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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A business park purchased by the regional economic development agency is approaching full capacity. Commerce Place business park, owned by Trust Tairawhiti, now has over 75 percent of the lots either sold or leased to Tairawhiti businesses. The land...
Choosing Gisborne to officially launch the $1 billion per annum Provincial Growth Fund was a strong signal from our new coalition Government of the importance of our region to their regional growth plans. This was the first time in over 20 years that...
A GISBORNE business has been forced to shut its doors on Saturdays to combat theft from the shop and because of security concerns for staff who work that day. NZ Safety Blackwoods in Grey Street has put a sign up on the front door that says “Our...
The 2021 grape vintage gets under way today with the first of what's set to be another very good vintage with the right amounts of moisture and heat providing good growing conditions. Harvesting will continue through into late April and early May for...
McDonald's is boosting its efforts to find full-time staff in Gisborne, says franchise owner Pooja Goel. Mrs Goel said they had a good number of part-time staff but it was hard to find full-time workers, and they're hoping to change people's mindset...
ACTIVATE Tairawhiti is planning to introduce a co-working centre called Launch, and is seeking expressions of interest from entrepreneurs attracted to the idea of working in a shared, modern, tech-driven space. The co-working concept is popular...
Since the last Business Quarterly we have had our AGM and Gisborne Chamber of Commerce has a new executive. There has been plenty of discussion around all things water since the chamber released its wastewater report. Pursuing the potential use of...
It’s been a hard road at times, but Andrew Lawton is pinching himself after a life-changing 12 months. Last year Mr Lawton made the decision to go part-time on his long-term job with Tairawhiti Roads, to see if he could hack it on his own. The...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE region’s economic development agency is hoping to attract hundreds of young people to a new event designed to connect them to local job opportunities. Activate Tairawhiti economic development project manager Kim Holland said it was hoped the...
Maninder Singh took out the 2022 Gisborne Young Grower of the Year competition ahead of 10 other contestants at Kaiaponi Farms. The LeaderBrand worker will represent the Gisborne commercial fruit and vegetable growing community at the National Young...
Far East Sawmills managing director Wade Glass tells Wynsley Wrigley why he sees a bright future in processing high-value wood products, and outlines the company’s plans as new owner of the Prime Sawmill. Provincial New Zealand plays a vital role...
HAWKE'S Bay Regional Council has amended its bid to reopen the railway between Napier and Wairoa by proposing KiwiRail run the service, as well as maintain the tracks, under a proposal signed off in a closed-doors council meeting late last...
A jet-setting businesswoman has swapped her global chief executive role to help foster the next generation of business leaders at the Eastern Institute of Technology. Sabine Hoffmann has stepped into the role of head of the schools of business and...
MIXED fortunes over the past three months have caused Gisborne’s economy to fall back into a mid-table position, with rises in house sales and retail sales cancelled by a fall in construction. The latest ASB/Main Report regional economic scoreboard...
GISBORNE District Council has joined councils across the country in criticising the NZ Ratepayers Report published by the Taxpayers’ Union. Last week the Gisborne Herald quoted figures from the taxpayers' union stating that Gisborne District...