Bay of Plenty Business News June/July 2016

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BAY OF PLENTY Business News June/July 2016 3 

Boom times 

in the Bay 

By Geoff Taylor 

And if anyone doubts 

the continual stream of 

anecdotal evidence, a 

stack of economic indicators 

are available to back it up. 

Chief executive of Taurangabased 

economic development 

agency Priroty One, Andrew 

Coker, says over the last 18 

months the Bay of Plenty has 

topped the country for both 

economic growth and job 

growth. 

“And over the last year 

it experienced a 5.7 percent 

annual average change in economic 

activity versus the New 

Zealand average of 2.9 per 

cent. Job growth has also been 

phenomenal, with an additional 

7,900 jobs created across 

the region in the last year. 

There has also been a significant 

increase in higher value 

jobs being advertised”. 

“By any measure things are 

really trucking here”. 

Andrew says everything 

has aligned. “If you look at 

our horticulture sector, it’s just 

going gangbusters.” 

Export data shows that New 

Zealand’s kiwifruit exports 

climbed from $1 billion over 

the year to March 2015 to $1.5 

billion over the past year. 

Andrew says kiwifruit’s 

recovery is a testimony to the 

strength of the single port of 

entry. 

What the experts say 

ASB Regional Economic Scoreboard (March 2016): 

The Bay of Plenty retains its status as New Zealand’s 

top-performing region for the fifth quarter in a row 

(previously second highest performing region after 

Auckland). 

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic 

Confidence (March 2016 quarter): The Bay of Plenty 

topped the country in its economic confidence for the 

fourth consecutive quarter. 

Priority One figures (2016 March quarter): 

Tauranga City Council recorded $181.1 million 

in consents issued – 40 percent more than the 

previous high in 2015. Western Bay of Plenty 

District Council issued $56.7 million in consents 

over the same period – 30 percent more than the 

previous high in 2007. Consents for the combined 

sub-region were valued at $237.9 million for the 

three month period – 47 percent more than the 

previous high recorded in 2015. 

We know the retail spend is 

up, we know real estate is 

starting to sell.” 

“When PSA hit, forces 

could be galvanised right 

across the science and innovation 

sector and social sector 

to support growers. That has 

projected forward to a point 

where we are well beyond productiviy 

at that time PSA hit. 

It has reshaped the industry.” 

But Andrew says one of 

the most exciting things is a 

fundamental shift in how the 

Bay’s economy works. 

“Over the last 18 months 

the Bay of Plenty economy has 

undergone a significant transformation, 

with an increase in 

business moving to the region, 

a rise in new start-up companies 

and strong job growth. He 

says an exciting thing is the 

formation of the “innovation 

ecosystem” in Tauranga. 

“We are seeing more and 

more wealth creators, entrepreneurs, 

we’ve got more start 

ups happening. We are seeing 

diversification into a wide 

range of information-based, 

knowledge intensive businesses. 

That’s the fundamental 

shift here.” 

He says the development of 

a Waikato University campus 

in 2019 which will ultimately 

bring 2000 students into the 

city will transform Tauranga’s 

CBD. 

Andrew says a proposed 

Tauranga City Council redevelopment 

of part of the CBD 

incorporating a museum and 

performing arts centre will 

only add to the impetus. 

Meanwhile, Priority One 

has led a targeted campaign 

to attract business and talent, 

resulting in new jobs and an 

increasing number of people 

choosing to live in Tauranga or 

the Western Bay of Plenty. 

“We’re highlighting the 

competitive strengths for businesses 

that are based here, and 

they are considerable. This 

includes the availability and 

cost of commercial land, a 

great transport network, easy 

access via the Port of Tauranga 

to international markets, some 

key central city developments, 

and the availability of a skilled 

workforce. 

“That is quite a list of compelling 

reasons to move here 

before we even get to the great 

lifestyle.” 

Things are equally rosy in 

Rotorua where in the March 

Infometrics report, the city 

beat the country’s average 

growth in 10 out of 11 economic 

indicators. 

Rotorua’s unemployment 

rate has fallen to its lowest 

level since 2009, sitting at 7.2 

per cent, but is still higher than 

the national average of 5.7 per 

cent. 

All other indicators show 

Rotorua on top of its game. 

According to the report, 

house prices in Rotorua continue 

to climb rapidly, building 

consents are climbing and further 

growth is anticipated over 

the coming quarters. 

Tourism remains the jewel 

in Rotorua’s crown and is 

surging ahead having enjoyed 

a golden summer, with guest 

nights in commercial accommodation 

rising 7.1 per cent 

over the year to March. 

Rotorua Lakes deputymayor 

Dave Donaldson who 

heads economic development 

for the council says its significant 

that for the first time 

in many years, Rotorua is 

growing. 

He says over 10 years the 

district has averaged a net 

migration loss of 50. “Now 

we are chugging through 

citizenship ceremonies at 

a rate of knots. The March 

Infometrics report shows 847 

new people to our district.” 

“We are starting now to 

see the Auckland spillover. 

Baby boomers cashing up and 

coming down here to buy.” 

Another first has been 

that with a 15 percent spike 

in median house prices, 

Rotorua’s median house price 

has topped $300,000 for the 

first time ever. 

“We are starting to get the 

same pressures that Tauranga 

Things are equally rosy in 

Rotorua where in the March 

Infometrics report, the city 

beat the country’s average 

growth in 10 out of 11 

economic indicators.” 

is; not enough listings and 

pressure on the rental market. 

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those issues to deal with rather 

than the others.” 

Chamber of Commerce chief 

executive Darrin Walsh says the 

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Rotorua Infometrics Quarterly 

Economic Monitor (March 2016) 

Rotorua’s economy 

is growing above the 

national average, at 2.9 

percent over the March 2016 

year, compared with 2.3 percent 

nationally. 

All indicators of spending 

and investment in Rotura 

are in expansionary territory, 

with labour market conditions 

improving and net international 

migration riding high. 

Rotorua’s unemployment 

rate has fallen to its lowest 

level since 2009 while the 

number of Jobseeker Support 

recipients has dropped. A better 

job market, coupled with 

sharply higher migration and 

rising tourism activity helped 

fuel a 5.8 percent increase in 

retail spending. 

Houses prices in Rotorua 

contined to climb rapidly 

as increasingly unaffordable 

housing in Auckland, 

Hamilton and Tauranga pushes 

up demand elsewhere. Against 

this backdrop, building consents 

are beginning to climb 

from a low base, and further 

growth is anticipated over the 

Infometrics Quarterly Economic Monitor 

to March percentage increases or decrease 

GDP 

Residential 

consents 

Commercial 

consents 

House 

price 

coming quarters. 

Rotorua’s tourism sector 

enjoyed a golden summer 

with guest nights in commercial 

accommodation rising 

7.1 percent over the year to 

March and guest nights in private 

accommodation up 8.4 

percent. We expect the tourism 

sector to enjoy a roaring trade 

throughout the winter months. 

But we caution that, later in 

the year, capacity pressures at 

peak times may push up prices 

for visitor attractions and 

accommodation. 

House 

sales 

Rotorua +2.9 +36 +69 +16 +72 

Tauranga +3.5 +45 +72 +24 +34 

BoP +3.4 +45 +38 +17 +46 

NZ +2.3 +11 +10 +9.7 +19 

Guest 

nights 

Retail 

trade 

Job 

seekers 

Unemployed 

Net 

migration 

Rotorua +7.1 +5.8 -2 7.2 +847 

Tauranga +5.7 +6 -9 5.1 +1126 

BOP +7.1 +5.5 -4.1 6.1 +2301 

NZ +5.8 +3.8 -1.4 5.7 +67,619 

Rotorua’s median house price has risen 

above $300,000 for the first time. 

Tauranga Infometrics Quarterly 

Economic Monitor (March 2016) 

Tauranga’s economy grew 

by a robust 3.5 percent 

over the year to March 

2016. It has been growing 

above the national average for 

11 consecutive quarters. The 

upturn is broad-based across 

all indicators of spending and 

investment. 

Against this backdrop, 

labour market conditions continue 

to improve. The number 

of Jobseeker Support recipients 

in Tauranga over the past 

year has eased by an average 

of 9 percent, while Tauranga’s 

unemployment rate has fallen 

to close to 5 percent for the first 

time since 2009. A better job 

market, coupled with sharply 

higher migration, helped fuel 

a 6 percent increase in retail 

spending. 

Given the rapid increases 

to house prices in Tauranga 

recently, there has unsurprisingly 

been significant interest 

in homebuilding in the area, 

with a 45 percent increase in 

building consents over the 

past year. We are also aware 

of more than 2000 new sec- 

tions across developments in 

Papamoa that are at various 

stages of the planning process. 

Investment has not only 

been centred on the housing 

market, with the value of consents 

for new non-residential 

developments rising by 72 

percent over the past year. 

The pipeline of infrastructure 

work in the area is also looking 

good. The Port of Tauranga’s 

dredging work to deepen its 

harbour shipping channels 

to accommodate large vessels 

is nearing completion. 

Furthermore, there are nearly 

$250 million of major roading 

projects beginning construction 

in and around Tauranga. 

Conditions in the Bay of 

Plenty’s horticulture sector are 

also looking bright, particularly 

among kiwifruit growers. 

Export data shows that New 

Zealand’s kiwifruit exports 

climbed from $1 billion over 

the year to March 2015 to 

$1.5 billion over the past year. 

Port of Tauranga and kiwifruit 

growers are bullish about kiwifruit 

volumes for the rest of the 

year as well, which will offset 

lower volumes of dairy products 

and logs passing through 

the port.

Waihi to Tauranga Corridor 

SH2 Waihi to Tauranga Corridor 

- $520M investment announced 

The NZ Transport Agency has been exploring 

ways to improve the safety and efficiency of 

the State Highway 2 (SH2) Corridor between 

Waihi and Tauranga. 

The recently completed business case identifies a preferred programme to make 

SH2 a more reliable and safer road. In April 2016, the Transport Agency Board 

approved the funding and the Transport Minister, Hon Simon Bridges, announced a 

$520million programme to transform the Waihi to Tauranga Corridor. Over the next 

10+ years, five key packages of work will focus on improving road safety, providing 

more reliable journey times and supporting growth along one of New Zealand’s 

highest risk and fastest growing travel routes. 

WAIHI 

Waihi to Tauranga Corridor investment programme 

Woodland Rd 

Athenree Rd 

SHELLY 

BAY 

Tanners Point Rd 

Kauri Point Rd 

Tuapiro Rd 

Benefits 

Improved 

safety 

Benefits 

Improved 

safety 

Waihi to Omokoroa safer Corridor 

Est Value: $20 million 

Timing: 2015/16 - 2021/22 

Athenree to Katikati South 

targeted safety improvements 

Est. Value: $30 million 

Athenree to Tanners Point Timing: 2015/16 - 2018/19 

Katikati Urban Timing: 2017/18 - 2020/21 

Katikati South Timing: 2018/19 - 2022/23 

Keeping you informed 

The Transport Agency recognises that the 

recently announced funding package affects 

landowners and road users. 

Consultation with affected landowners, key stakeholders and 

the community will take place. Public open days will be held to 

provide those interested with an opportunity to talk with 

members of the project team and view the latest information. 

Public open days 

Katikati resource Centre, 45 Beach rd, Katikati 

Thursday 28 July, 2:30pm – 6:30pm 

Te Puna Tavern, 15B minden road, Te Puna 

Friday 29 July, 3pm – 7pm 

omokoroa Settlers Hall, omokoroa road, omokoroa 

Saturday 30 July, 11am – 2pm 

Lindemann Rd 

Busby Rd 

Rea Rd 

Hot Springs Rd 

Lund Rd 

Thompsons Track 

Lockington Rd 

Tauranga Northern 

Link (TNL) 

Wright Rd 

KATIKATI 

Sharp Rd 

Est. Value: $286 million 

Timing: 

2016 - 2018 Property purchases, consents, 

design, tolling feasibility, and revocation plan 

2018 - 2022 Construction 

Matahui Rd 

Benefits 

Improved safety 

and supports 

economic 

development 

and population 

growth 

Apata 

Esdaile Rd 

Youngson Rd 

Pahoia Rd 

Omokoroa 

to Te Puna 

safety 

improvements 


Timing: 2015/16 - 2019/20 

Barrett Rd 

OMOKOROA 

BEACH 

Omokoroa Rd 

Snodgrass Rd 

Plummers 

Point Rd 

Loop 

Rd 

Minden Rd 

Benefits 

Improved 

safety 

Te Puna Rd 

Te Puna 

Station Rd 

TE PUNA 

BETHLEHEM 

Moffat Rd 

Wairoa Rd 

Cambridge Rd 

Bethlehem Rd 

Cambridge Rd 

Benefits 

Improved safety 

and supports 

Omokoroa economic 

to Te Puna development 

and population 

capacity growth 

improvements 


Timing: 2025 + 

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MAUNGANUI 

$286 million construction funding for Tauranga Northern Link 

The NZ Transport Agency has 

received the green light to build 

the Tauranga Northern Link (TNL). 

The new 6.8km section of state highway will connect 

Takitimu Drive Toll Road through to Loop Road, just west 

of Te Puna. The TNL will be a four lane median divided 

expressway with a grade separated interchange located 

at Minden Road, with on and off ramps in each direction. 

It will include a new bridge crossing the Wairoa River and 

an underpass will take the TNL under both Wairoa Road 

and Cambridge Road. The TNL will connect to the 

Takitimu Drive Toll Road and a new westbound single 

lane connection is planned from 15th Avenue to Takitimu 

Drive Toll Road. 

Objectives 

• To reduce death and serious injury 

• Improve the safety and quality of the road 

(KiwiRAP) 

Benefits 

• Improved road safety 

• Supports economic development and 

population growth 

Proposed timings 

2016 – 2018: Property purchases, consents, 

design and tolling feasibility and revocation plan 

2018 – 2022: Construction 

Estimated value 

$286 million 

Loop Road 

TE PUNA 

TO WAIHI 

for more informaTion 

Waihi to Tauranga Corridor 

Tauranga Northern Link 

Te Puna Road 

Minden Road 

interchange 

Te Mete Road 

Minden Road 

Te Puna 

Station 

Road 

Clarke Road 

BETHLEHEM 

Wairoa Road 

Wairoa Road 

overbridge 

Bethlehem 

Road 

Moffat Road 

Wairoa River 

bridge 

TAURANGA 

NORTHERN LINK 

Cambridge 

Road 

Otumoetai 

Road 

Cambridge 

Road 

TO HAMILTON 

Waihi Road 

TO TAURANGA 

Cambridge Road 

overbridge 

15th Avenue 

connection to 

Takitimu Drive 

Toll Road 

15th 

Avenue 

TNL / Takitimu 

Drive Toll Road 

roundabout 

TAKITIMU DRIVE 

TOLL ROAD 

Website www.nzta.govt.nz/waihi2TGA email Waihi2TGA@nzta.govt.nz Phone 07 927 6009 

Tauranga Northern Link 

Website www.nzta.govt.nz/tnl email tauranganorthernlink@nzta.govt.nz Phone 07 927 6009


Tauriko a jewel in the crown for Tauranga business 

One of the most visible signs of Tauranga’s 

boom is Tauriko Business Estate. 


State Highway 29 into 

Tauranga provides panoramic 

views of the 

estate and its status has provided 

a barometer of economic 

progress for hundreds of thousands 

of motorists who pass by 

every day. 

During the years after the 

Global Financial Crisis, the 

lack of activity spoke volumes. 

Now however, the message 

couldn’t be more positive. 

Already just over 50 businesses 

have made their home in 

the business estate housing 

about 1500 staff. At this very 

moment, a further 20 buildings 

are under construction. 

Tauriko is humming. 

Element IMF commercial 

manger Rachel Emerson says 

when the land for the estate 

was still undeveloped back in 

2006 the first 37 hectares of 

sites sold out within a matter 

of days which was a reflection 

of the lack of industrial land in 

Tauranga at the time. 

“Obviously the GFC hit 

and the great traction we first 

had wasn’t actually evident on 

the ground. While people had 

bought the land, they weren’t 

building on it, either because 

tenants didn’t exist or the confidence 

wasn’t there.” 

“So we’re pretty chuffed 

to see the confidence back in 

the market. Much of Stage 1 

is now being built upon which 

is the activity you see. And 

we’re largely sold out of Stage 

2 which comprises another 25 

hectares. 

Rachel says a lot of businesses 

“sat on their hands” 

during the recession and when 

the economy came out of it, 

many needed to move quickly 

to expand. Tauriko became an 

easy sell again. 

“During the GFC you 

would have had to list the 

attributes and remind people 

about why it was such a great 

location, whereas now it’s just 

more like saying ‘which lot is 

it you want’? The attributes 

speak for themselves and confidence 

breeds confidence.” 

She says there will be 

another delivery of titles in 

October for Stage 2. 

“Then we will be really into 

Stage 3 mid-next year and the 

next lot of titles. We’ve still 

got 10 to 15 years’ worth of 

land.” 

All up, the estate will comprise 

about 200 hectares of 

developed lots. 

Access to the thriving Port 

of Tauranga which is only 

9.9km away is a huge drawcard 

for operations contemplating 

moving to the business 

park. 

Another huge factor is the 

flexibility of the park. 

“The real attraction that 

businesses have with Tauriko 

is that we can say ‘you tell us 

what you want, what size, what 

shape, what sort of access. Do 

you want profile? Do you want 

to pay for profile?” 

“Often we are tailor making 

sites specific to businesses. We 

have complete flexibility in 

terms of title size.” 

“Often (elsewhere) people 

might need a 3000m site but 

there’s one site of 2000m and 

one site of 4000m so either 

they’re going to be crammed 

in at day one or pay a heap 

more than they need. Here at 

Tauriko Business Estate they 

can get what they want.” 

Rachel says it’s a unique 

thing to be able to offer. 

“I really don’t know anywhere 

in New Zealand where 

that opportunity would exist.” 

Rachel says businesses 

have predominantly come to 

Tauriko from other parts of 

Tauranga – industrial areas 

at Judea, Greerton and Mt 

Manganui. They are older 

areas with older buildings and 

she says owners want to see 

growth in their asset’s investment 

and buildings. 

Land in Tauriko is also 

cheaper than at Mt Manganui, 

she says. 

Rachel says there have been 

Tauriko Business Estate already houses 

more than 50 businesses and a further 

20 buildings are under construction. 

a “trickle” of relocations from 

Auckland but it is beginning 

to become a constant flow. 

She gives the example of a 

distribution centre in Auckland 

whose management is considering 

the move, particularly 

as land is half the price of 

Auckland. 

“They need more space 

and there’s none in Auckland. 

They are thinking ‘do I need 

to be in Auckland, most of my 

product comes into the Port of 

Tauranga. Rents are 25 percent 

cheaper in Tauranga and my 

staff will thank me for the lifestyle’. 

So Tauranga goes into 

the mix of options. It’s really 

exciting.” 

Tony Sayle, managing 

director of Jenkins FreshPac 

Systems which opened a manufacturing 

plant at Tauriko in 

2013 says it’s remarkable how 

much the business estate has 

grown in that time. 

“We are fairly new here but 

now with all the new businesses 

that have set up since we 

feel like one of the old hands.” 

While the business estate 

booms so does the nearby The 

Lakes subdivision developed 

by Carrus Corporation. The 

subdivision will ultimately 

comprise 254 hectares, accommodating 

2081 residential sections 

which will house more 

than 7000 people. 

The subdivision will also 

comprise two hectares of 

localised business, a commercial 

hub which may include 

cafes, a garden centre, and 

convenience shops and possibly 

a medical centre and professional 

offices. 

Priority One's purpose is to build a vibrant economy that 

retains and attracts talented, skilled and creative 

people and the businesses that need them. 

Fostering 

Innovation 

A Compelling 

Destination 

A Hub for 

Skills & Talent 

Connecting & 

Collaborating 

Investment 

Attraction 

Supporting the development of 

the region’s innovation eco-system 

to create an entrepreneurial 

culture to add value to the primary 

product base, transforming the 

economy into a highly productive 

one that is globally competitive. 

Creating places, facilities, 

activities and events to turn the 

Western Bay of Plenty’s lifestyle 

advantages into a source of 

competitive advantage in the 

attraction of skilled and talented 

people and business. 

Developing a highly skilled 

work force that meets the 

needs of a competitive, export 

led economy. It encompasses 

school and tertiary education, as 

well as industry-based training 

and up-skilling. 

Developing the alliances, 

networks and information flows 

that will produce results across 

the entire strategy. It includes 

developing partnerships 

between business, the education 

sector and government. 

Attracting investment to the 

Western Bay sub-region in the 

form of businesses who gain 

a competitive advantage from 

being based here. It includes the 

development of an FDI strategy to 

contribute to economic growth. 

Priority One Western Bay Of Plenty Incorporated 

PO Box 13057, Level 2, 29 Grey Street, TAURANGA 

Phone: 07 571 1401 • Fax: 07 571 1402 • Email: info@priorityone.co.nz 

12691 

www.priorityone.co.nz

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Welcome to the first edition 

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Experienced publishers Alan 

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Director Kellie Hamlett 

is an example of what can 

be achieved when you do. 

Establishing the business 

in Rotorua almost 10 years 

ago, Kellie is an advocate of 

the Bay and the employment 

opportunities it has to offer. 

“I get excited every time 

I place a talented individual 

into an amazing role. I know 

that it’s possible to enjoy both 

a fantastic career and lifestyle 

here – with a salary package 

that simply includes a better 

quality of life.” 

Of course for those of us 

who live here, it’s no surprise. 

Once a well-kept secret, word 

is now out that a meaningful 

career, a market rate salary 

and that essential balance is all 

available within a two-and-ahalf 

hour drive from Auckland. 

The benefits of a lifestyle 

in the Bay are an increasingly 

valuable proposition as the 

cost of city living and property 

becomes unaffordable for 

many. 

With offices in Tauranga 

and Rotorua, Talent ID are 

committed to seeing the Bay’s 

growth continue. 

Kellie’s heart for the 

region shows in her support 

of the Rotorua Chamber of 

Commerce Employee of the 

Year Award and the Best 

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Fishing at Lake Rotorua 

Rotorua’s tourism’s 

“roaring trade” 

Rotorua’s tourism trade continues to 

lead from the front although there are 

concerns about the impact of capacity 

increases at peak times of the year. 

Rotorua’s hospitality precinct Eat Street 


Destination Rotorua’s 

quarterly report 

to Rotorua Lakes 

Council this month shows 

the industry is well on track 

to reach its targeted annual 

income of $1 billion by 2030, 

currently sitting on about 

$658 million. 

Visitors at the Redwoods Treewalk 

The council’s lead senior 

advisor – economic growth, 

Andrew Wilson says some of 

the success has to do with the 

economy generally, as well as 

the relatively low Kiwi dollar 

which has made Rotorua 

a more attractive destination 

globally. 

He says Air New Zealand 

and Tourism New Zealand 

have done a great job in opening 

up additional routes bringing 

in more visitors. 

The Infometrics Quarterly 

Economic Monitor to March 

also emphasises Rotorua tourism’s 

“golden summer” with 

guest nights in commercial 

accommodation rising 7.1 percent 

over the year to March 

and guest nights in private 

accommodation up 8.4 percent 

over the same period. 

“We expect the tourism sector 

to enjoy a roaring trade 

throughout the winter months,” 

says the report. 

“But we caution that, later 

in the year, capacity pressures 

at peak times may push up 

prices for visitor attractions 

and accommodation.” 

Deputy-mayor Dave 

Donaldson acknowledges the 

visitor trends are tracking 

“extremely well”. 

Issues to be addressed 

revolve around handling 

capacity at peak times and 

focusing on growth in the 

shoulder season. 

“We’ll need to evolve the 

conversation a little. It’s not 

just about peak times. We are 

pretty full then, so how do we 

evolve our strategy a bit for 

the other times? How do we 

market more to the shoulder 

season as well?” 

Destination Rotorua’s 

report says the return next year 

of Crankworz and opportunities 

around next year’s Lions 

tour to New Zealand and the 

World Masters Games mean 

tourism growth is likely to 

continue to “travel well” into 

the foreseeable future. 

The report mentions a 

significant increase in visitor 

numbers to the Redwood 

I-Site with up to 20,000 to 

30,000 visitors a month at 

peak times. 

The new Redwoods 

Treewalk has been a popular 

destination and the Government 

recently announced $320,000 

in funding for it to set up a 

night-time light show. 

Hospitality precinct Eat 

Street and night markets have 

also been popular initiatives. 

Dave Donaldson says 

Rotorua’s method of funding 

Kuirau Park 

its tourism spending has been 

a stand out success. 

The voluntary partnership 

programme now sees 112 

industry players contributing 

to Destination Rotorua’s marketing 

budget, providing more 

than $800,000 funding a year. 


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More capacity ahead 

on Bay of Plenty flights 

Changes to Air New Zealand flight 

schedules will see more capacity in flights 

between Tauranga and Rotorua and a 

selection of other cities. 


Air New Zealand has 

announced it will operate 

up to 10 new weekly 

flights between Auckland and 

Tauranga by the end of the 

year. 

The airline is also reinstating 

the 6.05am service from 

Tauranga to Christchurch. 

Air New Zealand described 

the region as a “significant 

growth market” and said it 

would operate up to 80,000 

additional seats to and from 

Tauranga in 2017. 

Tourism BOP chief executive 

Kristin Dunne says she is 

thrilled with the news. 

“Any increase in access to 

the city and the region is fantastic,” 

she says. “This is very 

positive from our perspective. 

Air New Zealand is absolutely 

seeing the value in our region.” 

Tauranga Airport manager 

Ray Dumble says the decision 

is very good news, especially 

for the business community. 

Details of the timing of the 

new flights are not yet available, 

but it will include adding 

an extra flight before 9am, 

bringing the total to two, and 

is also expected to fill a couple 

of holes in the afternoon 

schedule. 

“The Auckland flights in 

particular will give people a 

real choice as they can now 

do either a full or a half day 

up there,” he says. “That’s a 

biggie. It’s becoming a bus service 

and that’s what the business 

community wants.” 

Meanwhile, Rotorua 

Tauranga Airport will get another 10 flights a week 

to and from Auckland. 

Airport is set to see a seven 

percent increase in capacity, 

including a 25 percent 

increase in capacity on the 

Auckland-Rotorua route, an 

increase of up to 20 percent 

on the Rotorua-Christchurch 

route, and improved connectivity 

between Rotorua 

and Queenstown, as well as 

Dunedin and Invercargill. 

The increased capacity and 

connectivity will predominantly 

come from additional frequency 

on the Auckland and 

Christchurch routes. 

These changes will also see 

an improvement in connectivity 

with Queenstown, with an 

increase from two to five connections 

daily from the end of 

October. 

Rotorua Airport chief executive, 

Nicole Brewer says the 

changes are extremely positive 

for the Rotorua community, 

economy and tourism sector, 

and are a reflection of 

increased patronage and support 

from local travellers and 

visitors, and a strong relationship 

with Air New Zealand. 

“These changes firmly 

support our growing tourism 

industry, our local business 

community and our goal to 

achieve greater connectivity 

with Queenstown, which 

is a critical tourism route for 

Rotorua. 

“The improved capacity 

and additional flights to and 

from Christchurch are particularly 

important, as good connectivity 

with the South Island 

is essential for international 

visitors to Rotorua.” 

Ms Brewer says the new 

schedule will provide improved 

choice for travellers, as well as 

better fare availability. 

“Furthermore, the changes 

mean that a 68 seat ATR aircraft 

will overnight in Rotorua 

and provide an early morning 

flight to Christchurch, 

returning in the evening. This 

will deliver an improved service 

for southbound passengers 

currently travelling via 

Wellington. 

“These changes also reinforce 

Air New Zealand’s 

commitment to Rotorua and, 

if demand is demonstrated 

and proven, additional capacity 

will be provided. At the 

same time, if demand drops, 

then it is likely we will see 

a corresponding change in 

capacity.” 

However, Air New 

Zealand’s new schedule will 

also see a change in services 

on the Rotorua-Wellington 

route, with the reduction 

of two flights a week and a 

change in departure times. 

Ms Brewer says this route 

has been under performing for 

some time, and the schedule 

changes have been designed 

to lift performance, and consequently, 

sustainability of the 

route. 

“While the Wellington 

changes will not suit everyone, 

we will continue to actively 

work with Air New Zealand 

on this route to measure the 

impact and opportunities, and 

explore other options.” 

Rotorua Mayor Steve 

Chadwick says the updates 

to the schedule are “great for 

inbound and international visitors 

in a growing tourism 

market”. 

“We are certainly making 

good progress for our wanted 

north-south link, but recognise 

that the changes to Wellington- 

Rotorua flights, from October, 

will not meet the needs of all 

travellers and will be watching 

the situation closely.” 

Ms Brewer says additional 

capacity and connectivity is 

likely to be introduced in the 

coming months for the peak 

summer season, including 

Chinese New Year. 

Coda hub boosts Bay freight links 

Despite being 200km from Tauranga, a 

recently commissioned freight link promises 

greater rail efficiencies to this region and 

fewer trucks on Bay of Plenty roads. 

By richard rennie 

In late May the freight 

logistics company Coda 

cut the ribbon on a new 

rail link direct to its Savill 

Drive freight hub in South 

Auckland. 

Only opened 12 months 

ago, the addition of a rail link 

to Savill Drive brings freight 

flows intended for Ports of 

Auckland and Tauranga to 

a single point as a complete 

“intermodal” hub. Coda Group 

is a joint venture between 

Port of Tauranga and Kotahi, 

itself a joint freight venture 

between Fonterra and Silver 

Fern Farms. 

Coda was formed as the 

freight transport sector begins 

to gear up for the arrival 

of larger ships, and aims to 

reduce inefficiencies in transport 

links and reduce delivery 

times to key hub ports. 

Coda’s creation brought 

together five freight companies 

including DTL, Tauranga’s 

Tapper Transport, Priority 

Logistics, MetroPack and a 

37.5 percent shareholding in 

MetroBox. 

Coda chief executive Scott 

Brownlee says the rail commissioning 

means that greater 

rail movements direct to 

port will now be possible, 

reducing the number of truck 

journeys required through 

the Auckland-Bay of Plentylower 

North Island region 

by 8000. Coda’s efforts to 

increase efficiencies has 

already resulted in more than 

2000 fewer heavy vehicle 

trips in the past year. 

The rail commissioning at 

Coda’s hub brings the completion 

of another section of the 

infrastructure required to support 

larger ships calling into 

NZ ports, of which Tauranga 

will be the first. 

Mr Brownlee says he is 

very confident the freight 

infrastructure beyond Savill 

Drive will be capable of meeting 

the increased rail freight 

the centre will deliver. 

KiwiRail has assessed critical 

upgrades required to the 

floor of the Kaimai Tunnel 

link, with $5 million being 

spent this year, and a further $7 

million tagged for 2017. 

The 8.9km tunnel may 

ultimately require $50 million 

to improve conditions and 

allow for higher train speeds 

and heavier traffic volumes 

through it. 

“We are working closely 

with KiwiRail to ensure connections 

between the export 

port and Savill Drive are ready, 

but overall the rail line is pretty 

good,” says Mr Brownlee. 

He says the real challenges 

with delivering to larger 

docked ships is ensuring the 

volume of containers are close 

enough to feed through in a 

streamlined manner. 

“We have seen the Port of 

Tauranga make the necessary 

infrastructure investments, 

including cranes and rail sidings, 

and KiwiRail has done 

double tracking of lines in 

places.” 

Port of Tauranga dredging 

is continuing and the first larger 

ships are anticipated to start 

arriving later this year. 

“The Savill Drive hub 

expansion more than triples the 

Coda chief executive Scott 

Brownlee and KiwiRail chief 

executive Peter Reidy 

capacity of the existing Coda 

rail offering between Auckland 

and Palmerston North providing 

further opportunities for 

lower North Island exporters 

to access the two main ports in 

the North Island.”


Senior business management lecturer 

driven to improve business 

When Neihana Jacob isn’t being driven 

by his passion for gaining and passing on 

education – he is doing the driving. 

“My other passion 

is transportation 

and logistics,” 

says the Waiariki Bay of 

Plenty Polytechnic (WBoPP) 

business lecturer who enjoys 

driving buses in his spare 

time, working for InterCity 

Coachlines once or twice a 

month. 

Neihana joined WBoPP 

two years ago in a temporary 

summer school teaching position. 

When he was offered 

a full-time role, he says, “I 

couldn’t say no,” despite 

also being offered a job at 

Mainfreight. 

Being able to apply textbook 

theory to students’ lives 

is what Neihana enjoys most 

about teaching. 

“It’s about making it realistic 

and applicable as much 

as possible to the students.” 

He includes a lot of national 

and international current 

affairs as examples when 

teaching and likes to bring a 

Maori focus. Neihana is of 

Ngati Pukenga ki Tauranga, 

and Ngai Te Rangi descent. 

Before joining the institute, 

the Tokoroa and Putaruru 

native spent some time working 

at Kinleith Mill and volunteering 

in Australia, followed 

by nearly 10 years of studying 

and tutoring at Waikato 

University. 

Neihana has a conjoint degree 

with a Bachelor of Management 

Studies and Bachelor of Law, a 

Postgraduate Diploma (Strategic 

Management) with distinction, 

and a Master of Management 

Studies (first class honours), all 

from The University of Waikato. 

It isn’t about making 

money, it’s about 

making a more 

meaningful way of 

doing business.” 

He has always had great 

support from his family he 

says. “My parents have always 

encouraged me and my sisters 

to be educated and contribute 

to society.” 

Neihana chose to study 

business to try to help future 

managers think about how 

they affect their staff, customers 

and stakeholders. 

His ultimate goal is to 

become one of only a few 

Maori professors of management 

in New Zealand. 

“It isn’t about making 

money, it’s about making a 

more meaningful way of 

doing business and having less 

[negative] impact on families 

and environments, as well as 

improving working conditions. 

That’s what drives me.” 

Neihana Jacob teaching at Waiariki 

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. 

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Women in business 

Welcome to Women in Business 

where we pay tribute to women who’ve 

made their mark in the Bay of Plenty 

business community. 

The women featured in this 

edition are high achievers. 

They are powerhouses 

from a variety of fields 

including management, law, 

accountancy, retailing and 

speech and literacy. 

There are many more 

extraordinary women 

taking the region’s 

business community ahead 

who we will introduce in 

coming editions. 

We hope these brief 

snapshots provide an 

insight into what has taken 

these women to the top of 

their respective fields. 

Diane Bruin 

Meet Diane Bruin, the manager of 

Tauranga Budget Advisory Service 

(TBAS). 

Regarded as professional, dedicated, 

progressive and willing to go the extra 

mile, she is the key driver of an organisation 

whose vision to see people in the 

Tauranga area able to manage their finances 

competently underlies everything they 

do: from crisis relief, help with debt management 

through to workplace and community 

financial capability education and 

community courses on home ownership. 

Teamwork is a strong element of the 

TBAS’ culture, where financial mentors 

work as a dedicated team to assist our 

community through free, non-judgemental, 

professional and friendly budgeting advice. 

These financial mentors have been referred 

to as respectful, non-judgmental, engaging 

and patient. 

TBAS has also forged strong collaborative 

ties with other organisations - Lynne 

Brown, the CEO of St Vincent DePaul, 

recently said, “TBAS is a wonderful, dedicated 

and professionally run service which 

is focused on achieving the best outcomes 

for its clients and the wider community, 

and working in partnership with other 

agencies to achieve this.” 

“Everybody Wants A Home” is a 

Housing Assistance Programme Diane 

launched last year. This course is taught 

by community educators know as Money 

Mates. They give people who’ve only ever 

been able to dream of owning a home, the 

financial skills they need to start saving 

for one, plus the knowledge they need to 

manage the whole process of home ownership, 

from working with real estate agents, 

managing mortgages and understanding 

legal documents. 

The belief that that those in need should 

be given more than just a hand-out—they 

should be given a hand-up—is why TBAS 

offers Financial Capability Courses to the 

community. The feedback the attendees 

give shows they have been empowered to 

better manage their finances. 

People who attend TBAS workplace 

courses also give positive feedback. 

These course are tailored to subjects the 

workplace manager wants to offer his 

or her staff. As the number one provider 

of Sorted talks within the BoP, there are 

plenty of subjects to choose from, such as 

KiwiSaver, Needs vs Wants, and the ever 

popular “Give Yourself a Payrise”. 

TBAS has been operating as a not-forprofit 

organisation for more than 42 years 

yet it still has so much to offer. Thanks to 

Diane’s leadership, and the dedicated team 

of Financial Mentors and Money Mates, it 

will continue to be a relevant, professional 

and much-needed resource for people from 

all walks of life in our community for 

many years to come. 

Historic Village, 17th Ave West, Tauranga 

13371 

Ph: 07 578 0936 

www.tgabudget.org.nz 

Engine Room Chartered Accountants 

Margaret Holmes 

Building a business takes dedication, determination 

and perseverance, as well as a 

dose of sacrifice. 

Some are driven to do it; others are accidentally 

thrust in to it. 

For Margaret Holmes, of Engine Room 

Chartered Accountants, building the business 

was a mix of choice and passion. She 

is driven to help other business owners be 

successful and to achieve the lifestyle they 

thought self-employment or business ownership 

would bring. 

The team at the Engine Room believes that 

building better businesses is key to improving 

the local economy and the nation as a whole. 

The success of small businesses flows through 

to greater local employment and investment. 

Key facts about small business in New 

Zealand: 

• 97% of all businesses have fewer than 20 

employees, 

• they employ 29% of all workers 

• they created 47% of new jobs in 2014. 

• 42% of the business that started in 2010 no 

longer exist. 

The majority of businesses fail because 

they run out of cash. Turning profits into 

cash is often harder than most business owners 

realise – juggling a combination of debt 

collection, stock management and finance 

repayments. Many quite profitable businesses 

have cashflow issues, particularly as they 

grow where extra money is consumed to 

fund increased stock and debtors, as well as 

increases in operating costs. 

Financially well organised businesses have 

good financial and operating systems to identify 

issues before they occur, regular financial 

reviews and are structured to protect the business 

and owner’s assets. 

“Well organised businesses don’t happen 

by chance – the owner manager understands 

the key numbers in their business and regularly 

review them – looking at them once a year 

when meeting with their external accountants 

is not enough.” 

Fortunately, systems like Xero mean that 

the business owner can keep informed while 

their accountant can keep an overview. “We 

recommend meeting your accountant at least 

twice a year – more often if your business is 

in a growth phase.” 

At the Engine Room, Margaret and her 

team work with businesses to formulate solutions 

to meet their individual circumstances. 

Services range from preparation of annual 

accounts and tax returns, improving systems 

utilising the latest cloud technologies through 

to facilitating management meetings and advisory 

boards. 

Annette Stock 

Speech, Language, 

Literacy Specialist 

Ever wondered why some of your 

employees have low literacy and 

communication skills? 

The answer probably lies in the 

fact that they were likely to have 

clinically significant but previously 

undetected oral language problems as 

a child. A child’s oral language competency 

has basically developed by 

age five. This sets the basis for later 

formal literacy development (reading, 

writing, maths) . 

Many children do not get the 

grounding in early childhood that 

they need. They subsequently struggle 

through school, possibly enter 

the youth courts (research says up 

to 60 percent do) and may go on to 

prison. Or they may have limited 

choices with job finding because of 

it. Employers may then be required 

to take on an educational role to meet 

the requirements for their businesses. 

A huge cost to our NZ financial 

system and NZ businesses. 

In Rotorua, one enterprising 

Rotary Club, Sunrise, has funded me 

to design a programme to capture 

these children at age five and train 

volunteer tutors to work alongside 

children who have missed essential 

early language skills to support and 

boost their formal learning, Literacy 

is one of Rotary’s goals. A worthwhile 

club project for consideration. 

I work as a private practitioner 

across many fields,with private clients 

of all ages, providing professional 

development for teachers and 

parents (pre and school age). 

Also included in my clientele are 

ACC, traumatic brain injury and 

stroke clients. 

13700 

Phone 07 579 5011 for a complimentary 

consultation to find out how the Engine 

Room can help your business improve. 

10311 

Ph: 07 3628959 | 027 575 7570 • annetterstock@gmail.com 

www.annettestock.co.nz

Women in business 

Women’s place in 

law firms needs 

challenging 

There’s a glass ceiling in 

the legal profession. 


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For many women working in the profession, 

that glass ceiling is holding 

back career advancement and partnership 

aspirations. 

Kathryn Lellman, partner at Hollister- 

Jones, Lellman, believes the legal sector 

needs to challenge the way it views 

the role of working women in law and 

encourage women to seek partnerships. 

“There is an unconscious bias that 

may impact on the career path of women 

seeking partnerships within legal firms. 

But this can be addressed by challenging 

the way legal services are provided by 

women who may also be juggling the 

demands of motherhood with a career 

in law.” 

More than two thirds of graduates 

from New Zealand university law schools 

are women. But the gender balance at 

graduation is not represented within partnerships 

in New Zealand legal firms. 

Ms Lellman believes the ratio may 

change if there is a critical mass of 

women working in law that actively work 

towards partnerships. But she believes 

the legal profession may need to explore 

the way legal services can be provided 

that maintain accessibility and availability 

through new media. 

“Some of the solutions to the glass 

ceiling may lie in the way we collectively 

manage client expectations,” Ms Lellman 

says. 

“There is a need for a culture shift that 

will encourage women working in law to 

gain a work/life balance that means they 

can be effective in both roles – without 

compromising service delivery or family 

life. It may also ameliorate attrition of 

female lawyers.” 

There are stereotypes that exist within 

all industries and the legal profession also 

has some of its own. 

“Women are expected to work in legal 

areas that typify ‘traditional’ gender specific 

roles. But these requirements do 

not recognise the growing diversification 

within other sectors of society, nor 

the expertise women can bring to roles 

that have been traditionally dominated 

by men.” 

Women seeking partnerships and professional 

progress within the legal profession 

should challenge existing biases. 

New Zealand’s first female lawyer graduate 

Ethel Benjamin did so in 1893. That 

challenge remains in place today. 

DDI 07 928 6207 • P: 07 578 1515 

F: 07 578 4879 • E: k.lellman@hjllaw.nz • www. hjllaw.nz 

First Floor Monmouth House, 41 Monmouth St, PO Box 

13063, DX HP40041, Tauranga 3141 

13985 

Julie Hammon and Alexandra Hammon Elliott 

Mother-daughter duo 

Hammon Diamond Jeweller celebrates 30 

years in their iconic downtown boutique in 

the heart of the Tauranga CBD. 

Originally established in Gisborne in 1947, 

family ownership now spans three generations 

with a dynamic mother-daughter duo of Julie & 

Alexandra leading their wonderful in store team. 

Their passion for diamonds as a rare gift of 

nature is reflected in the individually selected 

collections in store – if the piece of your dreams 

isn’t in stock it can be custom made for you. 

They love diamonds so much it’s their middle 

name! Let them help you find the best diamond 

to suit your individual requirements, they are 

dedicated to ensuring you receive the very best 

you can afford, working for you all the way. 

They specialise in presenting fine jewellery 

& watches chosen to meet a diverse range of 

taste & price requirements. The brands they 

select reflect current trends & are carefully 

considered before they are presented in store. 

Some of the famous brands you will find in their 

boutique include Karen Walker Jewellery, her 

edgy yet feminine designs have earnt her a huge 

following across all ages. In watches Michel 

Herbelin feature strongly, they are well known 

for classic refinement & a proud tradition of 

Swiss watchmaking. As a Premium Seiko 

dealer they have access to a wide selection of 

specialist sports & elegant dress models from 

one of the worlds most established & reliable 

brands. Hammon Diamond Jeweller are also 

exclusive stockists of international luxury brand 

Swarovski. The Swarovski jewellery & giftware 

range truly resonates with customers who 

love it’s refined glamour. 

When you shop at Hammon Diamond 

Jeweller you enjoy the exceptional personal 

service & focus they are renowned for giving 

their clients, they value these relationships 

immensely, often built up over many years. 

Apart from the superb range of jewellery on 

offer a full jewellery & watch repair service 

is available covering all aspects of your day to 

day requirements. Watch battery replacements, 

pearl rethreading, jewellery appraisals, custom 

design & production, if they can’t do it they 

certainly know who can! 

The reputation for trust & integrity proudly 

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Busy, stressed and in pain? 

Lower cortisol 

with mindfulness 

The cost of not being present and aware is high these days – 

especially if you’re running a business. Some will waste time and 

energy focusing on problems from the past. Others will spend 

their days anxious, worried and wound up in knots as they 

constantly focus on a future that hasn’t yet arrived. 

Both of these situations 

are a form of stress 

and a sign that our 

thoughts are out of balance 

with optimal mental and physical 

health. 

Our stress response hormone 

– cortisol is released in 

the presence of stress. 

It is supposed to release 

and then drop, but our modern 

world is bathing our bodies in 

this hormone more than we are 

supposed to be. 

This creates health problems 

and quality of life problems. 

Every single cell in your 

body is influenced by cortisol. 

Stress can make you fat, sick 

Every single cell 

in your body is 

influenced by cortisol. 

Stress can make you 

fat, sick and grumpy 

– and in pain.” 

and grumpy – and in pain. 

Our body’s fascial system 

provides a communicative 

link between the brain and 

the body. Every single organ, 

bone, joint, nerve and muscle 

is surrounded in this fascial 

‘net’. 

When we experience any 

sort of stress or trauma our 

body goes into a compensatory 

pattern for it. 

Your fascia begins to ‘look 

after you’ by changing its 

form, this can cause pain and 

restriction not only around the 

injury, but in other random 

places in your body. This isn’t 

just physical stress, but also 

mental/emotional. 

Fasical restrictions can 

really affect your quality of 

life. Because it has an electrical 

conductivity it is receiving 

information from the world 

around you. 

Stressed, dehydrated and 

restricted fascia does not have 

the same ability to respond 

as nice hydrated free moving 

fascia. Myofascial Release 

Therapy is how we break up 

these restrictions. 

Fascial restriction can 

lower your resilience to stress. 

So this creates quite a loop – 

stress creates the restriction 

and the restriction lowers your 

resiliance to more stress. 

To get out of this loop, 

we practise mindfulness. 

Mindfulness is living in the 

now; not the past or future. 

Some examples of being 

mindful: 

1. Listening in conversation 

instead of impatiently waiting 

for your turn to speak. 

2. Savoring every bite of that 

cake instead of inhaling it. 

3. Being grateful daily – even 

if you thought the day wasn’t 

great, there is always some 

thing to be grateful for. 

4. Creating better solutions for 

things instead of “wishing the 

year was over” 

5. Being present with your 

body during massage, stretching, 

sex etc instead of zoning 

off into some future daydream. 

The researched benefits 

of mindfulness are far reaching: 

reduces stress, anxiety, 

and depression; enhances neuroendocrine 

(brain-hormone) 

and immune system function; 

fosters enhanced resilience to 

stress, produces a more optimal 

brain function, slows the 

Workplace wellbeing 

> By John Appel 

Director, Flex Fitness | Email: mount@flexfitnessgym.co.nz 

cellular ageing process and 

increases energy and zest for 

life. 

Improvements with memory, 

sense of self, empathy, 

compassion and introspection. 

How often should we prac- 

tise mindfulness? All the time. 

After all, what else do you 

have to do? 

The past is past, and you 

can worry about future problems 

when they actually 

happen. 

Let’s talk about debt 

Recent statistics report that consumer debt has reached more 

than $15million. That does not include housing loan debt. We 

understand that talking about money is not easy for many people. 

We offer friendly financial mentors that won’t judge you, but will 

assist you to work through your financial challenges. 

Budgeting advice 

> By Diane Bruin 

Manager, Tauranga Budget Advisory Service 

Email: manager@tgabudget.org.nz 

Act Now: We strongly 

advise, if you are 

struggling to meet 

your weekly financial commitments, 

then do something 

about it. 

Put pride aside and address 

your financial debt. Write it all 

down, your income, outgoings 

and commitments. It is often 

when you write it down that 

you start to realise where all 

your hard earned income goes. 

Prioritise Spending: We 

all know about needs versus 

wants but it is about prioritising 

spending. If for example 

you allocate money for groceries 

and you have made savings 

this week then a treat maybe 

takeaways for the family. 

However, if you have 

blown the budget this week, 

then something needs to be 

trimmed back to manage your 

financial plan. You can’t spend 

more than you earn as this 

leads to financial disaster. 

Household income: Are 

you receiving all the income 

you are entitled to? You may 

be entitled to assistance such 

as working for families’ tax 

credits. 

Good debt vs bad debt: 

High interest debt is bad debt 

especially when we struggle 

to pay the high interest and 

principal. Using low interest 

credit cards to pay off high 

interest debt, well managed, 

can significantly reduce the 

high interest you would otherwise 

be paying. 

Also, interest free hire purchase 

can work well if paid in 

the interest free period. If your 

credit card debt balance is 

$2500 and if you pay the 

minimum each month, it 

will cost $4724 and take 

15 years to fully repay. 

Develop a plan: Once 

you have worked through 

your income, commitments 

and outgoings and 

struggling to meet repayment 

of debts you may 

need to talk to your creditors. 

Negotiate to pay what you 

can afford. Don’t bury your 

head in the sand as the debt 

won’t get less. Our financial 

mentors will work with you 

to assist in developing your 

plan and working with your 

creditors. Stick with your plan 

as agreed otherwise creditors 

may not be as lenient in the 

future. 

Money Tracking: We see 

the greatest positive results 

when tracking where your 

money is going. Ensuring there 

will be enough money to pay 

bills when they are due in 

a cash flow spreadsheet provides 

peace of mind. Set a goal 

within a time frame to reduce 

debt and start small savings 

to begin. 

As debt reduces put this 

extra in a savings plan and 

match it to your goal. Clients 

comment that they can’t 

believe how quickly they have 

Put pride aside 

and address your 

financial debt.” 

achieved savings, and could 

go on the overseas trip that 

always was a dream. 

Local business owners and 

managers: To support staff 

of local businesses we offer 

workshops to assist better 

money management practices. 

We have two accredited Sorted 

facilitators trained to standards 

of Commission for Financial 

capability. 

Our facilitators deliver 

tailored courses to fit your 

employees needs. We provide 

resources to assist employees 

to learn to write their own 

financial plans, assist to track 

spending, and manage distribution 

of income and expenses 

in the future. 

We also provide free, 

non-judgemental financial 

mentors to work with you 

individually on your financial 

plan. We do offer after 

hours appointments if you contact 

our office for details on 

5780969. We have lots of tips 

and tools we enjoy sharing 

with participants. 

For the past 18 months we 

have provided ‘Everybody 

Wants a Home’, a tailored programme 

to get you underway 

with saving towards your own 

home. It may mean reducing 

debt initially and setting your 

goals for your future home 

ownership. 

We provide a five-week 

training programme to help 

you develop your money management 

skills. This includes 

using Kiwisaver, understanding 

and investing in property, 

legal aspects of home ownership 

including contracts 

and making sure you are well 

informed before progressing to 

home ownership. 

Our main office is at The 

Historic Village 17th Avenue 

contact us on 5780969. 

Check out our website: 

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Tauranga’s Mitre 10 Mega store. 

Bay of Plenty Mitre 10 Mega: A 

true family-owned, local business 

The story of Bay of Plenty’s three locallyowned 

and operated Mitre 10 Mega stores 

is very much the story of a family. 

The story begins 

with an ambitious 

18-year-old youth 

who arrived on a ship 

alone in New Zealand 

from Britain and had to 

borrow money to get a 

train to Wellington. There, 

he got a job as a cabinet 

maker and slowly, through 

hard work and determination, 

Ted Bold made his 

way until he had his own 

building business. 

When in the 1970s an 

accident on a job forced 

him to reassess his future, 

he and wife Judith moved 

their two children to the 

Bay of Plenty where they 

bought Mann Hardware, 

a Devonport Road store 

which had been operating 

since 1920. 

From these humble 

beginnings Ted and Judith 

Bold’s business flourished 

as in 1978 they 

joined the Mitre 10 family. 

Ultimately the Bolds 

occupied the impressive 

Mitre 10 Mega site in Gate 

Pa you see today. 

As the business grew, 

the Bold family also purchased 

Mitre 10 Mega 

store in Rotorua and Mitre 

10 Waihi. 

Ted and Judith were 

Mitre 10 through and 

through - Ted was a 

director and chairman for 

five years before he died 

in 2013. Their commitment 

and service to Mitre 

10 was recognised. Ted 

and Judith were inducted 

into the Mitre 10 

Hall of Fame in 2016 at 

The more feminine side of a Bay of Plenty Mitre 10 Mega store. 

Mitre 10’s International 

Conference in China in 

April. Tragically, Judith 

died shortly after. Judith’s 

death was a huge blow 

but the Bold family influence 

and spirit remains as 

strong as ever across the 

Bay of Plenty’s three Mitre 

10 Mega stores. Judith 

was well known for her 

generosity towards her 

team members who she 

treated as family. When 

she turned 80 she took 

Tauranga Mitre 10 Mega’s 

116 team members and 

their partners out for dinner. 

Bold family legacies 

such as barbecue lunches 

for special occasions and 

$100 Christmas vouchers 

for each team member 

remain a mainstay as does 

a monthly bonus incentive. 

Little wonder the culture 

of the stores is such a 

happy one. 

As a major employer in 

the Bay of Plenty with 250 

team members, Mitre 10 

Mega takes its obligations 

towards a good work life 

balance seriously. Mitre 

10 Mega sponsors running 

and walking teams into 

the Tauranga City to Surf 

Fun Run and Walk event, 

Rotorua’ s Off Road Half 

Marathon as well as corporate 

tennis and netball 

teams. 

Team environment and 

respect at each workplace 

is paramount. 

With daughter Nicky 

and son Greg still an integral 

part of the team, the 

Bold family’s, Bay of 

Plenty influence on Mitre 

10 is as strong as ever. 

Team environment 

and respect at 

each workplace is 

paramount.


Your ten cents worth 

If you’ve ever felt 

that your opinion about a 

retail store doesn’t matter, 

you’ll love this. 

Mitre 10 Mega operates 

a system called “My 

ten cents worth” where 

customers are invited to 

give feedback online via 

instructions on their purchase 

docket. 

“Each store will average 

at least 150 comments 

a week,” says Mitre 10 

Mega general manager 

Wayne Mansell. 

The comments go 

directly back to staff and 

any areas for improvement 

are immediately 

actioned. Wayne notes 

the email addresses of 

the customers so he can 

respond where appropriate. 

Results are carefully 

graphed so each Mitre 10 

Mega team can see how 

it’s tracking from week 

to week. Results in the 

Bay of Plenty are almost 

overwhelmingly positive 

and that’s the way Wayne 

wants to keep it. 

He says it’s not unusual 

to get one negative comment 

out of four hundred 

responses. 

“Often when people 

offer their ten cents 

worth, no one listens. 

That’s not the case at 

Mitre 10 Mega. You can 

be absolutely certain that 

your comments go where 

you want them to go. And 

they make a real difference.” 

Waihi’s Mitre 10 store. 

training is everYthing 

Mitre 10 Mega puts 

a huge emphasis on the 

team’s training. Mitre 10 

Mega’s suppliers work 

extremely closely with the 

team and training sessions 

are held throughout the 

year. 

All team members take 

extensive training modules 

to ensure they know products 

intimately. 

DIY is massive in the 

Bay of Plenty so Mitre 10 

Mega focuses on not just 

selling products, but ensuring 

customers are equipped 

with everything they need 

to do their job. The team 

want to know what project 

customers have planned so 

they can perfectly equip 

them for the task. 

Brochures clearly 

explain products and provide 

an easy tick list of 

what customers need to do 

the job. 

To make the DIY job 

even easier, millions of 

shoppers watch Mitre 10 

Mega’s famous “Easy As” 

You Tube videos demonstrating 

how to do a wide 

variety of tasks. 

The three Bay of Plenty 

stores are all run in the 

same family friendly way, 

but there are subtle differences. 

Tauranga is well 

established, Waihi has an 

extremely popular trade 

custom which has encouraged 

the construction of 

a purpose built Truss and 

Framing Plant for convenience. 

Meanwhile, Rotorua 

Mitre 10 Mega which the 

Bolds took over in October, 

is the new up and comer of 

the family. 

Tauranga, Rotorua and 

Waihi Mitre 10 Mega 

stores: Family-owned and 

Bay of Plenty through and 

through. 

The first Tauranga store, owned by the Bold family. 

not just a handYman’s store 

Mitre 10 Mega is about 

as far from a traditional 

hardware store as it’s possible 

to get. 

Part of the store has 

been “softened” so it 

appeals to women. 

All the traditional hardware 

is still there but now 

a large section of the store 

is devoted to houseware, 

a stunning oven to tableware 

range, soft furnishings, 

and a garden centre 

and café. 

“We get a lot of comments 

about how the 

stores are so browsable,” 

says Wayne. 

Now the store provides 

a satisfying experience all 

around and if they desire, 

a husband and wife team 

can go their own way 

around the store and then 

meet up for a coffee. 

A lot of effort and pride 

goes into presentation so 

that Mitre 10 Mega is an 

enjoyable place to be. 

Construction of Waihi’s Truss and Framing Plant. 

MITRE 10 MEGA - TAURANGA 

1066 Cameron Road Gate Pa Tauranga 

Phone: 07 5714 700 

Fax: 07 5714 707 

Email: tauranga.mega@mitre10.co.nz 

MITRE 10 MEGA - RoToRUA 

1542 Amohau Street Rotorua 3010 

Phone: 07 343 6060 

Fax: 07 348 3711 

Email: mega.rotorua@mitre10.co.nz 

MITRE 10 - WAIhI 

Seddon Street Waihi 

Phone:07 863 8087 

Fax: 07 863 8536 

Email: office.waihi@mitre10.co.nz 

www.mitre10.co.nz


Jenkins Freshpac Systems 

managing director Tony Sayle at 

the company’s headquarters in 

Tauriko Business Estate. 

Major drive to attract more 

businesses to Tauranga 

Tauranga and Western Bay’s economic 

development agency Priority One is 

attracting businesses to the region like 

never before. 

manufacturing companies, one 


The agency has had a business 

attraction strategy since 

its inception in 2001 and can 

claim a number of success 

stories over the years. Now 

with the buoyant times the Bay 

is experiencing, a trickle has 

become a constant flow. 

“Business attraction is more 

successful during times of economic 

growth because of confidence,” 

says business relocations 

manager Max Mason. 

“But right now it’s really 

humming.” 

He says Priority One is currently 

dealing with 17 companies 

from around New Zealand 

and overseas that are contemplating 

a move to Tauranga or 

its environs. 

New businesses into the 

area take two forms. Many 

come through general population 

drift. At present roughly 

a quarter of the houses in 

Tauranga are being purchased 

by Aucklanders 

moving south and 

many of these people 

operate their 

own small businesses 

or consultancies. 

The businesses 

Priority One is 

more likely to hear 

about are larger 

concerns approaching 

it confidentially 

for advice and 

support. 

“For example, 

we’re presently 

dealing with two 

very big chemical 

European and one from New 

Zealand – both with staff of 

more than 100. They are looking 

for a place to move to and 

Tauranga has made the short 

list.” 

Max gives another example, 

a Scottish businessman who 

runs a big construction-related 

service in Australia. 

“He loves his rugby, played 

in a club in Edinburgh and 

his flatmates were Kiwis 

from Tauranga. He’s kept in 

touch with them and they have 

encouraged him to come here 

and take a look. 

“Eventually he visited 

and is now more than likely 

to move here. We have an 

Immigration New Zealand person 

who works with us and 

has spoken to him about visas, 

training and certification.” 

Max says quite often – 

especially with smaller businesses 

– there is a personal 

element to the move. 

He mentions two former 

Tauranga men who have done 

You think of the value to the region 

of attracting a 100-employee 

business. If we can land one of 

them, about a third of people are 

likely to rent, and another two 

thirds to buy or build houses. You 

have 100 salaries going into the 

community and partners working, 

kids going to school.” 

well in Auckland’s marine 

industry and now employ 28 

staff. They are considering 

a move back to Tauranga to 

avoid Auckland’s congestion, 

but are also attracted by a new 

marine precinct which is being 

created. 

Then there is the Australian 

wine and liquor bottling plant 

with six staff considering setting 

up in Te Puke where it 

would import the raw material, 

bottle it and then transport it to 

the east coast of Australia. 

“Sometimes it can be the 

smallest thing that seals the 

deal.” 

He recalls a four-person 

software business in 

Wellington whose husband 

and wife owners wanted to 

move to a warmer climate to 

start a family. 

In the end it was the fact 

that Tauranga has an ICT cluster 

of 160 companies, and in 

particular an annual Tedx conference 

which attracts 1000 

people that made the difference 

and brought them to Tauranga. 

Priority One will do whatever 

it can to encourage businesses 

to move to Tauranga 

and then support them along 

the way. 

This often includes 

performing market 

research to ascertain 

whether a decent business 

case can be made 

for the move. Max says 

it’s all worth the effort. 

“You think of 

the value to the 

region of attracting a 

100-employee business. 

If we can land one 

of them, about a third 

of people are likely to 

rent, and another two 

thirds to buy or build 

houses. You have 100 

salaries going into the 

community and partners 

working, kids going to 

school.” 

When a business moves 

Priority One also tries to find 

jobs for employees’ partners 

and good schools and medical 

care for the children. 

He says its essential to get 

what he calls “the soft infrastructure” 

for families right or 

moves don’t work. 

He recalls how on one 

occasion an employee of a 

large company was concerned 

about whether his child would 

still be able to access the type 

of specialist medical care 

he received in Wellington. 

Priority One worked with Bay 

of Plenty District Health Board 

to find a similar specialist in 

Tauranga. 

The family ended up with 

better access to that specialist 

than they had received in 

Wellington. 

The reasons for a move to 

Tauranga often revolve around 

access to the Port of Tauranga 

which handles five time as 

much export volume as Ports 

of Auckland and is described 

by Max as the most efficient 

port in Australasia. 

“An economic impact analysis 

of the port was done some 

years ago and it showed that 

it affected about 43 percent of 

businesses in the Bay. That’s 

an astonishing reach.” 

The highway and rail system, 

cheaper industrial land 

and labour and the lifestyle 

opportunities Tauranga offers 

are other major drivers behind 

a move. 

Sometimes It can 

be the smallest 

thing that seals the 

deal.” 

Tauranga’s advantages have 

seen it develop a good reputation 

in Auckland and more and 

more businesses are eyeing the 

Bay of Plenty city. 

Max says Priority One 

focuses on businesses that will 

add value and not ones that 

will compete with existing 

businesses and just divide up 

the existing pie. The agency is 

particularly interested in new 

manufacturing businesses. 

“If we can bring jobs that 

don’t exist in the Bay or anywhere 

else then it’s a positive 

move.” 

Priority One business 

relocation manager 

Max Mason.

Success stories 


Jenkins Freshpac Systems 

Jenkins Freshpac moved its 

manufacturing operation and 

28 staff to Tauriko Business 

Estate from Auckland about 

three years ago. 

The company which produces 

tiny sticky labels for 

fruit, had an engineering workshop 

in Mt Maunganui catering 

for kiwifruit operations. 

Its main business was fruit 

growing in the Bay, Hawke’s 

Bay and Nelson and a move to 

Tauranga suited these regions. 

Managing director Tony 

Sayle acknowledges that one 

of Tauranga’s biggest selling 

points was its busy port, just 

a 9.9km drive on a 100k/h 

expressway from the Tauriko 

estate. 

Three years on, Tony, 

who had been brought up in 

Tauranga, is positive about the 

move. 

“When we were about to 

make the decision to come 

here, we brought a small busload 

of our production staff 

down here to look at Tauranga. 

The interesting thing was that 

on the bus at the time there 

were only two people who had 

ever been to Tauranga. There 

wasn’t a high awareness of 

what is going on here. But of 

those people I think there is 

only one that we’ve lost.” 

He says it was not an easy 

decision to leave family in 

Auckland, but his staff had integrated 

well, and had been able to 

buy better quality housing and 

enjoy the Tauranga lifestyle. 

“A lot of the staff’s families 

have probably been able to 

achieve things in their personal 

lives that they wouldn’t 

have been able to achieve in 

Auckland.” 

Brother International 

Brother International built a $10 

million head office at Tauriko 

Business Estate when it moved 

its operations from Wellington 

about three years ago. 

In doing so it brought 43 

staff members and 80 family 

members north and is the biggest 

company to relocate to 

Tauranga. 

Rapidly outgrowing its 

Wellington site, Brother identified 

Tauranga for a site for 

its head office, warehouse and 

distribution centre. 

Again, close access to the 

port and all major road networks 

across the north and 

south island, were key factors 

in the decision. 

“By future-proofing our 

business, we achieved outgoing 

cost savings and reduced 

the risk profile relating to 

the geographical location of 

the Brother facility,” said 

Graham Walshe, executive 

chairman. 

Multifid 

James Graham operates a 

successful and growing custom 

electronics and software 

design and production business 

in South Africa, but a 

search for specialised electronic 

design engineers led 

him to Tauranga in 2008. 

Through Priority One 

James was linked into a 

network of professional 

services that helped him 

establish the New Zealand 

office of Multifid Technology 

International Ltd in Greerton. 

“Tauranga is a place of 

future growth and I can only 

see it becoming a very big city 

over the long term,” he says. 

“It’s exciting to be based here 

right now at the cutting edge, 

and watch as the high-tech 

sector grows in leaps and 

bounds.” 

Focusing on the research 

and design of innovative 

safety and security products 

for the transport and heavy 

industrial sector, Multifid 

is now looking to establish 

a production facility in 

Tauranga. 

This next phase of growth 

for Multifid will bring 

employment opportunities for 

many more electronic design 

engineers and production 

teams. 

James Graham has partnered 

with others to establish 

a second company, Toi Mata 

Ltd. The company is involved 

in the sales, marketing and 

distribution of Multifid products 

as well as products from 

small companies needing this 

facility in a “share and grow” 

model. 

Brother International is the largest company Priority One has lured to Tauranga. 

North Island Mussels Ltd 

The joint venture between 

Sandford Ltd and Sealord 

Group Ltd moved its processing 

operations to Tauranga in 

2005 to be close the Port of 

Tauranga. 

Mussels are grown on 

shareholders’ farms around 

the Coromandel Peninsula and 

brought to the Tauranga facility 

by truck. The chief advantage 

such proximity to the port 

brings is the fact that mussels 

have to be processed live and 

in strict time periods between 

harvest and export. 

During the 8-10 month season, 

up to 1.8 million mussels 

are processed. 

In 2010, a $23 million facility 

was opened in Tauranga 

comprising the world’s first 

automated mussel opening 

machines. 

NIML is one of Tauranga’s 

largest employers with more 

than 230 workers. 

“We’re a people-based 

business and we love being 

part of the community here,” 

says general manager Steve 

Wells. 

Temporary Fence Sales 

Access to the port was also 

a big factor for Temporary 

Fence Sales’ Mark McGrath 

making the move to Tauranga 

recently. 

The business supplies fencing 

for building and demolition 

sites, crowd control, 

public works and temporary 

animal enclosures. 

Temporary Fence Sales 

has been operating in 

Christchurch for 10 years 

where the earthquake was a 

great catalyst for the business. 

Because Mark imported 

all his material from Lyttleton 

Port but then had to distribute 

it all around the country he 

wanted a more cost effective 

option, particularly for the 

North Island. 

Mark, who has set up the 

operation near Baypark, Mt 

Maunganui, says Tauranga has 

been in his sights for about 

a year. 

He looks forward to being 

part of the growth going on in 

the Bay of Plenty. His base is 

still Christchurch but he has 

quickly fallen in love with 

Tauranga’s climate and lifestyle. 

“I said to my wife, we may 

well end up living here.”


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High standards reached 

in 2016 Waikato/Bay of 

Plenty Awards 

A strong showing by commercial buildings and “wildly imaginative” 

residential designs were features of the 2016 Waikato/Bay of 

plenty Architecture Awards. 

Twenty three projects 

across six categories 

were rewarded at a 

ceremony held at the University 

of Waikato. 

The strong showing by 

commercial buildings indicated 

confidence in the region 

for important infrastructural 

or manufacturing facilities, 

especially in Hamilton and 

Tauranga. 

The awards also featured 

many striking new houses, 

mainly clustered around popular 

holiday destinations or in 

rural locations. 

Geoff Lentz, the convenor 

of this year’s awards jury, said 

many of the “wildly imaginative” 

award-winning residential 

projects resulted from 

“inspired collaborations with 

clients.” 

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FMG Offices, Hamilton 

by Chow:Hill Architects 

Ebbett Audi and Volkswagen 

Showrooms, Hamilton 

by Chow:Hill Architects 

APL Factory, Hamilton by Jasmax 

Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Tauranga 

by Wingate + Farquhar 

Sims Distribution Tauriko, 

Tauranga by Wingate + Farquhar 

Trustpower HQ, Tauranga 

by Wingate + Farquhar 

EDUCATION AWARD 

Waiariki Institute of Technology 

Health and Science Building, 

Rotorua by MOAA Architects and 

Darryl Church Architecture 

ENDURING ARCHITECTURE 

AWARDS 

Arcus House (1965), Hamilton 

by Mercer Brown Architects 

St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 

Tamahere (1972) by Gillman 

Garry, Clap & Sayers 

HOUSING AWARDS 

Screened by Pohutukawa (Stage 

Two) by Architecture Bureau 

Priest Residence by Brendon 

Gordon Architecture 

The Bach Bach by Crosson Architects 

Gordonton Residence by Edwards 

White Architects 

Wharewaka House, Lake Taupo 

by Fraser Cameron Architects 

Lakeside Bach, Lake Taupo 

by Fraser Cameron Architects 

K Valley House, near Thames, 

by Herbst Architects 

Puketui Valley House, near Tairua, 

by RTA Studio 

Hahei House by Studio 2 

Architects 

Pauanui Beach House by Sumich 

Chaplin 

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE 

AWARDS 

Louise Feathers’ Planning 

Fitout, Hamilton, by Edwards 

White Architects 

Talking Tech Fitout, Hamilton, 

by Edwards White Architects 

Trustpower Head Office, 

Tauranga, by Warren and Mahoney 

PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE 

AWARD 

Eat Streat, Rotorua, by APR 

Architects 

All winners of the 2016 Waikato– 

Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards 

are eligible for shortlisting in the 

New Zealand Architecture Awards, 

which will be decided later in the 

year, and announced in November. 

Louise Feathers’ Planning fitout by Edwards White Architects. 

Winners 2016 NZIA Waikato / Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards 

Gordonton Residence - Residential Category 

Talking Tech Office Fitout - Interiors Category 

Louise Feathers Planning Office Fitout - Interiors Category 

The Talking Tech fitout by Edwards White Architects. 

mezzanine | the riverbank lane | 298 victoria street | hamilton 

Photo Credit: Dan Hilson


CKL expands to provide additional 

expertise to developers 

Having established and grown a highly 

successful stormwater and environmental 

consulting practice, Stormwater Solutions 

Consulting Ltd, Bronwyn Rhynd and her 

team have now joined forces with CKL – 

Planning, Surveying and Engineering. 

Well known, CKL has 

been responsible for 

some major residential 

and commercial developments 

through the upper North 

Island. 

The merger of these two 

complementary organisations 

adds the specialist area 

of stormwater and environmental 

engineering to CKL’s 

existing expertise and range 

of services. 

CKL is now better able to 

support clients with end-toend 

project management and 

access to experts across all 

planning, surveying, and engineering 

disciplines. 

This expanded offering 

drives project efficiency and 

Clients benefit from a 

timely and seamless flow 

of information between 

consultants as different 

expertise is required to meet 

project demands.” 

means that clients get greater 

value from their partnership 

with CKL. 

“Over the past 12-18 

months the number of residential 

and commercial development 

applications in the 

golden triangle has increased 

significantly. 

“Our clients are increasingly 

looking for integration of 

services in order to enhance 

project efficiency,” said CKL 

director Warren Lovegrove. 

“Clients benefit from 

a timely and seamless flow 

of information between consultants 

as different expertise 

is required to meet project 

demands,” added Warren. 

CKL works closely with 

developers and 

landowners to survey, 

plan, engineer 

and project manage 

both residential and 

commercial developments. 

Recent changes 

to urban development 

applications 

require developers to 

undertake comprehensive 

stormwater 

management plans 

Wetland Swales 

and water impact assessments 

as part of their development 

applications. 

This strong focus on flooding 

and stormwater management 

demonstrates a commitment 

to positive environmental 

outcomes for current and 

future generations. 

As one of New Zealand’s 

leading stormwater and environmental 

engineering experts, 

Bronwyn explains her role as 

the “interface between nature 

and the built environment”. 

She is inspired to design 

engineering solutions that 

respect the environment and 

has incorporated innovative 

stormwater management systems 

into numerous residential 

and commercial projects 

for CKL. 

Many of these solutions 

appear as landscaping to the 

unsuspecting, but they provide 

significant benefit to the 

development. 

“As we continue to create 

new residential and commercial 

developments we are fundamentally 

changing the way 

water is collected and flows 

through the environment. 

“Every time we seal roads, 

asphalt carparks, pave, or 

build, we increase the amount 

and the speed of water run-off. 

What used to be creeks with a 

trickle of water are now high 

flow streams,” said Bronwyn. 

In the past, it was common 

practice to direct this water 

flow to underground pipes 

and feed it directly to the 

river, ocean or other receiving 

environments. 

Now, CKL is fully harnessing 

the water’s potential 

to create urban environments 

that are sympathetic to the 

natural environment. 

Environmental solutions 

known as ‘rain-gardens’ and 

‘swales’ capture water run-off 

from houses and streets and 

‘daylight’ the water - filtering 

it and slowing it down as it 

heads towards natural catchment 

areas. 

These design elements 

enhance the built environment 

and provide strong visual 

appeal. 

CKL approaches each 

new urban development with 

stormwater and environmental 

expertise. Bronwyn and her 

team collaborate with other disciplines 

across CKL to create 

innovative solutions that are 

integrated into land development 

design and construction. 

Engaged early in the 

development process, CKL’s 

clients have been able to 

address these new council 

requirements and significantly 

reduce the timeframe for 

development approvals. 

Services CKL offer: 

• Environmental Engineering 

• Civil Engineering 

• Subdivision & Land Use Planning 

• Environmental & Coastal Planning 

• All types of Legal Boundary Surveys 

• All Land & Engineering Surveying 

• First Consultation Free 

Simon Reid 

(Associate) 

Bevan Houlbrooke 

(Associate) 

Hamish Ross 

(Associate) 

Kay Carter 

(Associate) 

Geoff Webster 

(Director) 

Jonathan Gwyn 

(Associate) 

Bronwyn Rhynd 

(Director) 

Hamilton Office: 58 Church Road, PO Box 171, Hamilton 3240. P: 07 849 9921 E: hamilton@ckl.co.nz 

Te Awamutu Office: 103 Market Street, PO Box 126, Te Awamutu 3840. P: 07 871 6144 E: teawamutu@ckl.co.nz 

Auckland Office: 25 Broadway, PO Box 99463, Newmarket, Auckland 1149. P: 09 524 7029 E: auckland@ckl.co.nz 

Website: www.ckl.co.nz 

Campbell Burrows 

(Director) 

Warren Lovegrove 

(Director) 

Mark Gilberd 

(Director) 

ISO 9001 Certified 

Members of the Institution of 

Professional Engineers 

NZ (IPENZ) 

Members of the NZ Institute 

of Surveyors (NZIS) 

Members of the Consulting 

Surveyors of NZ (CSNZ) 

Members of the NZ 

Planning Institute 

(NZPI) 

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conference and events 


Your conference 

transport solutions 

Royale Coachlines and Luxury Airport 

Shuttles have been servicing the Bay of 

Plenty and Waikato regions for many years. 

With a range of vehicle 

sizes, Royale 

Coachlines and 

Luxury Airport Shuttles is 

able to accommodate any size 

group to meet your conference 

requirements. 

The company runs a fleet 

of mainly European vehicles, 

mostly Mercedes Benz - all 

with GPS tracking to ensure 

accurate travel times. Vehicles 

range in size from three seats 

up to 53 seats. 

All of Royale Coachlines’ 

tour coaches guarantee a high 

level of comfort and safety 

and the company is especially 

proud of its latest addition 

to the fleet, a 51-seat Scania 

Coach. Royale Coachlines is 

a member of the New Zealand 

Bus and Coach Association, 

and is Qualmark certified. 

Royale Coachlines is able 

to provide transport between 

airports, hotels, motels and 

conference venues. 

The transport can also 

include taking your delegates 

to team building activities and 

evening dining out options. 

With around 10 vehicles 

per day travelling between 

Auckland Airport and the 

Bay of Plenty this ensures the 

domestic and international 

markets are covered. 

Private charters while stay- 

ing in the Bay of Plenty can 

also be supplied, with groups 

previously having travelled 

around Tauranga and the 

Mount Maunganui beaches 

and toured Rotorua attractions 

and Hobbiton. 

If you would like more 

information or a quote it 

is easy just to email info@ 

luxuryairportshuttles.co.nz 

this will reach both Royale 

Coachlines and Luxury Airport 

Shuttles. 

They will be able to provide 

pricing for using the most 

appropriate size vehicle to 

accommodate your conference 

transport requirements. 

The latest addition to the fleet, 

a 51 seat Scania Coach. 

Daltons the 

perfect venue 

for events 

Daltons Plantation is open for events, functions, 

conferences and weddings. The Plantation 

Homestead is beautifully designed with a fully 

equipped kitchen to meet all your catering needs. 

Daltons Plantation is an exclusive setting, a perfect 

venue for any occasion, with high quality fayre 

on offer, sourced from Plantation’s own gardens and 

local suppliers. Our chefs will create dishes that will 

wow you and more than satisfy your appetite. 

Our Garden Room can seat up to 150 guests at 

tables or up to 200 theatre style and is complete with 

a bar and technical equipment. The Homestead and 

Conservatory are also available to use on their own 

or alongside the Garden Room. 

The Plantation Gardens provide any number of 

amazing photo opportunities, lawn games, team 

building activities, or guests can simply stroll at leisure 

and enjoy all that there is. 

Conference Services 

Conference Transport Providers 

We can provide your transport to and from Airports, 

Motels, Hotels and your conference venues. We can 

also provide your transport to team building activities, 

or dining out options. 

We have a modern fleet of European 

vehicles and can cater for any size group. 

Phone: 0800 454 678 

or +64 07 547 4444 

21 Jean Batten Drive, Mt Maunganui 

Email: info.luxuryairportshuttles.co.nz 

www.luxuryairportshuttles.co.nz 

Email: info@royalecoachlines.co.nz 

Quality Coachlines & Tours 

www.royalcoachlines.co.nz 

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Rotorua’s affordable fun 

option gets the city moving 

Business is jumping for Rotorua’s latest 

indoor attraction Flip Out Rotorua. In the 

six months the venue has been open there 

has been plenty of great feedback from 

both tourists and the Rotorua community. 

Locals of all ages are visiting 

the Trampoline arena 

to burn off some energy 

easily with family and friends 

on a regular basis. 

Local owners Stephen 

Thompson and Renae Baker say 

they hoped Flip Out would offer 

an affordable option for families 

looking to have some fun. 

“We felt there needed to be 

more affordable family orientated 

activities for the locals to 

take part in. The added bonus 

is that it’s also a wet weather 

attraction,” says Stephen. 

Flip Out’s recent competition 

– the King of the Ring 

Slam Dunk – was won by local 

teenager AJ Hansen. 

“What we liked about running 

this event was getting 

young teens involved in a 

place that was safe for them 

to be active, get motivated and 

up their self esteem,” says 

Stephen. 

“Our youth in Rotorua are 

very talented and this is an 

event where we can showcase 

their skills. 

Stephen and Renae have 

invested a lot of time into 

the community supporting 

more than 40 local charities, 

non-profit organisations, 

schools and daycare facilities. 

“We believe because of the 

interaction with our customers 

and the passion for what we 

do, Flip Out has managed to 

lock in numerous schools, daycares 

and holiday programmes 

and it just continues to grow,” 

Renae said. 

Stephen says positive feedback 

he’d been receiving made 

working at the arena even 

more rewarding. 

“Our sponsored Player of 

the Day certificates seem to be 

really popular with local sports 

clubs,” he says. 

Renae says birthday parties 

are proving to be a real hit. 

“We believe we have made 

this happen by making our 

birthday packages affordable 

catering to all budgets – starting 

from just $20.” 

The Term 2 Little Ninjas 

programme and in the middle 

of their term and still proving 

to be popular. 

“This was set up for fiveto-13-year-olds, 

and it is run 

by our skilled Ninjas coaches. 

“They learn new tricks, 

moves, twists and flip in a 

safely controlled environment, 

working their way up the colour 

belt chart,” says Renae. 

“Flip Out Flip Fit classes 

are now underway and we 

have found a qualified personal 

trainer to run a programme 

that encourages adults to bring 

out their inner child, get fit, 

and have fun at the same time.” 

For more information, 

check out the Flip Out Rotorua 

Facebook page. 

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Hobbiton experience offers exciting hosting selections 

Hobbiton Movie Set 

Location 

Experience the real Middleearth 

with a spectacular 

event at Hobbiton Movie Set. 

Situated on a 1250 acre working 

sheep and beef farm is The 

Hobbiton Movie Set. 

When scouting around for 

settings for his epic movie 

adaptation of The Lord of the 

Rings Trilogy, Kiwi director 

Sir Peter Jackson found just 

what he was looking for in 

the green paddocks of Waikato 

just outside Matamata. 

The Hobbiton Movie 

Set Tour 

The Hobbiton tour acts as a 

perfect incentive activity. Your 

guide will escort you through 

the twelve-acre site, recounting 

fascinating details of how 

the Hobbiton Movie Set was 

created. Hobbit holes, The 

Green Dragon Inn, the Mill 

and other structures can be 

viewed and you will see how 

this beautiful piece of Waikato 

farmland was transformed into 

The Shire from Middle-earth. 

The Green Dragon Inn 

The Green Dragon Inn was the 

meeting place for all residents 

of Hobbiton, who would gather 

in the warm surroundings 

of the bar to chatter about the 

day’s events. 

An exact replica of The 

Green Dragon Inn, as seen in 

The Lord of the Rings and 

The Hobbit trilogies, has been 

masterfully recreated in the 

heart of The Shire. The barrels 

of The Green Dragon Inn 

are filled with our exclusive 

Southfarthing ale, stout, 

cider and gingerbeer, a perfect 

match to any feast in the Shire. 

The Party Marquee 

The Party Marquee is our fully 

themed marquee created from 

authentic canvas. The marquee 

has beautiful hardwood floors 

and has been placed adjacent 

to The Green Dragon Inn. 

Festively decorated 

throughout with glowing lanterns 

and coloured bunting, the 

Party Marquee creates a party 

atmosphere to remember. 

Dragon dining room and 

treated to a banquet feast fit 

for a Hobbit. The tables will 

be full of traditional Hobbit 

fare and, as is the tradition 

in the Shire, second helpings 

are encouraged. To conclude 

this premium Hobbiton Movie 

Set experience, after dinner 

the guests will rejoin their 

guide to make their way back 

through the wandering paths 

of the Shire. Each guest will 

receive an authentic handheld 

lantern to light the way. This 

stunning journey under moonlight 

will travel through the 

village breathtakingly lit up 

with Hobbit hole chimneys 

smoking and lanterns glowing 

against the darkness. 

Evening Dinner tours 

Experience Hobbiton Movie 

Set at dusk with a guided 

evening tour through the Shire. 

The tour concludes at The 

Green Dragon Inn with a complimentary 

beverage from our 

exclusive Hobbit Southfarthing 

range. 

The guests will then be 

moved through into The Green



Unforgettable events 

at the ‘Dome’ 

The Agrodome is set in the heart of 350 acres of farmland 

only 10 minutes from Rotorua’s City Centre. For more than 

40 years, visitors from all over the world have enjoyed our 

famous farm show. 

Our Dome accommodates 

up to 450 dinner 

guests or 620 guests for 

a cocktail function. Consider 

the option as guests are herded 

into the Dome by our farmers 

and noisy Huntaway dogs for a 

pre-dinner show that includes 

NZ Farming themes including 

human drenching, drafting 

or the Agrodome’s famous 

Kiwiana show. 

At the Barn, you can enjoy 

views of the farm. This versatile 

venue is suited to a range 

of events from group lunches, 

dinners and weddings. Indoor 

activities for team building can 

be catered for also. 

For smaller group events or 

celebrations, the Farm House 

is well suited. A full kitchen 

is available. 

For further information, please 

contact events@agrodome.co.nz 

or 021 689 859 

Conference, event transport 

sorted with Bethlehem Coachlines 

From luxury star-rated coaches to 

budget minibuses, Bethlehem Coachlines 

is the family-owned company 

providing transport for hundreds of 

conferences and events each year in 

the Bay and beyond. 

With a modern fleet of 50 vehicles, 

owners Neil and Michele Jamieson have 

the perfect solution for almost every 

conference transport requirements, from 

airport shuttles to fully organised tours. 

The Jamiesons have been involved 

in the transport industry for many years 

and it’s the family’s personalised service 

and dedication to the industry that ensures 

their clients return time and again. 

“We offer competitive rates for all 

group requirements and are committed 

to providing bus and coach travel to suit 

any customer need,” Neil said 

Bethlehem Coachlines can provide: 

vehicles from eight to 53 seats, budget 

to luxury; drivers that can cater for all 

your needs, with guiding experience to 

full tour commentary. 

Services from an airport shuttle 

or single day trip to a school camp or 

fully organised tours can be arranged. 

Cruise ship shore excursions can be arranged 

for groups visiting the Port of Tauranga. 

“Visit the geothermal wonderland of 

Rotorua, or the home of the Hobbits in 

Matamata or even a small cultural tour 

of Tauranga. Trips for groups of all sizes 

can be arranged to suit the customer.” 

For those people that require minimum 

vehicle standards Bethlehem 

Coachlines also offers star rated vehicles. 

The company also tailors three-day, 

two-night tour packages of attractions 

including Waiheke Island, East Cape, 

Napier, Hastings, Central North Island, 

Kaipara and Coromandel Peninsula. 

To travel in style or for budget 

coach touring contact the Bethlehem 

Coachlines team today. 

Phone 07 571 0360 • www.coachlines.co.nz 

Conferences 

Our conference room at Pedlars Motel is purpose built to suit any 

conference, corporate occasion, board meeting, corporate retreat, exhibition 

or function for up to 30 people. 

Pedlars Motel is situated just one hour’s drive from the major cities of 

Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton. If you are looking for a professional 

venue, contact Pedlars Motel for a package to suit your requirements. 

Features of our Conference Room are: 

• Modern equipment including a 55 

inch Smart television, white board, flip 

chart and data point set 

• An all-inclusive package can 

include accommodation, venue and 

catering, with bike hire available. 

• Sunny outdoor deck. 

• Only a minute’s walk to town 

centre, including a variety of 

restaurants, cafes and bars. 

• Theatre: 30 people 

• Classroom: 30 people 

• Boardroom: 30 people 

• Ample Parking 

Contact us 

2A Arney Street, Paeroa | stay@pedlarsmotel.nz 

Reservation freephone 0800 579 645 

www.pedlarsmotel.nz 

30126


No trip is too big 

or too small 


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Coordinating group or event travel can be complex, but working 

with our specialist Orbit Groups & Events division will ensure your 

group travel needs are well taken care of. 

Our expert team will 

help bring your team 

building weekend, 

industry conference, school 

tour or sporting event to life, 

managing everything from 

flights and accommodation to 

catering and guest speakers. 

As well as saving you valuable 

time, because of our 

strong relationships with suppliers, 

hotels, car rental companies 

and airlines you’ll be 

guaranteed the best rates. 

We manage trips and tours 

of all budgets and sizes, to 

anywhere around the world or 

throughout New Zealand. 

You can also take advantage 

of our leading-edge technology 

– EventsAIR. Totally 

customised to each conference 

or event, EventsAIR can be 

used to collate all your event 

registrations or RSVPs, eliminating 

hours of administration. 

Orbit World Travel proudly 

opened its doors in Tauranga 

in June 2014 and now boast 

a team of more than 12 travel 

experts, catering to the business 

travel needs across the 


We were delighted to welcome 

the newest addition to 

the team, Groups Consultant 

Simone Schoeman who recently 

relocated to the BOP from 

Auckland. 

Simone’s passion for travel 

was sparked from a young 

age, growing up in the United 

Kingdom, Canada and New 

Zealand. She joined the travel 

industry seven years ago and 

has never looked back. 

Her skills span the full spectrum 

of travel, having started 

out in leisure and adventure 

travel geared towards youth 

and students, then taking her 

skills overseas where she 

worked in corporate travel for 

a major car company. 

Returning to New Zealand 

three years ago, she has found 

her place in groups, conference 

and incentive travel. 

“I really enjoy the variety 

of working alongside schools, 

sporting groups and corporates 

to put together creative, 

cost effective and personalised 

solutions over a wide range of 

scopes and requirements”. 

Simone joins Suzanne 

Hardie at our team of specialist 

Orbit Groups & Events 

consultants based in the office 

in Tauranga. 

To discuss your group, conference 

and incentive travel 

requirements, contact Simone 

and Suzanne at Orbit World 

Travel Tauranga on 07 557 

9400 or tauranga@orbit.co.nz. 

Tauranga’s Groups & Events 

Travel Specialists 

Ask how Orbit can offer a truly seamless solution 

www.orbit.co.nz 

07 557 9400 

Central Location 

Online Booking 

Free Parking 

Free Wifi 

Ambassador Events 

Quick & efficient online booking www.ambassadorevents.co.nz 

Contact The Ambassador Hotel Events Manager to discuss your individual requirements. 

86 - 92 Ulster Street, Hamilton Central (opposite Paknsave Mill St) 

07 839 5111 | events@theambassador.co.nz


Context, not content, is king 

King St would like to welcome Bay of Plenty Business News to 

the fastest growing region in New Zealand. It’s great to see this 

type of business setting up here and I’m sure it will do very well as 

we continue to grow. 

It’s another interesting 

change in the media landscape 

that has seen so many changes 

in the last 5-10 years that 

it’s hard to keep up. In the 

last month, there have been 

some significant changes that 

are going make a huge impact 

throughout the country. Fairfax 

and NZME are now in merger 

talks which is going to create 

a mega media company that 

covers print, radio, digital, outdoor 

and deal a day offers. 

It will remain to be seen 

how this will all work, all I 

know is that it’s going to be 

hard to integrate a multi-platform 

sales mindset across the 

business when so many of the 

people are specialists in one 

medium, or two at most. 

What’s in your DNA will 

often determine how things go 

so, to use a well-used media 

term, watch this space. The 

other huge announcement has 

been the merger of SKY TV 

and Vodafone New Zealand. 

The deal is going to involve 

Sky handing over cash and 

issuing shares as Vodafone 

exits New Zealand and a 

massive telecommunications/ 

broadcasting/media company 

is created. 

It makes sense to when you 

consider that so much of our 

on-screen behaviour is now 

not on TV, as we move towards 

mobile phones, tablets, laptops 

etc. This will be very interesting 

and will give the combined 

company a big opportunity 

to bundle services and serve 

content across a range of platforms. 

Which brings me to the 

main point of this column. 

Content is a word that has 

crept into the marketing language 

recently and I wonder 

at times if much consideration 

is given to what it actually is. 

Content is material that is 

contained within a space. It 

fills the space and serves its 

Bay’s competitive advantages drive job growth 

Over the last 18 months the Bay of Plenty 

economy has undergone a significant 

transformation, with an increase in 

business moving to the region, a rise in 

new start-up companies and strong job 

growth, resulting in the diversification of 

key employment sectors. 

Economic development 

agency, Priority One, has been 

leading a targeted campaign 

to attract business and talent, 

resulting in new jobs and an 

increasing number of people 

choosing to live in Tauranga or 

the Western Bay of Plenty. 

We’re highlighting the 

competitive strengths for businesses 

that are based here, and 

they are considerable. This 

purpose accordingly. Content 

is stuff. Words, pictures, videos, 

combinations thereof. But 

we all need to be careful about 

sweating over all manner of 

marketing material and putting 

it all under the label of content. 

Content is not a beautifully 

shot photograph that depicts 

your brand better than a thousand 

words; content is not a 

well crafted video that features 

your customers talking 

authentically about how they 

includes the availability and 

cost of commercial land, a 

great transport network, easy 

access via the Port of Tauranga 

to international markets, some 

key central city developments, 

and the availability of a skilled 

workforce. That is quite a list 

of compelling reasons to move 

here before we even get to the 

great lifestyle. 

Over the last 18 months 

the Bay of Plenty has topped 

the country for both economic 

growth and job growth. Over 

the last year it experienced 

a 5.7 percent annual average 

change in economic activity 

versus the New Zealand average 

of 2.9 percent. 

Job growth has also been 

phenomenal, with an additional 

7900 jobs created across the 

region in the last year. There 

telling your story 

> By Tim Paton 

Tim Paton is group manager of King Street | Email: tim@kingst.co.nz 

feel about you; content is not 

a carefully written story about 

your business; content is not a 

clever, attention-grabbing ad 

that helps you stand out; content 

is not a great idea that 

takes you to a new level. And 

on it goes. 

None of these things should 

be considered under one heading. 

They are not content. They 

are important ways for you to 

tell your business’s story and 

should be approached in a way 

that reflects the craft required 

to put them together to a professional 

level. 

So the key is to think context 

before you think content. 

Where is the material being 

Economic development 

> By andrew coker 

Andrew Coker is chief executive of Priority One 

Email: andrew@priorityone.co.nz 

has also been a significant 

increase in higher value jobs 

being advertised. 

The Bay is increasingly 

becoming a hub for entrepreneurs 

and innovative companies, 

underpinned by investment 

in research and development. 

A University of Waikato-led 

tertiary and research campus is 

planned for in Tauranga’s city 

placed, who do you want to 

engage with it, what do you 

want them to do, what business 

outcomes do you want to 

achieve? 

Getting the context right 

will ensure every element you 

create works in the space you 

place it. Think context. Not 

content. 

centre, while the university’s 

Coastal Marine Field Station 

at Sulphur Point has trebled 

in size since it was established 

three years ago. 

This has positioned the 

region as a major centre for 

marine-based research for 

pharmaceutical and agrichemical 

innovation. 

Continues page 31 

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First on the scene 

Volunteering Bay of Plenty hosts Tauranga Chamber of Commerce BA5 at Café Bravo. 

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1 Bernie Morgan, Mediaworks and Sarah Errico, Volunteering Bay of Plenty. 2 Theo Ursum, Volunteering Bay of Plenty and Lynette Steele, Waiariki Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. 

3 Stan Gregec, Tauranga Chamber of Commerce; Colin Leader, Wayne George and Trish Baars, Volunteering Bay of Plenty. 

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4 Janine Cortes, Superior Shelving Systems; Kair Lippiatt, Golden Fern Engineering. 5 Anna Kendall, Avenue Podiatary; Wayne Shadbolt, Interlink Communications. 

6 Richard Thurlow, Paula Stovold and Becky Gardiner, Waipuna Hospice. 

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7 Duncan McKenzie and Johnny Louie, Stellar Library; Peter Wren-Hilton and Jacqui Wren-Hilton, Wharf42 Ltd. 8 Bruce Bocock, Higgins Coatings and Briana Clarke, Bay Venues. 

9 Phil Green and Diane Hume-Green, H G Rose Architecture. 

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10 Marise Bevan, Lyla Atutahi, Tenancy Tribunal Consultancy; Mostyn Bowler, Video Plus Productions. 11 Kathleen Cook, Trustpower; Margaret Holmes, Engine Room Chartered Accoutants; 

Gerald Prendergast, Fifo Capital. 12 Lietta Erni, Gernius Ltd; David Shannon, Bay HR Associates; Clare Rickerby, Gernius Ltd. 

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13 Kerstin Hanschke, S & P Solutions; Tony Snow, Stratus Blue. 14 David Schicker, Bay Venues; Keryn Jarvis, Staples Roadway Tauranga; Juliette Smith, Perfection Enhanced; 

Dale Kirk, Mike Pero Real Estate.


Time out a must for business owner 

Owning and managing a business can be 

tough; long hours, stressful and at times it 

can feel incredible lonely. 

We understand that 

this is your baby – 

something you have 

built from scratch with your 

bare hands and sheer determination. 

We also know how 

rewarding it is to run a successful 

enterprise. 

But to enjoy the rewards 

you need to have balance. It is 

crucial that you take the time 

out to spend with family and 

do the things you enjoy. 

“How?” you may ask when 

your to do list is ever-growing 

and there doesn’t seem to be 

enough hours in the day? 

The answer is time management. 

Regardless of how good 

you think you are or how many 

courses you have done over 

the years, time management 

is something that we could all 

improve and benefit from. 

In the big picture of time 

management, you have the 

three key things you need to 

apply – eliminate, automate 

and delegate. 

For each task or project 

you’re working on you should 

ask these three questions: 

Is this something that needs 

to be done? Are there any ramifications 

of not doing it, and if 

not, then can you stop doing it? 

Can you make the task 

less time consuming through 

automation? 

Is there someone else in 

your business that could or 

should doing this task instead 

growing your business 

> By Darren McGarvie 

Darren McGarvie is co-founder and Chief Coach of the 

Firestation, the Bay’s only business growth centre. To find out 

more go to www.thefirestation.nz or email grow@thefirestation.nz 

of you? If so, delegate! 

This big picture of time 

management looks at reducing 

your workload so you focus on 

the important things. 

Look back over the last 

fortnight and take stock of 

everything you have done and 

then see if you can eliminate, 

automate or delegate any tasks 

immediately. 

On a day-to-day basis there 

are also several ways you can 

maximise your time and your 

productive output. 

Key to time management 

is planning your day. At the 

start of each day set out your 

success list. 

Any task that is a priority 

Regardless of how 

good you think you 

are or how many 

courses you have 

done over the years, 

time management is 

something that we 

could all improve 

and benefit from.” 

should have time dedicated to 

it as an appointment in your 

calendar. 

Be strict with yourself and 

make sure you keep those 

appointments. 

Before you commence a 

phone call, task or meeting, 

take a few minutes to map out 

what success would look like 

and what you need to achieve. 

This will help solidify what 

you need to do and better manage 

your time. 

Once you’ve completed the 

call, review whether you were 

successful or not, and note any 

additional steps that need to 

be taken. 

Do not to be always available 

for phone calls or emails. 

If you have locked out time to 

complete an important task, 

then act as you would in a 

meeting. 

Shut down email, or turn 

off email notifications, switch 

the phone to voice mail and get 

what you need done completed. 

By focusing on one task at 

a time you will achieve more 

in less time. 

And while schedules and 

to-do lists are all key to better 

time management, remember 

that they can be fluid. We can 

all benefit from a little bit of 

spontaneity every once in a 

while. 

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Drawing becomes 

stroke of luck for Juliet 

What started as a school holiday past-time with her grandparents 

in Mt Maunganui could well have led to Juliet Burton’s lucky 

break. From drawing childhood pictures for her grandma to being 

on the verge of having illustrations published in her first children’s 

book. 

Late last year Juliet was 

fortunate enough to team 

up with advertising strategist 

and now author, James 

Hurman to collaborate on a 

book called The Boy and the 

Lemon. 

Appropriately, the book 

is a story that teaches kids 

the secrets of being lucky. 

The Boy and the Lemon is a 

rhyming story based on the 

research of a British psychology 

team, and demonstrates 

Illustrator Juliet Burton with author James Hurman. 

the attitudes identified as 

maximising people’s potential 

of attracting good luck. 

James Hurman struck on 

the idea of a children’s book 

with the theme of teaching 

children good luck as he was 

about to become a father. 

“When my wife was pregnant 

with our firstborn, 

I read a book called The 

Luck Factor,” says James. 

“The author of the book, 

Richard Wiseman, was a psychology 

professor who had 

studied lucky people and 

unlucky people and discovered 

that lucky people share 

a certain attitude and way of 

approaching life. 

“And if you taught people 

that attitude, and got them to 

adopt it, they became luckier. 

I remember being blown away 

by the idea that luck could be 

learned - but also thinking, as 

a grown up, it’s really hard to 

change the way you are. 

“But what if you could 

take those lessons and teach 

them to children? As a parent 

it seemed to me that the most 

magical thing you could teach 

a child is how to be lucky.” 

As a crowd funding campaign 

gains momentum to fund 

the printing of the book Juliet 

says it already seems to have 

generated quite a bit of luck. 

“It was by chance that I 

went along to a creative breakfast 

to hear James present 

some of his advertising work. 

As part of his workshop presentation 

he also mentioned he 

was looking for an illustrator 

to be part of his book project,” 

says Juliet. 

“I emailed him and after 

a bit of a selection process 

James decided he wanted me 

One of Juliet Burton’s illustrations from The Boy and the Lemon. 

to be involved. Maybe it was 

just lucky all round,” she says. 

The Boy and the Lemon 

works the scientific principles 

of The Luck Factor into a 

kids’ story about a boy called 

Jack, whose house is crushed 

by a giant lemon from outer 

space, and the adventures he 

goes on turning his luck around. 

James and Juliet have big 

plans for the book and what it 

can achieve. 

“Obviously we want this 

to be successful because of 

the amount of work and effort 

that has gone into it. We also 

think the book could make 

a positive difference to the 

lives of children as they are 

growing up and when they 

are grown up,” says James. 

“Imagine if we could teach 

every child how to be 

lucky,” says Juliet. 

“How fantastic would it be 

to even partially reach that 

goal? Our mission isn’t just to 

get the book produced - but to 

help as many kids as possible, 

all over the world, learn the 

secrets of being lucky.” 

With the book now written 

and illustrated, the next step is 

to raise funds to have it printed 

and distributed globally, via a 

social enterprise model. 

They are using both their 

business and personal networks 

to give the project 

every chance of success. 

For every book bought through 

the launch campaign, a second 

book will be donated to a 

school, library or less advantaged 

family. 

James and Juliet have set a 

$NZ20,000 goal on the crowdfunding 

platform Kickstarter. 

The book will be priced at 

$NZ25. 

Signed copies, art prints 

and other rewards are also 

available for backers of the 

book. 

The book campaign can 

be found at www.kickerstarter.com 

and using the search 

function for The Boy and the 

Lemon.

Bay of Plenty growth can create 

challenges for employers 

While winter might signal a time to hunker down across much of 

New Zealand, the sun is still shining in the Bay of Plenty. 

A 

perfect storm of net 

migration, sustained 

investment and sector 

growth is resulting in a boom 

that is warming the hearts 

of business, community and 

government right across this 

region. 

Statistics New Zealand 

recorded a fall in the Bay’s 

unemployment rate (down 2.7 

percentage points to 5.1 percent) 

in March 2016. The 

region now boasts the North 

Island’s lowest unemployment 

rate but interestingly, it showed 

sharper increases in employment 

growth than population. 

At a regional level, the strongest 

annual increase in vacancies 

were in Bay of Plenty 

(up 15.2 percent) contrasted 

to the biggest fall recorded 

in Canterbury (down 8.8 percent). 

(MBIE’s May 2016 

Quarterly Labour Market). 

Trends in migration continue 

this momentum. National 

arrivals were up nine percent 

in March driven by increasing 

numbers of working-holiday 

makers, returning Kiwis and 

foreign students. The Bay is 

positioned well to accommodate 

the needs of all three of 

these segments. 

Talent ID has noted a 30 

percent increase in professional 

and managerial placements 

which is a promising sign for 

jobseekers. 

Skill shortages are again 

emerging across many sectors 

and forecasts indicate 

these shortages are only 

going to increase as the economy 

regains momentum. 

Competition for candidates 

will emerge strongly, initially 

no doubt more prevalent in 

the major cities but will filter 

down to the regions making it 

difficult for local employers. 

Employers will need to consider 

employing sponsored or 

qualified overseas candidates, 

which will become more relevant 

as these skill shortages 

emerge. 

In a competitive market, 

where salary is not the sole 

attraction, more employers 

are taking on board flexible 

employment practices, with a 

huge 83 percent of businesses 

indicating that they allow for 

flexible work practices, mostly 

through part-time employment 

and flexible working hours. 

Employers are also offering 

work from home options and 

job sharing to provide flexibility. 

This will enable wider 

workforce participation, a 

wider pool of candidates and 

skill availability. 

This is good news for anyone 

in the process of negotiating 

an employment package, 

particularly in the high demand 

sectors. Great staff are always 

sought after but with more jobs 

around than people, candidates 

are in a good position to negotiate 

for add-ons that are high 

value for them, but relatively 

low cost for the employer. 

Medical insurance, contribution 

towards higher education 

or even subsidised child-care 

are all on the bargaining table 

and make a market-rate salary 

and cool career opportunity all 

the more attractive. 


human resources 

> By Kellie Hamlett 

Director, Recruitment & HR Specialist, Talent ID Recruitment Ltd 

Another factor for employers 

to consider in a tight candidate 

market is their employer 

brand. Reputation as an 

employer has a significant 

impact on the candidates 

you attract to your business. 

Employers surveyed indicated 

that the biggest impact on the 

organisation’s employer brand 

in the marketplace is the people 

employed and their fit with 

the company vision, culture 

and values – so the people 

employed influence the brand. 

Also noted as very important 

were factors such as work/ 

life balance, salary and benefits, 

products and services, 

company’s financial health and 

stability along with career path 

and training provided. 

Bay’s competitive advantages drive job growth 

From page 28 

There has also been considerable 

growth in the Bay 

of Plenty District Health 

Board’s Clinical School, which 

includes a unit that undertakes 

pharmaceutical trials and 

health related research projects 

both nationally and internationally. 

In addition, international 

research partnerships 

have been developed with 

tertiary institutions in China, 

South Korea and the US on the 

back of Tauranga’s well-established 

sister city relationships. 

In September 2015 a 

new role of ‘Bay of Plenty 

Innovation Manager’ was created 

in a partnership between 

Priority One and the University 

of Waikato. 

The key area of focus of this 

position is to work with public 

and private research organisations 

to identify and progress 

‘deep IP’ opportunities and 

the commercialisation of early 

stage research. Currently work 

is underway on the establishment 

of an ‘innovation lab’, 

which will provide businesses 

with access to capability to 

increase innovation, particularly 

in the areas of creativity 

and product design. 

The establishment of a 

new government-supported 

technology incubator is also 

contributing to the growth of 

innovation in the Bay. WNT 

Ventures is one of three new 

incubators established in New 

Zealand for high-growth, early-stage 

firms. It is working 

with start-ups largely in the 

primary industries, technology 

and specialised manufacturing 

sectors. Also supporting 

the growth of new, innovative 

businesses is Enterprise Angels 

- the largest angel investment 

organistion in New Zealand. 

Overall there is strong confidence 

in the employment 

sector and employers would 

be wise to think ahead and 

plan for recruitment, developing 

a strategy for remaining 

competitive in an upcoming 

tight candidate market where 

skills shortages may become a 

barrier for growth. 

While it is open to investment 

opportunities across the country, 

a lot of the companies the 

organisation has invested in to 

date have been from the Bay. 

The future is bright for 

the Bay of Plenty, which has 

planned well to provide world 

class infrastructure to support 

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WE ARE OPENING A 

NEW OFFICE 

BCD Group are excited to announce that it is opening a new office in 

Tauranga in July 2016. Since BCD’s introduction to the market in 2010 as 

an engineering and planning consultancy, we have always serviced the 

Bay of Plenty region from our Hamilton office. However, as the ‘Bay Boom’ 

continues in the residential, commercial, industrial and horticultural 

sectors there has been a demand that our people are more available in the 


Tauranga’s continued forecasted growth prospects is something that excites the BCD team and we are 

equally excited to be part of that journey. 

Graeme Hickey will be leading the office; having become a key senior member of the team in Hamilton since starting 

with us in 2013, Graeme will bring the with him the dynamic BCD culture centered on exceptional customer service and 

tailored project delivery. 

Some of the projects that we have been a part of in the Bay of Plenty to date include the BOP Polytec Mass 2 

Development on the Windermere Campus, the Seeka Maketu Coolstore and the Bethlehem Town Centre. 

We are actively recruiting for members to join Graeme and our team in Tauranga. BCD prides itself on having a great 

workplace culture and look forward to welcoming people who will add to this. 

If you would like to apply for any of the positions below, please send your CV with a brief covering letter to Sharne 

Renowden at sharne.renowden@bcdgroup.nz or contact Sharne on 021 585 593. 

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Phone: (07) 571 0166 

Draughtsperson 

Jodee Curran 

Structural Engineer Geotechnical Engineer Senior Planner

Bay of Plenty Business News June/July 2016

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