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Love, laugh and grow together
June 18, 2018

Cadenshae is a story about a thriving Northland business, but it’s also about love, family ties and a life well...

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Long live the adrenalin rush!
June 18, 2018

At this year’s TRENZ event in Dunedin, NZBusiness sat down with Henry van Asch, co-founder and MD of AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand, to...

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Uncompromising evolution
June 5, 2018

Business ownership is a true test of character and self-belief – as Sarah Sparks discovered from Hip Group’s Jackie Grant. Hip Group is...

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Art Without Limits
May 20, 2018

Home-based Internet business Glenn Jones Art has created its own ‘Big Bang’ right around the...

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No Holding Back
May 20, 2018

A debilitating illness didn’t stop Sharna McElligott from managing her own plant-based Tauranga...

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Lessons that go skin deep
May 2, 2018

Sarah Sparks rides the roller-coaster of business ownership with Evolu founder Kati Kasza, and discovers the learnings run deep. Evolu...

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Social lessons
April 23, 2018

Content&Co is a social media agency born out of the brand building needs of Lewis Road Creamery. Three years on, its founders are in...

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Screen Stars
April 23, 2018

Ana Lyubich and Vlad Dolgov quit Kazakhstan to start a new life here and a business targeting the creative sector and countless smartphone...

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Courage conquers markets
March 19, 2018

Having forged a successful career as an artist, a busy mother of four children and now successful business owner, Vicky Woolford...

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An interview with the interviewer
February 20, 2018

Jake Millar is the 22-year-old co-founder of Unfiltered – a platform that offers access to hundreds of exclusive interviews with...

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Street punk attitude
February 12, 2018

Igor Matich heads a Hamilton-based IT company that’s making a name for itself as a...

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New Beginnings
February 11, 2018

Moving from senior corporate roles into your own business can bring its challenges, but Susan...

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Solutions focused
January 15, 2018

Event Solutions is a specialist technology supplier for the events industry – a small team...

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All on for young & old
October 16, 2017

In just four years, business solutions specialist The Instillery has experienced rapid...

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In sky prawn heaven
October 16, 2017

Malcolm Diack is on a mission to capitalise on the growing worldwide edible insect market. His...

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Just do it
September 18, 2017

Sometimes when thinking about starting a business, the timing never seems to be quite...

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New beginnings
August 21, 2017

Moving from senior corporate roles into your own business can bring its challenges, but Susan...