Ti Tonics co-founder Tracey King, a PhD in health psychology, launched Ti Tonics in April 2010 distributing it throughout Australasia.

Sandy Cooper, founder of Auckland shoe company, Minnie Cooper.

Cameron Shaw, owner of Renalldoors, a family run business based in Carterton, Wairarapa.

John Walley, Chief Executive, New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association. An opinion piece on manufacturing in New Zealand.

What challenges are small-to-medium-sized manufacturers facing?

In 10 years the Babu brand has grown from one Auckland stockist to a 380-store deal in Europe

Ian Walsh, director at Intent Group, which helps manufacturing businesses increase productivity and efficiency.

Cactus Equipment began making packs and bags for mountaineers and trampers back in 1992 in Wellington. We moved to Christchurch in the late 90’s so that the owners could be closer to the Southern Alps.

Manufacturing in New Zealand has its challenges but advantages too, writes Catherine Beard.

John Beeson, expert in leadership development and leadership coaching at Beeson Consulting, based in New York.

As nations struggle to pull themselves out of the economic malaise created by the global financial crisis, innovation appears to be an enduring theme.

Manufacturing grew at the fastest pace in eight months in January but employment in the sector is shrinking.

Rakon's share price dropped by nearly 24pc to an all-time low today after the high-tech components maker cut its earnings guidance for the second time since December.

David Shearer and his cohort of prospective coalition partners, the Greens, Mana and NZ First, are holding a show-trial into who killed the manufacturing industry.

The New Zealand dollar fell by more than half a US cent today after labour data showed that the employment rate fell to its lowest point in 10 years.

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell from a 13-year high in the last three months of 2012 as people stopped looking for work and the participation rate shrank.

I pity manufacturers in New Zealand. They are the collateral damage of our narrow approach to controlling inflation.

That dwindling band who continue to deny our economy is being hurt by an overvalued currency will usually - in the face of the indisputable evidence - take refuge as a last resort.

New Zealand labour costs rose in the final three months of 2012 as the gathering pace of Canterbury's reconstruction effort saw the building and construction sector underpin gains.

Workers who will lose their jobs when the Summit Wool Spinners' Oamaru plant closes could struggle to find work and may have to move, the Otago Chamber of Commerce says.