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The closure of Pacific Wood Products (PWP) in Napier has put a number of skilled, motivated and accomplished production and process staff onto the Hawke’s Bay job market. PWP invested heavily in the training and development of these staff, most of which are NZQA Qualified in Lean Management Principles and experienced in applying state of the art competitive manufacturing practices to their ...Read more
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Hawke’s Bay CashMobDay – Rewarding Hawke’s Bay Food Producers
By tweet2eat, March 12th, 2012
There are new food producing businesses doing new things in a new way in Hawke's Bay. I like talking with these owners. Their zest for life and business is electric. They're destined to do well. We want to hear more stories from you about your favourite Hawke's Bay food producers because we're going to help them. If you know of a producer that deserves rewarding, then nominate them with a reason ...Read more
Unwanted mobile phones support Starship Hospital
By Leisa Epplett, March 8th, 2012
Auckland’s Starship children’s hospital is to benefit from the collection of unwanted mobile phones in Hastings. The phones are being collected at the libraries in Hastings, Havelock North and Flaxmere and will be refurbished and then onsold, with a percentage of the proceeds going to Starship Hospital to fund care for sick children. District Libraries Manager Paula Murdoch says “This is ...Read more
Elephant Hill Winery gears up for growth with Vince Labat
By tweet2eat, February 25th, 2012Elephant Hill Winery has appointed a new Head of Marketing Vince Labat. With Elephant Hill Winery coming up three years old now, it's a well established destination for city escapists and the local dining circuit alike. We had lunch out on the summer deck with Vince at Elephant Hill to get the inside scoop on what brought Vince to Hawke's Bay and to see Elephant Hill through his eyes during ...Read more
Watching Paint Dry with EnzaFoods
By Steve Moody, February 21st, 2012
This month EnzaFoods officially opened its new $4million apple processing factory in Hastings, tying in with celebrations of 50 years in business. Did we say congratulations?! Our very own Natalie and Steve joined in the festivities and were there to see this fantastic new Freshfields truck on display. Tank designed the truck curtains, which made their public debut while the paint was still ...Read more
Come Join the Gen-i HB Team
By Leisa Epplett, February 2nd, 2012Want to be a part of New Zealand’s leading Integrated Communications and IT Solutions provider?? 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 ...Read more
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Sip. Savour. Design. Repeat.
By Steve Moody, January 17th, 2012Tank Marketing and Design worked with No.5 Cafe & Larder in establishing their new brand identity. Sometimes a brand relies less on imagery and glossy paper, and more on language, type and sparing use of colour. No.5 demonstrates how a design concept can engage, direct and inform, subtly and effectively. The results speak for themselves and No.5 is expected to draw in the masses wanting to ...Read more
Look what can happen if you just ask…
By Leisa Epplett, December 19th, 2011Back in July this year I was fortunate enough to attend a few of the Hastings District Council Leadership week events. For me the highlight was definitely listening to Rob Fyfe, CEO of Air NZ. Rob is a truly inspirational leader and wasn’t a bad speaker either! During his talk, Rob weighed into the amalgamation debate, and talked about the value of us locally marketing ourselves and ...Read more
Chef Kent Baddeley opens Ten Twenty Four in Hawke’s Bay
By tweet2eat, December 14th, 20111024 or Ten Twenty Four as it's known is the newest restaurant in Hastings. Having been renovated out of the old Hettinga Estate property, Ten Twenty Four is the brain child of Kent Baddeley of Petit Lyon fame. He admits to having served up over 300,000 dishes to patrons over the years, so that's a lot of chef experience that is being brought to the table at Ten Twenty Four. Tweet2eat caught up ...Read more
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