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Happy to expand with diner and deli

"Hospitality - we’re into it." Whitestone Cheese's Simon Berry smiles broadly as he surveys the surroundings of the North Otago success story’s latest venture - a diner and deli in north Oamaru which opened this week.

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$280K out of pocket: Liquidation destroys dream

Callum Buchanan and Kirsten Chamberlain have been put though an emotional wringer over their new...

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$280K out of pocket: Liquidation destroys dream

A Dunedin woman says she felt sick "twice over" after having to tell her husband the company building their dream home had gone bust on the same day he was having surgery for throat cancer.

Feeling lucky with a life on the waves

Tane Fisher at the helm of Te-Maree. PHOTOS: STEPHEN JACQUIERY

Feeling lucky with a life on the waves

Bluff fisherman Tane Fisher never tires of his expeditions to Fiordland to catch crayfish destined mostly for the Chinese market. He talks to Sally Rae about a career on the water.

Rural champion celebrates

Rural champion celebrates

Otago Daily Times/Rural Life Year of the Farmer competition winner Myfanwy Alexander held a Year of the Farmer celebration at her Duntroon home last week.

Companies’ C&ESG ratings released

More companies are reporting and setting targets around carbon emissions according to Forsyth...

Companies’ C&ESG ratings released

The property sector has shown the biggest improvement over the past year among the companies monitored in Forsyth Barr’s second Carbon, Environmental, Social and Governance ratings report.

Dream job leads to life membership

Real Estate Institute of New Zealand life member Liz Nidd, of Wanaka. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Dream job leads to life membership

"It’s a job that, for me, has been a dream and I still love it."

Work on rural programme recognised

Olivia Weatherburn receives the Amabel Fulton APEN Award from Jeff Coutts during a conference in...

Work on rural programme recognised

Designing and developing the Generation Next programme has been Olivia Weatherburn’s proudest achievement at Beef + Lamb New Zealand.

Feeling lucky with a life on the waves

Tane Fisher at the helm of Te-Maree. PHOTOS: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Feeling lucky with a life on the waves

Bluff fisherman Tane Fisher never tires of his expeditions to Fiordland to catch crayfish destined mostly for the Chinese market.

Celebrating coming out on top

Otago Daily Times/Rural Life Year of the Farmer competition winner Myfanwy Alexander held a Year of the Farmer celebration at her Duntroon home last night.

Travel resurgence aids Skyline

Some of Skyline Queenstown’s 36 10-seater Doppelmayr gondola cabins pictured from the upper...

Travel resurgence aids Skyline

A resurgence in travel has delivered "very good numbers" to Skyline Enterprises’ properties and Skyline Queenstown has recovered the two months of lost earnings due to the gondola changeover, half-year financial results show.

Big impact by 'little company from Dunedin'

Senior property manager Talaya Halbert (Ngāti Porou) and founder Rueben Skipper (Ngāti Whātua)...

Big impact by 'little company from Dunedin'

Rueben Skipper is a man of influence - and he has the certificate to prove it.

Wool policy warmly welcomed

South Otago wool campaigner Amy Blaikie has welcomed the incoming government’s preference for the...

Wool policy warmly welcomed

A government move to prefer the use of wool in its buildings has been described as "fantastic" by an Otago wool campaigner.

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No regrets taking on ‘utterly beautiful’ farm life

Royalburn Station’s Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie outside their farm shop in Arrowtown. PHOTO:...

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No regrets taking on ‘utterly beautiful’ farm life

Challenging and enthralling. That’s how marketer turned man-of-the-land Carlos Bagrie describes the past few years on Royalburn Station.

Emerging director award won by farmer

Ross Buckley and Trish Oakley flank Institute of Directors Otago-Southland branch emerging...

Emerging director award won by farmer

North Otago farmer Jo Hay is this year’s recipient of the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) Otago-Southland branch Emerging Director Award.

Institute names new Distinguished Fellows

Attending a presentation to Institute of Directors (IoD) distinguished fellow Geoff Thomas ...

Institute names new Distinguished Fellows

Both emerging and experienced talent in governance was celebrated by the Otago-Southland branch of the Institute of Directors in Dunedin this week.

Future planning crucial for companies: director

Ross Buckley reckons the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution will prove comparable to the impact electricity had on society.

Pacific Edge posts 22% increase in revenue

Cxbladder test samples produced by Pacific Edge. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Pacific Edge posts 22% increase in revenue

Pacific Edge has continued to grow test volumes and revenue through the first half of the 2024 financial year despite the ongoing uncertainty over Medicare coverage of Cxbladder in the United States.