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Cooking up a storm

Winning the 2019 David Awards was one of many highlights last year for Christchurch’s Alex Watson and The Little Bone Broth Company. 

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No ordinary techies

Sarah McMurray and Mark Ternent like to think of their business partnership as a Yin and Yang dynamic. It has served their IT business well over the years. They make an interesting

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FROM THE EDITOR

Overcoming adversity is the common theme throughout the December issue of NZBusiness.

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Vivendo il sogno: living the dream

When Yuri Aristarco and Daniela Burlando said ‘arrivederci’ to Italy, for life in Nelson and their artisan gelato business, they were committing themselves to a unique set of challenges. It’s

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Organic growth

Their son’s allergic reaction to non-organic foods inspired Mike and Chantel Priddy to launch a range of award-winning organic drinks. 

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Always remember to fall forward

Richard Conway shares his key takeaways on ‘failing fast’ from the fourth edition of the business speaker series Unfiltered Live. Flaunting our successes online is easy, but we mustn’t forget that running a business never goes as smoothly as we want it to. Everyone fails, but failure is just success in progress, and it’s in these moments where we best learn and grow. On Friday 21 June, top business leaders and entrepreneurs from around the world convened at the 4th Unfiltered Live event in Auckland to discuss their biggest challenges and shed light on how they transformed their ‘sh!t-shows’ into worldwide ‘hit-shows’. This year’s theme was ‘Fall Forward Auckland’. “If I’m going to fall, I don’t want to fall back

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Sky-high export earner

New Zealand’s tourism sector now has a bright new star to encourage international visitors to these shores. Annie Gray reports on Ngai Tahu Tourism’s recently opened Dark Sky Project in Tekapo. New Zealand’s international tourism market might not be growing at the same breakneck speed it has over the past five years, but the industry is still New Zealand’s largest export earner with total annual tourism expenditure of $39.1 billion and annual international tourism expenditure of $16.2 billion. The Statistics NZ Tourism Satellite Account for the year ended March 2018, which was issued in December 2018, shows the industry contributes 21 percent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings. While international visitor numbers have now slowed, they are still growing. The

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NZBusiness September 2019

Mastering the MBA Scoring big on a tough wicket Sky-high export earner Creativity: It’s logical really Always remember to fall forward

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FROM THE EDITOR

Buy AUGUST issue here This month we pile on the business lessons. Our cover story follows the twists and turns of an entrepreneur’s business journey – and there are some hard lessons. For OLA country manager Brian Dewil, a sobering experience with a start-up, and his efforts in establishing the local chapter of a global organisation, ultimately placed him in the driver’s seat of New Zealand’s highly competitive rideshare market. It’s fascinating reading. The August edition also hits the road to seek out the latest technologies driving New Zealand’s company vehicle sector. Our Company Vehicle feature covers everything from telematics to vehicle signage, and compliance to fleet management. Plus, meet Sue Duncan – after backing herself in New Zealand’s tough events industry for more than

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Business time for telematics

No matter what size vehicle fleet your business operates, a telematics system can help reduce costs and increase profitability through greater efficiency of your mobile staff. First, what is telematics? If you’re new to the management of company vehicles, you may not know much about the technology. Global IT research and consultancy company Gartner describes telematics as “the use of wireless devices and ‘black box’ technologies to transmit data in real time back to an organisation. Typically, it’s used in the context of vehicles, whereby installed or after-factory boxes collect and transmit data on vehicle use, maintenance requirements or automotive servicing.” Sean Willmot, editor of NZ Company Vehicle magazine, explains that merely transmitting data in real-time to a home base