Gemco celebrates 20 years

Hawke’s Bay’s leading construction company Gemco celebrated 20 years in style with 500 guests rocking to top New Zealand band The Blackseeds at Church Road. Gemco was founded by Darren Diack and developer Terry Pratley in late 2003. Gemco managing director Darren Diack said 20 years at the forefront of the local construction scene was […]

Secluded piece of Hawke’s Bay farm earmarked for $40m film studio

A secluded piece of farmland near Te Awanga, Hawke’s Bay, has been chosen as the site for a proposed $40 million film studio development, which is said to have interest from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard. Auckland-based company No.8 Studios Ltd. has lodged a resource consent application to build the studio on 24 hectares of […]

Empowering Local Businesses: Innovate Napier Returns

Napier City Council, Napier City Business Inc, and Napier Port are pleased to announce the return of the Innovate Napier for 2024 – a business breakfast series for people in business. Designed to cater to businesses of all sizes, from sole traders to multinationals, Innovate Napier aims to spark inspiration and empower business owners, managers […]

Home-grown sustainability: DCA Architects of Transformation

Becoming more sustainable isn’t just about dealing with waste at the end of the pipeline. The design phase is critical so the things we make last longer, are fit for purpose, and are easily reused, repurposed, repaired, or recycled. No other industries contribute a greater volume of waste than the construction and demolition sector – […]

Home-grown sustainability: Bin Hire

As anyone who diligently separates their recyclables from their rubbish knows, a lot can be kept from landfill if you make some extra effort. This is the philosophy behind Hastings company Bin Hire, which puts a particular emphasis on sorting through the ‘rubbish’ they collect to ensure everything that can be recycled or reused is […]

Home-grown sustainability: Stewart Group

Our financial advisor neighbours across Karamu Road North in Hastings are the founders of the Te Rehe Solar Network, the first private peer-to-peer energy network of its kind in New Zealand. The network was created as a result of Stewart Group working to reduce their reliance on the national power grid by installing a 44kw […]

Home-grown sustainability: Hawk Group

Ever wonder where all the paper and cardboard you put out for recycling ends up? As it turns out if you live in Napier or Hastings, it doesn’t go far, landing at Hawk’s processing facility in Whakatū. There it goes through a sorting and pulping process before being turned into brand new, moulded fibre (a […]

Home-grown sustainability: Nourished for Nil and The Food Basket

We’re lucky to have two well-established food rescue organisations running in the region – Nourished for Nil in Hastings and Napier, and The Food Basket in Waipukurau. Both were founded in 2017 and receive food donations from local supermarkets, restaurants, cafés, and producers which they distribute for free to the community. Combined, they have rescued […]

Ōtāne has a pub, a dairy and now a family pie store

Some like pies with mince and cheese, others bacon and egg, and some even butter chicken, but Travis Henry, from Henry’s Family Pies likes them family-sized and ready for you to pop in the oven. The pie maker and his wife Jasmine Henry bought McCauley’s Store & Cafe on Higginson St in Ōtāne in Central […]

This is New Zealand’s ‘most welcoming’ town

The most underrated place to visit in Hawke’s Bay: Havelock North In recent years, Havelock North was named the country’s most beautiful suburb – but that’s not the only reason it should be on your radar. Hot on the heels of Otago being named one of the world’s ‘most welcoming’ regions by Booking.com, the holiday […]

Fingermark: Touching business

Luke Irving is hungry. Literally. I ask about a coffee, but he needs food. I’ve grabbed him between calls, and while I go for a long black, Luke tucks enthusiastically into a Kindred Road Tuna sammy. I find it interesting, because in these times of the highly managed public image, many CEO’s would probably stay […]