Sumner-based author Martin Hawes admits he has a strange relationship with retirement, a word he does not like as he believes it has connotations of old age.
The liquidation of Kester Black Ltd - the New Zealand business of the cosmetic and skincare brand started by Wānaka woman Anna Ross - has been completed.
The liquidation of Kester Black Ltd — the New Zealand business of the cosmetic and skincare brand started by Wānaka woman Anna Ross — has been completed.
When her year-long Institute of Directors’ mentoring for diversity programme comes to an end in June, Leanne Illingworth admits there will be a sense of sadness.
Nine years ago, Kevin and Esther Gilbert paid $85 for a 25kg block of butter for their Dunedin bakery business — last month, that same-size slab cost a whopping $395.
It had all the hallmarks of the Golden Shears — sheep waiting expectantly in the catching pens, an experienced shearing judge on the board and "competitors" awaiting their turn.