OVID-19 might be the crisis that we will all remember 2020 for but locally, farmers will never forget the year due to one of our most severe droughts. Water demand was at an all-time high as farmers in sun-parched rural areas tanked in our most precious natural resource. Local businessman
It doesn’t get much more Kiwi than this: a brewery run out of a large steel shed just off the Napier–Taupo highway. There’s even a Kingswood ute parked outside. But on closer inspection, there’s also a strong European vibe at Zeelandt Brewery in Eskdale. Zeelandt is the Dutch province New
The Hawke’s Bay Business Hub is maturing into a busy and vibrant resource that’s being well utilised by the local business community. 2018 marks the third birthday of Hawke’s Bay Business Hub. The Hub, as it’s more commonly known, is a key initiative of Business Hawke’s Bay, the business-led economic
It’s a fundraising mission with a difference: fitting out an aging 40-foot container to give it a new lease on life. Repurposing the large, blue shipping container into a multipurpose, habitable and consented transportable building is a major task for the small team at Architecture & Interiors Ltd. Once the
From coffee outlets to homes and offices, container buildings are springing up all over Hawke’s Bay. What’s driving this trend and what are the advantages of doing business out of a metal box? It started in 2011 when Al Borrie opened ‘The Box’ – a modified shipping container transformed into
Pallets and bins may look simple to build but for one of New Zealand‘s largest manufacturers, Tumu Timbers, there’s a level of sophistication that’s getting the best from what others would regard as the off-cuts. Tumu Timbers, based in Irongate Maraekakaho, has been supplying a range of pallets, bins, wooden
Much has changed in the world of beer appreciation over the three decades Jeremy Bayliss has been running pubs in Hawke’s Bay. He recalls that in the early 1990s, when he was managing Napier’s Criterion Hotel, beer drinkers weren’t exactly spoilt for choice. So it was a big deal, for
A Hawke’s Bay business that plays a big role in putting other businesses up in bright shining lights, prefers to keep a low profile. Axis might not be well known within the Hawke’s Bay scene in general but they are the ‘go to’ business for sign writers nationwide through to
Many small and medium businesses (SMEs) in Hawke’s Bay are set to benefit from a globally successful business development model that is based on collaboration of those sitting around a boardroom table. The Alternative Board – www. thealternativeboard.co.nz, has been brought to the Bay by two well-known local businessmen Wayne
The 2018 Napier Port Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Awards has this year recognised the outstanding contribution of seven past, present and future leaders in their field. The 2018 winners are: Silver Fern Farms Hawke’s Bay Farmer of the Year – David Danks Pan Pac Hawke’s Bay Farm Forester of the
