Perfection built on passion
Brent Sutcliffe’s jewellery store has stood proudly in Parnell Road for 15 years. He reflects on a career that has delivered many special...
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New business recycles children’s designer clothes
Little Outfitters has been launched to provide parents with a one-shop platform to cycle their children’s designer clothing and...
Purpose driven
Welcome to the future. Edison is a health and ‘life extension’ company riding the emerging precision medicine wave. Its founders Jay...
The fintech devotee
You’ll be hard pressed to find anyone more devoted to the fintech start-up sector than Kristen Lunman, or more passionate about...
From student flat to international success
A Kiwi software start-up has succeeded where eight out of 10 IT start-ups fail, launching an international company from a student flat in...
Organic growth
Their son’s allergic reaction to non-organic foods inspired Mike and Chantel Priddy to launch a range of award-winning organic...
The importance of resilience when running a business
Australian business owner Pamela Jabbour draws on her own experience to describe how to become a more resilient business leader. In...
Business on a leash
Jane Boyd was frustrated by the poor quality of pet accessories sold in New Zealand, so she quit her sales career to launch a business...
How to achieve your goals and eliminate negativity
A Q&A with speaker and mentor Tracy Johnson on goal-setting and resiliency, to help businesses and individuals outline...
High praise for David
If you’re a small business owner you’ll be familiar with adversity, and overcoming it. Now the awards that recognise your courage and...
Force of habit
Brothers QJ and Kayne Satchell love the fact that they’re in business together, and they’re pioneers in a niche that’s making a...
The power of 3: Wellington’s new creative spirit
Julia Palm, Bridie-Rose O’Leary and Louise Clifton – fashion designers, LED-neon signmakers and shoemakers respectively –...
Making ground
Ben Grant and Josh Kempton are on a mission to win the war on plastic waste with their fully home compostable packaging products – and...
Deafness no barrier
Tim Lewin and his wife Sam have not let deafness get in the way of building a successful business. However, for them, business ownership...
Real estate’s disruptive influencer
New Zealand’s traditional commission-based real estate sales model has been challenged in recent years by Tall Poppy - a popular...
Hungry for success
Always add value, and go above and beyond what’s generally expected – that’s the mantra that helped get Wellington's Element...
For the good of the hood
Deep in the heart of Auckland, the suburb of Morningside has taken on a whole new identity thanks to the Crave Collective – a group of...
Full theme ahead
The online shopping onslaught in recent years has forced a number of costume and party hire businesses to close. But for First Scene, New...
Growth to crow about
Mike and Chris Millar gave up their corporate jobs to take on a small Dunedin food manufacturing...
Setting the bar
Rotorua caterer Ryan Gregorash is walking to the beat of a different drum with his award-winning Stolen Bike Catering. He has a bold vision...
Born out of desperation
Caroline de Castro and Nicole Oxenbridge’s blossoming cleaning business and social enterprise, which pays all its workers a living wage,...
Crafting untamed spirits
In the heart of the historic West Coast town of Reefton there’s a gutsy distillery applying a modern take on an age-old industry. A...
Turning adversity into business success
Christchurch businessman Matty Lovell shares his list of top tips for leadership that he believes have propelled him forward in...
A revolution in the classroom
Sometimes it simply pays to skip the New Zealand market and ‘pivot’ into the US. Tech company Kami is a good example of this strategy....
It’s all good for businesses
China has Taobao, America has Amazon – now Kiwis are getting their own app-driven e-commerce...
The business built on iwi ethics
In a tiny South Taranaki township, local iwi owned business Kaitahi is helping grow a niche ‘native superfood’ industry for the...
It’s show time!
We’ve all heard the expression ‘the show must go on”. For North Port Events the shows have been going on for 25 years – helped...
The original wrap artists
When three young mums banded together in 2013 to launch a business called Honeywrap, little did they know how seriously successful it would...
No ordinary Mr Bean
In his 30-plus years serving New Zealand’s coffee industry Bernard Smith has witnessed a massive...
‘Water of life’ coming to Reefton
West Coast start-up Reefton Distilling Co. is about to open their new distillery right in the heart of historic Reefton. With a...