NZBusiness July 2016

Rachelle and Chris Duffy launched The Little Big Markets, a Mount Maunganui based artisan market, in 2009 with a vision of bringing communities together. Today their business Little Big Events is a regional institution that’s also gaining national exposure and credit through other initiatives. When Tauranga couple Rachelle and Chris Duffy initiated The Little Big Markets seven years ago in Mount Maunganui they were responding to a need for a quality monthly artisan market that wasn’t being offered in the region at that particular time. “We already had a background in small to medium scale events and were operating a retail business at the time we launched The Little Big Markets,” recalls Rachelle, “so whilst we initially treated the venture

What can be achieved with 3D printing has to be seen to be believed; but for Janah Kingi and Rowan O’Brien, the problem is getting potential clients to understand how powerful the technology can be . If you want a wall in your home that looks and feels like roughhewn timber, or a kitchen splashback that looks and feels like real bricks, even a table that looks like elephant skin and feels rough and leathery, The Print Tank’s UV inkjet digital technology can do it for you. This new technology can print on a wide range of materials and produce textured printing giving a ‘3D effect’ and bringing the image to life. But it can be hard to explain to clients.