank by surprise. The Westpac McDermott Miller regional economic confidence survey for June shows only 4.2 percent of Gisborne-Hawke’s...

Pizza and beer at the village

A Ballance Street Village pizzeria has made the leap from a shipping container to a permanent home . . . and it's more than just the neighbourhood that has noticed. Neighborhood Pizzeria owner Marcel Campbell says the move to the former Cafe...

Fewest Covid breaches here

WorkSafe has praised Gisborne businesses for adhering well to Covid-19 restrictions, with this region having the fewest breaches reported in the country. WorkSafe inspectors this month completed 508 Covid-19 remote assessments. WorkSafe also triaged...

Tumu store bought by Fletcher

Gisborne's Tumu store is under new ownership but retains existing management and staff. The Commerce Commission granted clearance for Fletcher Distribution Ltd (FDL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fletcher Building Ltd that operates the national...

Tairawhiti internet firms working for the Govt . . . and rugby fans

A pair of East Coast internet providers are playing key roles in the Government’s broadband roll-out, showing size and location are no barriers to success — while also ensuring isolated rural communities do not miss out on the new way the Rugby...

Small business insights — CASH IS KING

The expression “Cash is King” might sound a bit trite but, for small businesses, it is a vital mantra that many live by. As an employee, I never work for free and sometimes I even get paid not to work. When I’m on annual leave I still get paid...