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Dentiq – new dental care for Hawke’s Bay

A dollar a day for your annual dental care is just one initiative Dr Sundar Jagadeesan is introducing to his second and newest Hawke's Bay dental clinic, Dentiq. If his approach to growing bis first practice in Wairoa is anything to go by, Dr Sundar is sure to make a success out of his new state of-the-art practice on Gloucester Street...

Connecting youth and business

There's plenty of youth looking for work says Hastings District Council social and youth development manager Dennise Elers, "they've just got to be given a chance". That's what Orsborn Roadmarkers has done becoming one of the first local businesses to employ a Hastings youth from the council's Youth Connectors programme. Orsborn Roadmarkers owners Angela and Lucas Orsborn bought the family...

The land of milk and honey

Relationships have been the key ingredient to launching the world's first milk and Manuka honey drink, Moonuka Milk. Relationships have been the key ingredient to launching the world’s first milk and Mānuka honey drink, Moonuka Milk. Hawke’s Bay’s Steffen Kara has partnered with long-term work colleague Gareth Wynyard and mutual friend Greg Hayhow to bring an idea first dreamed up...

Hawke’s Bay Airport’s new arrivals hall open for business

The new arrivals hall at the Hawke’s Bay Airport has been well received by passengers as it opened. After a 36 hour flight from Sweden Araminta Wilson was the first passenger to collect her bags from the new automated baggage system. Araminta from Otane, Central Hawke’s Bay, initially thought someone famous was on the flight due to the ‘paparazzi’ snapping...

Finding a niche in a large global market

Global and national interest in hemp seed products may be growing but when Kanapu launched into the market, its founders knew they needed to establish a unique selling proposition to ensure success. At that point, the market was focused on hemp seed oil as a nutraceutical and it was commonly found on the shelves of health stores, particularly in pill...

Mastering the plumbing business

Tim had been working as a contractor in Hawke’s Bay before making the decision to move to Port Headland, travelling around the Pilbara in Western Australia, setting up massive infrastructure for satellite mining camps – housing developments for between 2 to 5 thousand people. The money was amazing and the driving eye-opening. “I covered some huge km’s, often driving 5-6...

Growing a market for hemp foods

Having to ramp up your target production because product demand significantly exceeds initial forecasts is one of those business headaches it can be nice to have. It’s the situation Isaac Beach and Simon White of Otane-based Kanapu Hemp Foods found themselves in this year. Kanapu has been growing hemp on Otane’s Ludlow Estate, Simon’s family’s farm, and the cold-pressed hemp...

Hawke’s Bay Breeding Brilliant Youth in Business

A team from Woodford House has won this year’s Young Enterprise Scheme for their product – an environmentally friendly fruit label. Sarah Wixon, Rylie Bensemann, Zoe Rookes and Maggie Peacock featured in the previous issue of The Profit and took out the top award for their water soluable sticker that aims to reduce waste and encourage consumers to wash their...

Hawke’s Bay Airport sets date for stage 1 opening

The first stage of the $20.2 million Hawke’s Bay Airport expansion will be ready to welcome passengers to the region on January 15. Hawke’s Bay Airport chief executive Stuart Ainslie said the finishing touches are being made to the new arrivals hall which will include the airport’s first automated baggage system that will have the capacity of 2.5 million bags/annum....

User experience spurs buying the business

Just like Victor Kiam of Remington Razors fame, Ray Burr and Donna Campbell liked the product so much they bought the company. Ray and Donna were dairy farmers from Aria in the King Country who, like many other farmers across New Zealand, relied on using urea to increase productivity. They started out with 360 cows, which over time grew to...