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Eastland Group appoints interim chairman

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...

Eye on employment law changes

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...

Rua Bioscience internships chance to join team

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...

Ovation works for wellness

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...

Being Mates in Tairawhiti

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...

ANZ ends regional trends survey

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...

ECT chief focuses on positive future

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...

‘Called back for a purpose’

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...

Honey market in a state of flux

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...

New opportunity with NZ Business Number register

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...

Female founders offered acceleration opportunity

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...

Tourist spending in Gisborne climbing

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...

Forestry recruitment finding its fit with digital campaign

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...

Construction boom ‘exciting’

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...

Black Friday spend-up in Gisborne

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...

‘Gold standard’ health and safety

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...