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Hawke’s Bay Job Market Update

By Rohan Bowyer, March 9th, 2010

We continue to receive a lot of mixed signals regarding ongoing employment factors & demands.  What can we expect to see in 2010 for the Hawke’s Bay labour market? Firstly, we need to understand the national employment market, and what trends are emerging. What has been obvious to all of us has been the impact of the global credit crunch and recession. The Department of Labour indexes ...Read more

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Be Inspired!

By Ben Deller, March 3rd, 2010

Do you have problems with motivation?  Hastings local Shelley Hanna is pushing her dislike of running to the limit, by taking part in the New Plymouth marathon on 6 March.  “I joined the local Multi Sport Club several years ago to keep fit and take part in their duathlons and triathlons,” she says.  “But my running is lousy.  I’m always at the back.”  After failing dismally to ...Read more

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The Profit

By Damon Harvey, March 1st, 2010

Keep any eye out of the next week for your copy of The Profit – Hawke’s Bay’s only independent business magazine. The first issue has a wide range of stories including a one on one interview with the Prime Minister, an update on ultra fast fibre, an update on what’s planned to promote Hawke’s Bay to national and international tourists. The Profit is FREE to all ...Read more

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Accelerate 2010 / Katchafire – Today is the Day

By Fruitbowl, February 17th, 2010

The big day is finally here. Accelerate 2010 is happening today at Black Barn, and some seriously interesting people are coming from a long way away to attend what promises to be an exciting and stimulating event. Afterwards, Katchafire, one of New Zealand’s premier reggae band, is playing in the Black Barn underground cellar. There are very limited tickets, but it would be great to ...Read more

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Is Fruitbowl just another fad?

By Damon Harvey, February 9th, 2010

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 worth commenting on – I’ll either do it then or later that day. I think there’s quite a few people that do the same – both in the public and private sector. What I am now finding facinating is that some people are reluctant ...Read more

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Business Magazine launched for Hawke’s Bay

By Damon Harvey, February 3rd, 2010

Hawke’s Bay is set to get its own dedicated business magazine with the launch of The Profit. The Profit’s founder and publishing manager Damon Harvey said the magazine has been launched to tell the great success stories of Hawke’s Bay businesses and champion our businesspeople living in the region. It will also investigate issues impacting Hawke’s Bay businesses and provide insights ...Read more

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Locally Informed Goes Live!

By Shane Redlick, February 1st, 2010

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. NZ-based start-up, Locally Informed (locallyinformed.co.nz), brings to New Zealand a new way to uncover the local news and local knowledge that matters most to people in their communities.  And, perhaps most importantly, a new way to solve the ...Read more

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Backbenchers come to Napier

By Rod Drury, January 15th, 2010

This should be fun … Back Benches, New Zealand’s one and only pub politics show, hits the road and heads to the beach every week over summer. On Sunday the 24th Jan the show descends on the Gin Trap in Ahuriri, Napier. The Back Benches Summer Tour sees Wallace Chapman and guests head to the regions, starting at the birthplace of politics – and New Zealand’s first ...Read more

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Fossie and CJ

By Fruitbowl, January 12th, 2010

They always say you’ve made it when they start doing cartoons of you.  Murray Webb does an excellent Craig Foss completing his rendition of our dynamic duo. Next goal has to be a backbenchers puppets for our local members ...Read more

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Design Writer Douglas Lloyd Jenkins

By Fruitbowl, December 22nd, 2009

DOUGLAS LLOYD JENKINS, Director of the Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery as well as one of New Zealand’s most prolific architecture and design writers, has objects – a lot of them. So what interests him about all of these objects? “What they do to make people think,” says Douglas. His reliance on and fascination with them means that he surrounds himself with objects both at his ...Read more

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