Terry from Euro City in Napier is a pro at customer service. A couple of weekends ago we went test driving new cars at Euro City in Napier. We asked an attendant if we could take one of their cars. Nothing new there. But straight away, Terry, the owner, made himself known. He asked about us, our needs and what we were looking for in a car. Me – sporty, fun, the right colour, fun ...Read more
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A good lesson in customer service
Exhibition St Hilda’s and Abbotsford: Our Children’s Homes
Former children from St Hilda’s and Abbotsford Homes will be special guests at this Saturday’s opening of an exhibition at the Central Hawke’s Bay Settlers Museum in Waipawa. The exhibition St Hilda’s and Abbotsford: Our Children’s Homes has grown out of a book by Dr Kay Morris Matthews, an internationally recognised academic historian and a research professor at EIT. A ...Read more
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Skilled Production Staff on the HB Job Market
People Central were selected to run the Redundancy Support programme for the 17 staff made redundant from Napier’s Geon Print a fortnight ago, and are now a good way down the track of getting their CV’s, Job Search Techniques and Interview Skills to the point where they can put their redundancies behind them and look forward to the next step on their career paths. What is abundantly clear at ...Read more
Crowd funding campaign for the MakePlace.
Crowd funding is a nice and democratic way of raising money for something that you are passionate about. That's why we have created a PledgeMe campaign to raise funds for our first piece of equipment for the MakePlace. The PledgeMe Campaign Hold on.. What is the MakePlace? Well.. Reading the comments on the Post that I had written a little while back on how to retain young talent in ...Read more
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How can we stop young talent from leaving Hawkes Bay?
Hawkes Bay is well known for its wineries, orchards and Art Deco. The area is foremost a tourist destination and the Hawkes Bay Councils seem to perpetuate this. For the rest there is hardly the social buzzing of energy that you can find in the larger cities of New Zealand and abroad. The area works with the seasons. In winter the people are in hibernation waiting for the next spring to come ...Read more
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Be a gig pig courtesy of NOW
NOW is a company on a serious mission and with an awesome attitude. When launching their $75 per month plan, they needed a way to grab their target audience’s attention and tell them all about it. Enter TANK and some creative messaging applied online, on billboards and in print…   ...Read more
15 Customer Services & Sales People Available
The temporary closure of Wiapukarau's Caltex Service Station is going to put 15 valued customer service and retail sales staff on the job market in mid-September. Most will look to return to the refurbished site about 4 months later, whilst others will be looking for a permanent change of job. Whilst the good people of Havelock North would see a 4-month employment gap as the opportunity to ...Read more
Simply Squeezed Orangeing Campaign Launch
This June, Simply Squeezed officially launched their ‘Orangeing’ campaign, developed by Tank to tell the story of the company’s complete obsession with bringing New Zealand the best-tasting chilled juice. Look out for the ads (featuring Simply Squeezed employees and partners) appearing in magazines and weekend newspapers over the rest of 2012. We've only shown you two ads here, the ...Read more
HBYP has a new Committee
Some of you may remember me writing about a group I'm in called the Hawke's Bay Young Professionals. Richard and I were finding it too hard to run it by ourselves and so we now have an amazing new committee to run the group. Here we are below: Ignoring the fact I had a really poor clothing choice that day and I no longer have a beard or big hair... From left to right: Dan Browne - Indelible ...Read more
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Recent Comments
Ailne Bradley on WaveGarden update
More than a good idea, a GREAT ONE & mandatory I say. Again, well done Rod !
Damon Harvey on WaveGarden update
Can you make sure if has a left hander as well – don’t forget us goofy footers!...
Leisa Epplett on WaveGarden update
Brilliant idea – i have fond memories of bumper boats, paddling pools & kiwi house...
Will Coltart on WaveGarden update
What an awesome facility. This would be a huge draw card on the Marine Parade.
George Miller on WaveGarden update
Hell yeah, be great for Hawke’s Bay
George Miller on A good lesson in customer service
Ho ho. Thank you kind sir
Tom Wallace on WaveGarden update
So cool. How do we progress this Rod? I would love to help make it happen