Innovative Mara Bio at home in Foodeast-Haumako
An exciting young company turning primary industry by-products into functional food-grade ingredients has moved its head office to Foodeast-Haumako this week. Mara Bio takes food industry side streams – left over products from food manufacturing processes – and, using fermentation and edible fungi, develops high-value protein powders that can be used in a range of […]
Hawke’s Bay Tyre Shredding – early mover in end of life tyre processing
In 2018, tyre retailer Byron Duncan established a new business dealing with a hard to solve waste product – end of life tyres. Hawke’s Bay Tyre Shredding does exactly “what it says on the tin”. It takes end of life tyres and processes them, shredding them into TDF (tyre derived fuel) that’s used in the […]
Taste Hastings takes out national event award
A Hastings event designed to attract people to the revitalised city centre, boost the local economy, and showcase the region’s food and wine industry has been recognised with a national award. At the annual New Zealand Event Awards held last night [August 27], Taste Hastings was announced the best food, beverage or lifestyle category winner, […]
Craggy Range restaurant wins supreme award; Market Street best bar
A pair of prestigious hospitality awards have been bestowed on Craggy Range restaurant at the 2024 Hospitality New Zealand Business Awards. The Hawke’s Bay business was honoured with the Best Restaurant and Supreme Award accolades at the 25th edition of the event this week. The achievement follows Craggy Range executive chef Casey McDonald’s Chef of […]
ZIWI crowned Hawke’s Bay ASB Exporter of the Year 2024
New Zealand’s largest pet food manufacturer, ZIWI, has been crowned Exporter of the Year at the ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards. ZIWI picked up the supreme honour last night (August 1st) in front of a sell-out crowd in Hastings at the Toitoi Hawke’s Bay Arts and Events Centre. Judges praised ZIWI as a global […]
House of the Year: Multimillion-dollar home and bunker wins top regional awards
An “exceptional” Hawke’s Bay home with a unique bunker built on the hills below the eastern side of Te Mata Peak has dominated the 2024 Registered Master Builders House of the Year Central North Island Regional event, claiming six individual prizes and the overall supreme Central North Island award. Constructed by local company Redmond Builders, […]
Hastings Cafe celebrates 15 years in business
“It’s Sutto’s 15th birthday, and we’ve been established for 15 years,” he told Hawke’s Bay Today. Like many Hawke’s Bay businesses, the Sutto team hasn’t had an easy few years. They’ve had to navigate a cyclone, the pandemic, and a stream of central city roadworks. There was also the economy and recession to contend with. […]
ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards 2024
The ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards, now in its milestone tenth year, is an annual event that celebrates the achievements of companies based within the Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne/ Tairāwhiti region, in exporting goods and services to overseas markets. Export businesses are always busy, so this year we have made the process of applying […]
Golden Apple Dental Announces New Facility In Napier
Golden Apple Dental is delighted to announce the opening of its new clinic in Napier, further expanding its commitment to providing top-tier dental care. This new facility will complement the long-established Hastings dental clinic, offering a comprehensive range of dental services tailored to meet the needs of the local community. Located in the heart of […]
Three Hawke’s Bay councils win Taituarā Excellence Awards
Hastings District Council has won the Local Government Funding Agency Supreme Award at the Taituarā Excellence Awards for its work on water treatment facility Waiaroha. It also took out the GHD Award for Excellence in Environmental Leadership, highlighting projects with significant environmental benefits. Waiaroha – Heretaunga Water Discovery Centre – not only supplies clean and […]
Regional architecture award win for Toitoi Municipal Building
Toitoi Municipal Building was one of a number of Hastings district winners at this year’s Gisborne & Hawke’s Bay Architecture awards, held at the Assembly Room in Hastings on Friday night (June 14). Designed by Matthews & Matthews Architects, the Municipal Building won the heritage category of the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of […]