Made to order: chemo drugs from Onekawa
Behind a plain white door, in an innocuous looking building set down an ordinary asphalt driveway in Onekawa, there’s a hive of industry going on. And the primary goal is to make sure that Kiwis sick with cancers and other illnesses have speedy access to the best drugs available. It’s like something out of ‘Breaking […]
Doctor sticks to script to create world class hospital
This vision has been driven by Dr Colin Hutchison, who will be joined by local surgeons and local investors in creating a state of the art world class hospital. Kaweka Hospital’s stage 1 will open in July in Canning Road, Hastings and is expected to undertake 5000 operations a year. Stage 2 is also under […]
Elaine Atkinson is the founder of Ocean Hills Detox & Rehab, a private rehab and detox facility in the Hawke’s Bay
After 15 years in recovery from alcoholism, the former Aucklander decided it was time to set up her dream business. In 2019, she left a highly successful corporate career behind and went on to open the doors of Ocean Hills, a private rehab in Hastings. Choosing Hawke’s Bay The reason she chose Hawke’s Bay as […]
Life experience leads to wellness and new business
Wellness practitioner Robin Wilson is concerned about burnout with many of us getting sent too much information, which is leading to us feeling as if we’re always on. “We are bombarded by information and not hitting the off button. We’re constantly on and wired. We need to stop. If we’re constantly in the red zone […]
Profile: Ultrella – Hawke’s Bay company featured in NZ Entrepreneur Magazine!
Super proud to profile Mel Lewis, founder of Ultrella as one of Business Hawke’s Bay entrepreneurs, featured in NZ Entrepreneur’s Innovation Nation series. Read on and be inspired! First published by NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Read the full article here.
Meke Meter and Dominys set to dominate wellbeing market
Levi and Dana Armstrong have a strong desire to improve the mental, social and physical wellbeing of communities. For over five years, the Armstrongs have worked with a team of researchers at EIT to develop the Meke Meter, www.mekemeter.org. The Meke Meter is an indigenous quality of life self-assessment tool. By asking people to think […]
Mel Lewis founder of Ultrella, featured in NZ Entrepreneur publication’s innovation nation series
Business Hawke’s Bay are thrilled to showcase Hawke’s Bay innovators and entrepreneurs in NZ Entrepreneur publication’s innovation nation series. Here’s the first entrepreneur, the wonderful Mel Lewis founder of Ultrella. What problems do you solve and what products or services do you sell? Here at Ultrella, we solve physical problems such as sweat and B.O. […]
New regional aquatic centre, a game changer for Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay will have a new aquatic centre by 2022 thanks to $32 million in funding from the Government’s shovel ready projects fund. “It’s a game changer for the region,” says Sir Graeme Avery, chair of the Hawke’s Bay Community Fitness Centre Trust, which will be adding the aquatic centre to the community health and […]
Arataki Honey – 75 years young
From a single swarm to over 24,000 hives, the story of Arataki Honey started when 17-year-old Percy Berry was asked by a neighbour to remove a swarm of bees. Percy then began to split and build hives in Nireaha. In 1942 he gave up farming sheep and cattle and moved with his wife and five […]
Waipukurau woman launches placenta business to meet global demand
People around the world are going that extra mile for silky, smooth skin, paying top dollar for placenta products in a $2 billion global market. One beauty secret even the gurus won’t know is that New Zealand’s had the local market cornered for two decades. The Project spoke to Agri-Labs Co-Products’ owner and Waipukurau’s very […]
Real World opens doors to first-of-its-kind refill and retail store
It’s a space with history, a sense of significance, and a hip industrial feel steeped in the heritage of Hastings. Nicola and Adam Mossman have proudly thrown open the doors to the Real World Refinery – a refill and retail store in Queen Street – and they say it’s the first design-led, fully integrated refill […]