Gisborne businesses can again go up against those in Hawke's Bay to compete in the ExportNZ ASB export awards.“Companies can compete for the T&G Global Best Established Exporter Award (those with a turnover of more than $5 million a year), the...
GISBORNE recorded the largest percentage increase in new home listings in November, compared to the same month in the previous year, according to figures released by realestate. co. nz. Eighty-eight new properties were listed in November, up 20.5...
A $4m increase in spending by foreign tourists is a reason for 2015 being a bumper year for the region’s $135m-a-year tourism industry. The latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment...
In the traffic management game, the goal is to be seen often and not talked about. Tessa and Kurt Allan started ProTraffic back in 2015 after coming the long way home to Gisborne from Australia — where Kurt was building concrete swimming pools —...
A Chamber of Commerce survey of businesses in the Northern Region (which includes Gisborne) indicates that business confidence has fallen dramatically. When questioned on their view of the New Zealand economy in the next six months, only 19 percent...
EASTLAND Group has announced company director Tony Gray as an interim replacement for outgoing chairman Nelson Cull. After eight years as chairman of Eastland Group, Mr Cull stepped down at the company’s annual meeting yesterday. Eastland Group...
In the rush of business, it is easy to take our eye off the ball when it comes to employment law compliance. The beginning of the year is a good time for many businesses to take stock and review changes to employment law, and how they may impact on...
Medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience has launched an inaugural internship programme and is seeking two people to join its 30-strong team with both a winter and summer internship. Rua Bioscience chief executive Rob Mitchell said He Ara Ahumahi...
A GISBORNE meat processor is the first business in the district to receive accreditation in a national workplace wellness programme. Ovation got on board with WorkWell, a nationwide initiative developed by Toi Te Ora Public Health Service, in May...
For many people their one constant in life is work and they spend more time at work than at any other place. Suicidologist Dr Annette Beautrais says 75 percent of all suicides in New Zealand every year are men.“And about 60 percent of all suicides...
A LEADING New Zealand bank says it will continue to monitor Gisborne’s regional economy closely, even though it will no longer publish the region’s statistical trends for public consumption. ANZ Bank stopped issuing its quarterly Regional Trends...
A MONTH into his new role, Eastland Community Trust chief executive Gavin Murphy says his priorities are clear: project execution, jobs, relationships and community alignment. For now, “jobs” mean embedding existing projects like ECT’s...
DETERMINED to take a business approach that not only provided a service to an East Coast community, but embedded itself at its very heart, the operator of Tolaga Bay Inn called for help from above. In fact, Lily Stender had only to look up as far as...
THE Co-operative Bank's move from the outer CBD into new premises in the centre of the city is a sign of confidence in the bank and in Gisborne, says the bank’s general manager David Cunningham. Mayor Meng Foon and Mr Cunningham have officially...
Tatapouri Bay is quickly becoming a destination rather than a stop-off on journeys around the East Coast. The coastal campground run by Nathan Foon and Shanti Probst now touts their cafe “The Tata” — named in honour of the Tatapouri Hotel that...
Trust Tairāwhiti has been partnering with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and local organisations Ask Alice, Tai Tech and Tolaga Bay Innovation to provide digital skills workshops for small businesses across the rohe. Each...
Gisborne tax expert Ashley Nuttall has been awarded a prestigious accounting award in recognition of his service to the profession and local community. He was among 222 chartered accountants from around the world to be acknowledged recently with...
THREE Gisborne accountants and business leaders Charles Rau, Aaron Snodgrass and Mike Torrie, have been awarded a top accounting honour recognising outstanding service to their profession and the community. They are among 212 Chartered Accountants...
GISBORNE wineries and vineyards have taken out a host of medals at one of the nation’s most influential awards. Matawhero Wines was the big winner, claiming gold for its pinot gris. The Matawhero Single Vineyard Gisborne Pinot Gris 2017 was awarded...
Gisborne mortgage advisers say they have been busier than ever since the first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mike Pero Gisborne franchise owner and mortgage adviser Kirsten Morris said when the pandemic started experts had predicted that the...
On May 7, 2021 the Government announced that it will be delivering on its pre-election commitment to implement Fair Pay Agreement (“FPA”) legislation. It is expected that this legislation will be drafted and introduced in late 2021, with a view...
An average volume of manuka honey and a drop in quality is the message Gisborne beekeeper Barry Foster has been getting from beekeepers and honey producers. A slump in honey prices has probably been caused by the international problem of fake and...
For the first time, Maori businesses can identify themselves as such on the New Zealand Business Number register. By registering as a Maori business, they will benefit from the opportunities provided by the government-run NZBN register — which are...
THE region’s female entrepreneurs are to be given a chance to work with some of New Zealand’s top businesswomen, by applying for the country’s first kick-start programme aimed at fast-tracking women-led companies. Lightning Lab XX is a free...
TOURISTS to Gisborne spent $146 million for the year ended January 2018, up eight percent from the same period last year. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) released the latest figures. MBIE manager of sector trends Mark Gordon...
Eastland Wood Council has acknowledged a new national campaign launched by the Forest and Wood Processing Workforce Council to attract more people into forestry careers. The recruitment campaign called Find Your Fit In Forestry aims to draw attention...
With construction activity in the Gisborne region full speed ahead — to the extent that non-residential consents doubled in value to $53 million over the past 12 months — Sophie Rishworth talks to some leaders in the sector to build a picture of...
Gisborne shoppers have already spent more than $45 million on credit and debit cards in the lead up to Christmas, new data shows. Paymark, which processes more than 70 percent of all electronic card transactions, reports that between November 13 and...
A Gisborne health and safety business has a vision to support the entire country from its Gladstone Road offices. Sophie Rishworth spoke with Andrew Burns, the man behind ThinkSafe, to hear how he is turning consultancy upside down. In early 2016...
GISBORNE-based Eastland Group has boosted its investment in cut-price electricity business Flick Electric Co, raising its shareholding in one of the nation’s fastest-growing electricity retailers from 11 to more than 16 percent. Eastland Group was...
A Gisborne-based immigration adviser does not think the border reopening staged plan announced by the Government will work fast enough to address local businesses' struggles to recruit adequate labour. The New Zealand border will reopen to vaccinated...
PLANS to reopen the East Coast’s only rail link between Wairoa and Napier have been delayed because the line’s new owners do not have enough logs to move. Last year, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, Napier Port and KiwiRail entered into...
Six months into my role is a useful time to take stock of efforts to stimulate economic growth within the region. Encouragingly, some positive economic statistics are being reported. ANZ’s recently released Regional Trends Research found that...