LABOUR and the Green Party say Gisborne needs regional development but both describe the Government’s package, announced yesterday, as insufficient and lacking in vision. The two opposition parties have criticised the lack of commitment to...

Just 12 months from conception, a locally-owned and operated construction company is filling out major government contracts while helping to boost the region's sub-contracting supply chain. Set up by Alex Hawea, Rob Pokoati and Ringahuia Turei-Wall...

In October this year the Government announced a $940,000 investment into a two-year horticulture training programme run by Four Seasons in Gisborne. Andrew Ashton speaks to the man in charge of making it work. Four Seasons managing director Elliot...

CONSUMERS here are increasingly using their debit and credit cards to make purchases, new data shows. The latest figures from Paymark, which processes more than three-quarters of all electronic transactions, show monthly year-on-year consumer...

Gisborne's kiwifruit industry was recently given a boost, when Eastland Port handed over the second of two newly refurbished cool store facilities to tenant NZ Fruits. The new cool stores started life as one meat freezer in the 1970s. In 2018...

A successful sale of the region's electricity network will help fund new community facilities, Trust Tairāwhiti chief executive Gavin Murphy says. Mr Murphy was speaking ahead of the annual meeting of the trust, which is also the regional economic...

Two Gisborne businesses have been nominated for the final stage of the nation's top export business awards. Gisborne finalists and nominees in the New Zealand International Business Awards 2022 are Pultron, in the Excellence in Innovation category...

Omicron is proving a challenge for businesses faced with staff absence and supply disruption. Andrew Ashton looks at what those challenges mean for business continuity and why it's more important than ever for businesses to focus on core functions...

A Gisborne orchard is in the running for supreme honours after winning two gold medals in the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards. Over 300 products were entered by 126 producers from all over New Zealand and 69 gold, 91 silver and 63 bronze medals...

The latest lockdown may have shaken business confidence but economic data from before the Delta outbreak shows the region's economy was on the rise. Provisional estimates supplied by Infometrics to regional economic development agency Trust...

Gisborne winemakers are toasting a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and New Zealand that also paves the way for Māori trade gains. When the deal comes into force by the end of the year, tariffs will be eliminated from day one on wine...

STATISTICS NZ, ANZ Bank, AREINZ and Land Transport NZ agree: our region continues to show strong, ongoing economic growth. For the year ended December 2015 the regional economy grew by 4.7 percent compared to 3 percent nationally. Overall, we had the...

Small businesses and sub-contractors here are welcoming new proposals to make the big boys pay their bills on time, and say it also needs to include payments from government departments. Minister for Small Business Stuart Nash is considering stricter...

Trust Tairawhiti has released its 2019/2020 financial statements ahead of its annual meeting on Thursday next week.“The trust welcomes anyone who is interested to attend. We look forward to discussing the past year, sharing our priorities for the...

A FORMAL economic relationship has been set up between Gisborne District Council and Kaifeng Council in China. A delegation from Kaifeng, a city of 5.8 million people in Henan province, has been visiting the district and signed a memorandum of...

The Tairawhiti economy bounced back in the final quarter of last year, with provisional estimates from Infometrics showing annual growth of 7.2 percent compared with 2020. The Quarterly Economic Monitor for December 2021 puts Tairawhiti economic...

Gisborne's economy is still in good stead, two new economic reports show. The latest ASB Regional Economic Scorecard shows rising value in most major indicators over the second quarter of the year, with retail sales bringing in $165m — up 28.1...

Gisborne grapes are again the toast of the town. The Top 50 wines in the New World Wine Awards have been named and they include three with Gisborne roots, as well as the title of Champion Bubbles for Lindauer's Special Reserve Rosé.“A few factors...

For those who bristle at blend-words such as hangry, mansplain or masstige, look away now.“Co-opetition” is the buzzword for the concept of businesses working together, as in a cluster, while keeping some business interests private. Co-opetition...

Gisborne’s commercial property scene is increasingly being revitalised with new investment coming into the city, and Colliers International says that could help encourage existing building owners to modernise further. In the past demand for...

The forestry slowdown to hit the district is a timely reminder of what a commodity market-driven industry it is, says Eastland Wood Council chief executive Kim Holland. Ms Holland's comments come as the council welcomes a positive rebound across the...

The pull of the regions has remained strong for Reuben Woods, founder of Woods Agency. Known to hit the waves when the surf is running, Woods grew up in Gisborne but later branched out to the Bay of Plenty where he founded his creative design agency...

Gisborne businesses are managing contact-tracing guidelines well, the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce says. As people go back to work in Covid-19 Alert Level 2, workplaces have to abide by contact-tracing practices and Gisborne Chamber of Commerce...

A new start-up software development company aims to be the No. 1 Maori information and communications technology (ICT) provider for Tairawhiti. The five-member team behind the business want to bridge the gap between Te Ao Maori (the Maori world) and...

GISBORNE'S wineries are finalising plans for Labour Weekend festivities as Activate Tairawhiti, prepares to market a series of package holiday deals involving wine and train excursions, Rolls Royces and the 2018 national surfing...

The “don't panic” message has been reinforced when it comes to food and groceries. Gisborne shoppers cleaned out shelves of stock at the city's two major supermarkets over the past two days as panic buying for a possible self-isolation period...

Businesspeople and aspiring business owners have a new way to learn about and access support available from government agencies. Set up in August 2020, the Connected service links New Zealanders to support available throughout government for...

The Chamber of Commerce’s core role within the business community is advocacy. Since the last Business Quarterly we have been busy completing a case study — supported by funding from our economic development agency Activate Tairawhiti — on the...

Equity fund raises $69m for SunGold kiwifruit

Labour force surge, unemployment drop