One of Hawke’s Bay’s most significant infrastructure projects, the redevelopment of the Hawke’s Bay Airport will get back underway next week with construction starting the following Monday. Hawke’s Bay Airport CEO Stuart Ainslie is excited at the prospect of works recommencing  after the government decided to move down COVID-19 Alert Level 3. He says construction recommencement signals many jobs and...

Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise is pleased to announce that Keith Marshall has been appointed to the Interim CE role for Napier City Council. The Chief Executive Contract Committee, led by Mayor Wise, and comprising Deputy Mayor Annette Brosnan, and Councillors Nigel Simpson, Api Tapine, Graeme Taylor, and Tania Wright held a series of virtual interviews before selecting Mr Marshall as...

The Hastings City Business Association has relocated to the co-working and serviced office space, Hastings Hive. Business Association general manager Anita Alder said the move will optimise the services that they provide to over 500 businesses in the CBD. “For us Hastings Hive provides the association a multi-purpose facility where we run our day to day operations in a superbly...

The government’s Provincial Growth Fund continues to support economic development projects across Hawke’s Bay with nearly $9 million announced in January. Wairoa has been given up to $6.1m to rebuild the heart of its CBD with three initiatives while Central Hawke’s Bay has been given $2.8m for a proposed project to turn Waipukurau pā sites into a cultural tourism attraction....

The launch editorial team for The Profit totalled four – Anna Lorck, Lawrence Gullery, Kate de Lautour and me. We wanted to unite the region. We made a bold statement that we would be representing a “fresh generation of local business people” and that we were over petty infighting between Hastings and Napier. Our first editorial headline announced: “Hawke’s Bay...