Country living a cut above for retailers
Operating a seven-day-a-week retail business for nearly three decades might sound like a slog.
Sally Rae
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Spell has been cast: $150,000 grant for startup
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Spell has been cast: $150,000 grant for startup
"I feel like I am doing the thing I was put on Earth to do."
Over $1m owed: liquidators
Over $1m owed: liquidators
A Wānaka-based cleaning business owes creditors more than $1.75 million, the first liquidator’s report shows.
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Ex-Waitaki health boss's failed firm owes $1.5 million
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Ex-Waitaki health boss's failed firm owes $1.5 million
A property development business, owned by Dunedin businessman Chris Swann, has been placed in liquidation owing nearly $1.5 million.
On tenter-chooks
On tenter-chooks
The Chook Tree will be getting its last trim today in time for the announcement of the Tree of the Year competition.
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Putting ‘soul’ into every piece key to endurance
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Putting ‘soul’ into every piece key to endurance
This year, Dunedin jeweller Tony Williams notches up 50 years of being in business in the city. He talks to business editor Sally Rae about his successful career.
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Lighting business illuminates path for family’s return to South
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Lighting business illuminates path for family’s return to South
"Women Who Lead With Love" was the title of a retreat held in Invercargill for women in business and leadership.
Aim to help farmers with energy use
Aim to help farmers with energy use
Farmers have the power.
Paving way into rural mental health
Paving way into rural mental health
Growing up on a sheep and beef farm in the King Country, Emma Foss never properly considered farming as a viable profession for a woman.
Bonds formed during internship
Bonds formed during internship
Although she does not graduate until December, Fairlight Foundation intern Nerida Bateup is already sad about leaving her fellow interns.
Foundation sets women up for life in agriculture
Foundation sets women up for life in agriculture
"We have 12 months to prepare them as best we can for the rest of their lives."
Programme paved way into rural mental health
Programme paved way into rural mental health
Growing up on a sheep and beef farm in the King Country, Emma Foss never properly considered farming as a viable profession for a woman.
Bonds formed during internship
Bonds formed during internship
Although she does not graduate until December, Fairlight Foundation intern Nerida Bateup is already sad about leaving her fellow interns.
Setting women up for life in agriculture
Setting women up for life in agriculture
"We have 12 months to prepare them as best we can for the rest of their lives."
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Career in energy proved a power of good
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Career in energy proved a power of good
In March, Pioneer Energy Group announced its long-serving chief executive Fraser Jonker would step down but stay on in a business advisory capacity until his retirement at the end of this month.
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Investment adviser aiding the community
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Investment adviser aiding the community
She’s a woman on a mission to help others, whether through her job as a financial adviser or via service organisation Rotary. Business editor Sally Rae talks to April Eden.
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City firm giving global sports teams the edge
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City firm giving global sports teams the edge
What do the All Blacks, the Springboks and the British and Irish Lions have in common — aside from all being rugby teams?
Failed Mosgiel businessman declared bankrupt
Failed Mosgiel businessman declared bankrupt
Failed Mosgiel businessman Malcolm Burns - who owes creditors millions - has finally been declared bankrupt despite a last-ditch effort to delay the decision a fourth time.
Helping farmers improve energy use
Helping farmers improve energy use
Farmers have the power.
North Otago organic vege grower in liquidation
North Otago organic vege grower in liquidation
A North Otago organic vegetable growing business, recently approached to appear on Country Calendar, has gone into voluntary liquidation owing more than $1million, while a subsidiary company...