Start-up

A new family-owned West Coast business is providing full cream milk direct from the farm, and has more big plans in the pipeline. Your Farm, a new boutique milk business, is helping bring the clink of glass bottles back to the West Coast and has plans to make other local produce available to the community direct from the farm as well. Anna Emmerson and John Marshall have established the new family-owned business, producing full cream milk, near Lake Brunner. “Our milk is just as nature intended. Nothing added and nothing taken out. Just good old-fashioned milk, still with the cream on top,” says Anna.   Moving West Anna and John shifted to the West Coast six years ago. “Both John

Katie Jenssen’s new business in Kaiapoi is experiencing remarkable growth thanks to interest from the local community, and beyond, in the art of pottery. When Katie Jenssen (pictured) and her partner Erza relocated to Kaiapoi from Hawke’s Bay they searched in vain for a house with a large garage for Katie to use as her pottery studio. Finding the perfect house without a garage ending up launching Katie’s flourishing Pottery Place business located in the Kaiapoi Mill complex. “My partner is originally from Kaiapoi so when we decided to move here one of the conditions was that we’d have a double garage for my pottery. As it turned out, the house that we bought didn’t have a garage and that led me

Jane Edwards outlines three critical things you need to consider when starting a small business – and that will help you to sleep at night! Puma Punku is a huge stone structure built around 500-600 AD, at an altitude of 12,800 feet in the Andes in Bolivia. The stones are massive – the largest weighs approximately 131 tons, which is twice the size of most modern-day earthmovers. There were no trees within the area to create logs to roll the blocks on and the blocks are precisely cut shapes and sizes. How did the people who built that structure over 1400 years ago even move them let alone design and cut them? People are far more creative and capable than we ever

Rebekah Carter’s website startup Try Local has been live for a couple of months. Encouraged by the amount of interest in the concept, she’s working hard to build awareness.

A business which started selling home-made bone broth at weekend markets just 18 months ago has taken out the top spot in The David Awards 2019. The Little Bone Broth Company founder, Alex Watson (pictured), describes the win as “awesome”. “It is rare for the Supreme Award to go to a fledgling business,” explains judge Pam Martin, “but Alex has done everything right.” He has created an exceptional business which has long-term potential in local, national and international markets, she says. “The Little Bone Broth Company is a true David, and a worthy winner!” Watson says the business has been incredibly challenging. “At times it’s almost too much … so for something like this to pop up, it’s just incredible!”

An online fitness business created by two Christchurch friends makes it easy and affordable for people throughout New Zealand and overseas to stay fit.