Gen-i brings together IT and telecommunications services to provide converged ICT solutions for businesses across New Zealand and Australia.  Market demand and new investment has expanded our regional office based in Napier which services Hawkes Bay and Gisborne clients. Already with a staff of 20+, our Napier office is again growing creating exciting new opportunities within our services team.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer who has mastered the server and virtualisation space, so is ready to take the next step in their IT engineering career.  You will have an extensive   all-round knowledge of IT solutions, first rate problem resolution abilities, along with ability to build great customer relationships through superior communication skills.  You'll feel very comfortable in a presales consultancy situation and have project management capabilities   All this while still finding time to enjoy the fine weather, outdoors and great lifestyle that is the Hawkes Bay.

Day to Day you’ll provide all levels of pre and post sales IT support, systems administration, server engineering and implementation services to a range of business clients with a huge variety of IT infrastructures. By exceeding customer expectations, you'll develop a key role in their organisation and become the customer’s trusted IT advisor.  Showcase your excellent judgement and problem solving abilities managing particularly tricky client issues as needed.

You'll possess strong inter-personal skills, and be proactive and energetic whilst taking ownership of issues.  You’ll enjoy sharing knowledge to benefit the wider team as well as mentoring other Engineers. You'll have an area of expertise in Microsoft Exchange, SANS, VMware or Citrix, or a combination of all of them. Couple this with an industry qualification i.e. MCSE, CCEA, CCNA and you'll be on your way.

As a member of the Telecom New Zealand Group, Gen-i has a team of energetic and passionate people in 17 locations.  We're proud of the reputation we have earned as one of Australasia's most preferred ICT services providers with clients that span 3,300 public and private sector organisations. We are totally committed to achieving outcomes for our clients.  Their success drives us. Their success is our success.

What are you waiting for? Take your career to the next level.  Apply today. www.seek.co.nz/Job/gen-i-senior-systems-engineer-napier/in/hawkes-bay-napier/21566826

You can study full time or part-time for the business degree or the diplomas and the knowledge that you gain can be applied immediately.

Our degree the Bachelor of Business Studies has four majors– Accounting, Information Systems, Management or Marketing.

You can complete the NZ Diploma in Business in two years or you can study part-time.  And evenings are an option too!

The one year Diploma in Applied Business has specializations in accounting, human resource, operations, marketing, office admin, or small business.

And for the one year Graduate Diploma in Business - you’ll need a degree already, or proof that you can study at this high level. 

Our graduates are getting interesting jobs both locally and out of the region.

Programmes start on February 13 so call us on 0800 22 55 348 or check this out  http://www.eit.ac.nz/areas-of-study/business/

“After a talk by Hawke’s Bay Tourism about their Hidden gems campaign, - aimed at encouraging visitors to stay that extra night by doing something more here – and an activity, or experience that perhaps they hadn’t thought of before, we thought we could do our bit to encourage visitors to stay one more night” – commented Diana who owns Havelock House in Havelock North.

So many visitors rush through the region, staying only a night or two and we really need to encourage longer staying visitors. People are looking for different experiences – what better than to use what Hawke’s Bay is already famous for its fresh food and fine wines.

Hawke’s Bay local produce from olive oils to olives, cheese and nuts, fresh fruit and vegetables will be featured in Cathie’s original recipes. Guests will go away having learnt how to make simple but sophisticated dishes from scratch with time saving tips from a top chef – Cathie.

Other countries such as Italy and Thailand have been promoting their cookery for years – we have it all here it just takes a small ‘leap of faith to put it in place’

Cathie has the cooking skills – she has been running successful cookery classes in Hawke’s Bay for the past 18 months and is so impressed by the range of fresh food here – “It’s something Hawke’s Bay people don’t always appreciate – in Canada so much of this has been lost – meaning the farmers markets to parking lots!” We have the accommodation adds Diana who opened the Havelock House B&B 3 years ago after they she arrived here from York England with her family.

Guests will stay here and go to Cathie’s for the cooking class followed by dinner paired with local wines. We are hoping to appeal to visitors who want that extra night.

“Visitors love the food and wine here” adds Cathie. “So why not teach them how to use all this fresh produce and when they go home they will impress their friends with the recipes they’ve learnt on the course – and their friends will come to Hawke’s Bay too.”

For more information contact:

Diana Arnold
Havelock House
77 Endsleigh Road
Havelock North
Hawke's Bay 4130
New Zealand
Tel 06 8775439
m. 0211523755
www.havelockhouse.co.nz

or

Cathie Hamilton
Certified Culinary Scientist
Cathie’s Cuisine
06 876 4911
www.cathiescuisine.co.nz

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I hope you all enjoyed your Holidays?

Last year I did some research for a few clients that wanted to send and receive text messages straight from your PC. I spent alot of time on this as we send commands to GPS Tracking devices for MonitorME , most of the solutions still charge a premium for messaging which I thought was wrong considering you can get 2500 text included on a  2degrees mobile plan.

Over the weekend I was cruising the Android App Market and found Mighty Text, this lets you send and recieve txts  from an extension to Chrome's browser.

It works Awesome! Its so easy and its free!

All you need is an Android Smart Phone, a Google Apps or Gmail account, Chrome Browser and your all go! Off course you'll need a mobile phone account (preferably from 2degrees).

I can show you how this works for free and if you want to Talkmore about Mobile Phone Plans from 2 degrees just ask.

Thanks for reading,

Ben Keehan

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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!

You can study part-time or full-time. 

We have beginning level programmes all the way to our degree the Bachelor of Computing Systems or the Graduate Diploma in Information Technology.

There are many areas that you can specialize – including ecommerce, internet and web development, programming, project management, hardware, and systems analysis.

Our classes average at 17 students to one lecturer – so you’ll get personalized learning to ensure your success.

Of particular interest in the degree is the Industry Based Learning Project.  Students apply their new skills gained during their studies in a business environment.  The internship in the last semester, provides students with an opportunity to research, integrate and apply a range of techniques and technology whilst working in the IT sector.

If you’re thinking about computing– give us a call on 0800 call EIT.

We are excited to be providing useful information to the general public about anything property.

We will be continuing to add new features to the website over the coming 12 months to make it as useful and informative as possible.

Please let us know your thoughts and comments to help us better our service.

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 of course all the amazing people that make up our society,” he says.

“The ‘Brighter Future’ promised during the last election campaign is not going to happen by creating more climate change and corporate profits for overseas companies.

“Therefore it is time to rally to send a strong message to councils and government that drilling for oil and fracking is not going to create a better future for our children,” says Greg

“Quite simply when making decisions like drilling for more oil we should ask is this part of the solution or is this part of the problem?

If it isn’t sustainable it isn’t the future we want.”

This is the Hawke’s Bay we want to regenerate and invigorate to pass on to future generations.

Rally will start at Civic Square Napier at 12pm Wednesday 25^th and move to the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council building by 1pm, to attend the meeting and TAG presentation to council.