Sweet journey for EIT graduate turned business owner
EIT graduate Courtney Booth has transformed her love for food into a flourishing business with Cuteneys Cakes The 29-year-old always had a love for food, nurtured by baking alongside her mum in her hometown of Napier. After finishing Year 12 at Tamatea High School, she followed her passion for cooking and enrolled at EIT to […]
Solar power farming in Hawke’s Bay
Research solar power farming, as I have been doing for the last few weeks, to get a grip on Hawke’s Bay’s embrace of solar, and you’ll soon hear the famous inventor Thomas Edison’s quote from the 1880s. “We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be […]
Hawke’s Bay farmers put a rural spin on a Stunning Wedding Venue
Matt and Kerri, along with their two young children, became the proud owners of Meadowood in May 2024. Though their background is in sheep and beef farming, not weddings, they’ve embraced the challenge wholeheartedly. Initially focused on weddings, they’ve expanded Meadowood to cater to a variety of events, from corporate functions and Christmas parties to […]
From Local Roots to Global Standards: HB Technologies’ Impact on IT, Cybersecurity and AI in Hawke’s Bay
Founded in 2007 by Duncan Wallace, HB Technologies (HBT) has grown into a dynamic team of over 25 experts dedicated to delivering innovative technology solutions to businesses in Hawke’s Bay and beyond. “From day one, our mission was clear: to help local businesses harness the power of technology. Today, we’re proud to deliver world-class IT […]
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. […]