In the latest edition of Business Central, we take a look at the diverse region of Rangitikei one of the largest land authorities in Aotearoa/New Zealand. While Covid has impacted heavily upon the lives of many in the district, for one farming couple it presented an opportunity to ignite a business idea that had been brewing for several years. Meredith and Andrew Carpenter of Ruanui Station have launched Ruanui Station Wool Blankets using finer lambs’ wool and the business has taken off. Also based in the district Marton’s Speirs Foods produces a range of healthy salad mixes using locally-grown produce. Innovation is at the heart of success for many kiwi businesses. One such success story is the recent start-up 3 Maori Boys – a finalist in The Wellington Gold Awards – which is creating a buzz with its ground-breaking new natural beverage Wai Mānuka which blends mānuka honey, lemon juice and sparkling water. Meanwhile winning the Manufacturing and Technology Excellence Award along with becoming a Supreme Award Finalist at this year’s Westpac Tairawhiti Business Excellence Awards was a grand recognition of the Mahi put in by the team at Rua Bioscience and the support of the community and investors. Operating in the research, cultivation, extraction and manufacturing parts of the medicinal cannabis supply chain, Rua is a Kiwi pharmaceutical company that aims to be a leading producer of cannabinoid derived medicines. In other stories, CentrePort is embarking on a significant upgrade of its Seaview Wharf and pipeline which are vital to fuel supply for both Wellingtonians and the rest of the lower North Island. And environmental science and research facilities in the Waikato are getting a significant boost with a $40 million purpose-built complex under construction in Hamilton for NIWA. The complex is a welcome development for the NIWA Hamilton team of more than 150 people, who are keenly looking forward to moving into their new world-class science facilities.
Businesses profiled in this edition…
3 Māori Boys Ltd
Advanced Plumbing HB
Awakeri Drainage
Berry Farms NZ
Build Taupo
Cameron Construction
Carac Group
Central Energy Trust Arena
CentrePort
Cuttriss Consultants
Design Builders Wellington
Downs Group
East Coast Plumbing & Gas
Edwards White Architects
EG Glennie & Co
Eketahuna Country Meats
Energyworks
First National New Plymouth
FV Design & Build
Gair Contracting
Gillies Group
Hautapu Pine Products
Hayden Homes
Hill Homes
Holmes Construction
iConstruct
JCC Build
Juno Gin
Label and Litho
Landlight Development
Latitude Homes – Taranaki
Lowe & Co Realty
Mangoihe Logging
Mary Potter Hospice
Maungahina Stud
McMillan and Lockwood
Meta Engineering
Metcalfe Real Estate
Mike Campbell Construction
Monkey Toe Group
Nga Wairiki Ngati Apa
NIWA – Hamilton
Onslow Construction
Plumbers HB
Plumbing & Gas Works
Powerco
Pritchard Civil
Rangitikei District Council
Rewi Haulage
River City Tree Services
Rua Bioscience
Ruanui Station
Sealed Air – Porirua
Speirs Foods
Splice Construction
Steel-It
Taylor Preston
Totara Construction
Wayne Adam Builders
Wellington Functions
Whāriki Business Network
Zealandia Sanctuary
