Fruitbowl - Fresh Ideas from Hawke's Bay

Last chance to register for Accelerate. We'd love to see a few more locals take advantage of the networking opportunity with many of the tech leaders of New Zealand. Sam Morgan is back again this year. I'll be kicking off with a deep dive of Xero, and especially the experiences building a listed growth company. This session will be relevant for all growing businesses looking at raising money ...Read more

Hawke's Bay's largest social sporting event is back on Sunday the 11th March 2012 Full details and registration available here http://www.tremains.co.nz/content/tremains-triathlon.html  Keep an eye out for us at the Airnet tent, come over and say "Hi" we may even have a cold beer and a sausage for you. Time to get training! ...Read more

Hawke’s Bay farmer is calling on Hawke’s Bay citizens to join A RALLY OF HOPE on Wednesday in Napier. It’s time to stand up, says Elsthorpe Farmer concerned citizen Greg Hart. “The rally is part protest against Tag Oils plans to drill and frack “The Bay” but equally it is a celebration of all we are privileged to have in Hawkes Bay with our beautiful landscape, water and climate and ...Read more

Tickets for the inaugural Hereworth 20/20 Celebratory Cricket Match are now on sale. Former Black Caps, All Blacks and a Tall Black will converge on Havelock North on Friday 24th February for an entertaining day of cricket and fun. The list of greats includes Mark Greatbatch, Martin Crowe, Craig McMillan, Marc Ellis, Shane Thomson, Ewen Chatfield, Simon Doull, Danny Lee and Brendon Pongia. They ...Read more

We're on again for the best tech-biz conference of year, bringing everyone back to Black Barn, Monday February 13 2012. This year we've flipped to a Monday to capture the Winery Tour with Gin Wigmore, Mutton Birds and Avalanche City. We're expecting Accelerate to sell out quickly so keen to see a few more local businesses along to build connections with the very high calibre visitors coming ...Read more

Head down to The Warehouse at The Park in Hastings next Saturday, 26th November between 9 - 12.  Grab some delicious home baking and help us raise awareness and money for a great new not for profit organisation - Bellyful. Bellyful is a national not-for-profit organisation helping mums around New Zealand when they need it most – at dinner-time! Our team of volunteers (generally also mums) ...Read more

Been a while since I posted on here... Miss me? Didn't think so. No new videos of me in a leotard either... Some of you will know I'm one of the executives for the Hawke's Bay Young Professionals. The rest of you may never even heard of us... Basically its a bunch of young (roughly 20 - 30 kinda age), professional type people that get together in the bay, host events and stuff like that ...Read more