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A healthy school lunch box filler.

The team at Tank have been working with ENZAFoods for some months now on reinvigorating Fruit Hitz (Fruit Puree) and developing Cool Hitz (Fruit ...Read more

Technology

Locally Informed Goes Live!

Live from Hawke’s Bay! Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand – Today in New Zealand, what matters most to you and your community, just became clearer ...Read more

Lifestyle

One year in

With school starting last week we’re heading into our second year in the Bay. When we first thought about moving back here we did hear a few ...Read more

food and wine

Harvest HB

It’s great to see Harvest HB have a new home nestled within Gimblett Gravels. The venue has a huge amount of potential and it was great to ...Read more

Infrastructure

Unison Fibre Lights Up

Unison Fibre has lit the first fibre optic cable on Hawke’s Bay’s fibre route – marking a major milestone for bringing ultrafast broadband to ...Read more

Hawke's Bay people

Is Fruitbowl just another fad?

I check what’s up on fruitbowl a couple of times a day. It doesn’t take too long to just have a quick look and if there’s something ...Read more

Education

Writing for the web

It’s an important part of design and communication that often gets over looked, left to the last minute and squeezed in at the end. It’s said ...Read more

Random Thoughts

Workshops To Help You Grow Your Business

 The Essential Guide to Raising Capital Power Pitching We know that Hawke’s Bay is full of creative and innovative people with ...Read more

Tim Durrant on Is Fruitbowl just another fad?
My two to five cents are piggy back off other social networks. Does fruitbowl...

Matthew Miller on Is Fruitbowl just another fad?
I think the main reasons people haven’t been writing blog posts are: 1....

Damon Harvey on Is Fruitbowl just another fad?
I think some organisations and business people have been reluctant to put their...

Dave Smith on Is Fruitbowl just another fad?
Is it those nasty ‘Time Bandits’…for me the twitter feeds are...

Rod Drury on Is Fruitbowl just another fad?
Thanks for raising this Damon. I think we’ve given it a good nudge and have...

Damon Harvey on Harvest Hawke’s Bay
As said on fruitbowl earlier this week – i think for a first up go it was...

Nigel Watkin on Business Magazine launched for Hawke’s Bay
well done, this is a great idea, I look forward to receiving the 1st...

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