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Continued from over page.Q&A“I loved the samples andideas we had come up withso I met with my board ofdirectors and, after a bit ofback and forth, we decidedto launch Boardroom asour own label”WITHTRELISECOOPER1. WHAT FIRST ATTRACTED YOU TO BNZ?I love their “outside the square” approachto businesses like mine. BNZ really getsalongside you as a business owner tosupport and help direct your strategy.Their Partners Centres are also a greatway to network with other BNZ customersthroughout the country. They wereinstrumental in getting Trelise CooperBoardroom off the ground. That to me istruly an example of business banking.2. WHAT’S ONE GOOD PIECE OFBUSINESS ADVICE YOU’VE BEENOFFERED AND FROM WHO?Kevin Roberts CEO of Saatchi andSaatchi once told me that businesswas about momentum and you needto keep constantly going forward andcoming up with new ideas. The minutebusiness momentum stops, you startgoing backwards.3. WHERE DO YOU SEE YOUR BUSINESSGOING IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARSTIME?The Middle East; We have just openedin Kuwait with Middle Eastern partnersand I’m always looking for otheropportunities. I’m also looking at SouthAfrica and Canada as potential marketsfor growth.4. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READINGRIGHT NOW?The Physician by Noah Gordon. I highlyrecommend it. It’s about a young manwho travels across Europe on a horse tostudy Muslim medicine in the Middle East.It’s a wonderful, educational story.Models getting ready ahead of a recent show at the BNZ Partners Business Centre in Wellington.JANUARY 2013 / ISSUE 5 / PAGE 5

SOME SUMMERREADINGSUGGESTIONSfrom UNITY BOOKS Auckland:your local independent bookstore.We’re the antidote to the ordinary; proudlystocking everything from philosophy booksto music, film, fiction, physics and more.Staffed by great looking and knowledgeableindividuals you’ll leave more awesome thanwhen you came in.*If you’re stuck at your desk you can visit usonline here www.unitybooks.co.nzotherwise pop in to 19 High St to buy any ofthe books listed here.*Likely but not guaranteed.Grace: A MemoirGrace Coddington (Vintage) hb $50.00The unstoppable Grace Coddington is best known for her role asthe creative director of Vogue America but her sensational careeras a model, writer and editor has spanned more than forty years.This ravishing and dishy memoir is jam packed with revealing andentertaining anecdotes, illustrations and reproductions of herdreamy photo spreads.BUY NOWThe JuiceJay McInerney (Bloomsbury) hb $40.00Jay McInerney writes about wine with ebullient panache and thiscollection will delight, whether you’re nipping to fetch a bottle fromthe supermarket or from your glamorous cellar. Whether he’s writingabout why rap singers no longer enjoy Cristal, or about a SauvignonBlanc that tastes like “just about everything on Carmen Miranda’shat”, each piece is deliciously buoyant and fizzes with enthusiasm.BUY NOWConsider the Fork: A History of Invention in the KitchenBee Wilson (Penguin) hb $50.00Bee Wilson explores how it has taken countless inventions to getto the well-equipped kitchens we have today. Exploring the birthof the fork in Italy, culture wars over spoons in restoration Englandand tests for how to select the perfect pan, Consider the Forkopens our eyes to the wonderful creations that have shaped theway we cook.BUY NOWWe welcome your feedback. Please letus know about any suggestions youmight have for improving Private Word,including the type of articles you’d liketo read. Contact your Private Banker oremail privatebank@bnz.co.nzDISCLAIMER: The information and recommendations in thisnewsletter are provided for general information purposesonly and are tailored for New Zealand residents. They areonly provided for, and are to be used by, existing BNZ PrivateBank clients. They do not constitute, in any jurisdiction,any advice, recommendation, opinion, guidance, offer,inducement or solicitation with respect to the purchase orsale of any financial product or the engaging (or refrainingto engage) in any transaction. The information is governedby, and is to be construed in accordance with, the laws ofNew Zealand. To the extent that any such information orrecommendations could constitute financial advice, theydo not take into account any person’s particular financialsituation or goals. We recommend that you seek advicespecific to your circumstances from your New Zealandfinancial advisor. Past performance is not necessarily anindication of future returns. Neither Bank of New Zealandnor any person involved in this publication accepts anyliability for any loss or damage that may directly or indirectlyresult from any advice, opinion, information, representationor omission, whether negligent or otherwise, contained inthis newsletter.Feasting with Bompas & ParrSam Bompas & Harry Parr (Harper Collins) hb $45.00Known for their adventurous avant-garde food which is a mix ofarchitecture, performance and physics, bespoke jelly merchantsBompas and Parr have been behind decadent and inventive culinarycreations which include a jelly skyline, lakes made from punchand cocktails the size of a house. In Feasting, they show us how torecreate special extravagant feasts from throughout history.BUY NOWAntifragile: How to Live in a World We Don’t UnderstandNassim Nicholas Taleb (Allen Lane) pb $37.00Author of The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb encourages“decision making under opacity” and suggests how to live in a worldwe can’t predict, and thrive in moments of disaster. Presenting theargument that some of the best systems have antifragility at theirheart, Taleb believes that the most successful of us will benefit fromtaking advantage of and embracing disorder.BUY NOWWhere the information and recommendations are providedby a specific author in this newsletter, that information andrecommendations are the personal views of that author anddo not necessarily reflect the views of Bank of New Zealand.BNZ’s Qualifying Financial Entity Disclosure Statement maybe obtained free of charge from any BNZ store, or bnz.co.nz.BNZ Authorised Financial Advisers’ Disclosure Statementsand any product disclosure statements are available onrequest and free of charge.JANUARY 2013 / ISSUE 5 / PAGE 6