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Launching into opportunities

Staff shortages have long been an issue in Gisborne but one company is ready to help while also growing itself. Recruitment and human resources company People Plus has operated out of Trust Tairawhiti's co-working space Launch! for the past 12...

Engineering firm doubles in size with Eastland aquisition

THE stars aligned for returning Gisborne couple Ellyce and Alan Hemmings who decided to start up their own engineering firm in the middle of Gisborne’s construction boom. The couple came back from Dunedin and started Supreme Engineering in...

Gold medal was a game changer

A gold medal for GroCo's 2019 Gisborne Sauvignon Blanc awarded at the World Bulk Wine Exhibition in Amsterdam at the beginning of the month was nothing short of a “game changer” for the regions wine industry, an industry spokesman said. While...

New manager for Gisborne Chamber

The Gisborne Chamber of Commerce has a familiar face ready to drive forward a unified regional business agenda. Following the resignation of chamber chief executive Terry Sheldrake, after he was elected to Gisborne District Council, Lena Bevan will...

Dream job

Chris Whatuira and Shaavone Brown have found their dream job working at Te Wherowhero Lagoon as part of the Tairawhiti Economic Support Package Redeployment Programme. Both were more than a little hesitant when they got the call-up for kaitiaki...

Partnership will lead to IT gains

AN INFORMATION technology firm seeking to provide a national umbrella service for small and medium-sized businesses’ IT support needs has established a foothold in Gisborne with the acquisition of Strategic IT. New Zealand Technology Group, an...

STEPPING BACK, THINKING CLEARLY

Boosting the region's business acumen

Cedenco owner partners with Maori in Kawerau dairy venture

KAWERAU — A group of Maori organisations has partnered with Japanese food company Imanaka to develop a milk processing plant to make high-value niche products in Kawerau. Kawerau Dairy is a collaboration between 11 Maori Bay of Plenty entities...

ROCKIT LAUNCH

Innovative New Zealand apple company Rockit Global Limited is expanding into Gisborne. The company is planting 20 hectares of its miniature Rockit apple variety this year and says this will create at least 20 jobs. Rockit Global Limited (RGL)...

ECT's equity up by $21m

JUST days after investing $4.7 million to bring a new wood processing facility to Gisborne, Eastland Community Trust’s latest financial figures show the trust grew by more than $20 million last year. The ECT annual report for the financial year...

Biorefinery venture and food innovation strategy added to economic action plan

Two new actions have been added to the region's recently-refreshed Tairawhiti Economic Action Plan (TEAP) to create high-value jobs here. At its August meeting, the TEAP Steering Group endorsed the preparation of a food innovation strategy for...

Eastland Group in the black

COMMUNITY trust-owned company Eastland Group last year collected a record $76.2 million in income, along with a $14.8m profit, allowing the company to give back nearly $10m to the community that owns it. Eastland Group owns Eastland Port, lines...

Gisborne police offer reassurance to businesses over festive season

Police have been busy over the festive season visiting businesses in Gisborne, up the East Coast and at Mahia and down to Raupunga, as part of their work to keep the various communities safe. On a trip up the East Coast Gisborne Constables Baven Kemp...

Boost for small businesses

FOLLOWING a review of the Government’s Regional Business Partners (RBP) Programme, joint-funders New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and Callaghan Innovation will lift their investment on the East Coast and fund a second person to act as...

Tairawhiti and Hawke's Bay share top spot for best regional economic performance

Tairawhiti shared top spot with Hawke's Bay for best, regional economic performance in the December 2020 quarter, figures show. According to new data released by the economic data collection and analysis company Infometrics, Tairawhiti recorded a 3.7...

Gisborne/HB economic confidence up

A NET 27 percent of Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay households expect their regional economies to strengthen over the coming year, according to the Westpac-McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence survey for the December quarter. The confidence level...

Te Urewera honey to the world

HONEY produced in the hills of Te Urewera could soon be exported around the world, creating sustainable jobs in the isolated region well into the 22nd century. Over the past six years, helped by Business Mentors New Zealand, Ruatahuna-based Manaw...

House prices finish year well up

GISBORNE property values shot up last year by an average of about $45,000, new figures show. The latest monthly QV House Price Index shows regional residential property values here rose 16.7 percent last year to $269,266 at the end of...