Waikato Business News August/September 2020
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From the editor<br />
I<br />
am delighted this month<br />
to have Wintec journalism<br />
students assisting<br />
our Cambridge coverage. I<br />
taught journalism at Wintec<br />
for some years, and enjoyed<br />
a recent return to talk to this<br />
year’s intake. It was good<br />
to be able to follow that up<br />
with an invitation to contribute<br />
to <strong>Waikato</strong> Busines<br />
<strong>News</strong> - and even better that<br />
they delivered.<br />
Intake numbers are - understandably,<br />
given the winds of<br />
change that have been blowing<br />
- down on a few years<br />
ago, but those who are keen<br />
typically still find their way<br />
into a job. The students, when<br />
I talked to them, seemed up<br />
for it, under the expert guidance<br />
of tutor Charles Riddle,<br />
who has helped many over<br />
the years into the first step<br />
of their journalism career.<br />
<strong>News</strong>rooms around New<br />
Zealand are the better<br />
for it - the strongly practical,<br />
no airs and graces<br />
approach of polytechnics has<br />
produced some of our finest.<br />
I hope you enjoy the stories<br />
from this year’s crop,<br />
who were given a simple<br />
brief, but a challenging one<br />
for young people little more<br />
than halfway through their<br />
year - to break the ice with<br />
small business owners, ask<br />
them relevant questions and<br />
write up a story. Welcome to<br />
Valu, Paora and the two Danielles.<br />
You can read their stories<br />
on pages 21 to 23.<br />
Also in this issue, Gigi<br />
Crawford and her Zealong<br />
team continue to make waves,<br />
this time with a breakthrough<br />
I strongly believe that we can<br />
create something truly special.<br />
It will represent the best of<br />
Japan together with the best<br />
of New Zealand.”<br />
Zealong chief executive Gigi Crawford at the signing of<br />
an agreement that will establish the company in Japan<br />
See story, page 4<br />
agreement that will see them<br />
selling their tea in one of<br />
Japan’s busiest train stations.<br />
It is yet another result of<br />
their long-term planning,<br />
attention to relationship<br />
building and focus on quality<br />
as they target the premium<br />
end of the market.<br />
I also spoke this month to<br />
some frustrated Cambridge<br />
business owners sick and tired<br />
of their dealings with Immigration<br />
NZ.<br />
And I interviewed the<br />
newly appointed chief executive<br />
of the NZ Institute of<br />
Skills and Technology.<br />
Stephen Town and his<br />
executive team have a large<br />
piece of work ahead. In my<br />
opinion, as someone who<br />
worked in the sector, the<br />
changed regime has the potential<br />
to make a huge and positive<br />
difference to our skilled<br />
workforce, and therefore to<br />
our economy generally. A bit<br />
of pressure, then.<br />
Ngā mihi nui<br />
Richard Walker<br />
WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS <strong>August</strong>/<strong>September</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
I think throughout<br />
all of this, what we<br />
would love to see<br />
is a little bit more<br />
guidance, a little bit<br />
more signposting as to<br />
exactly what is or is not likely to<br />
happen. And if that means giving<br />
people bad news, so be it, but<br />
at least let people know where<br />
they stand.”<br />
Immigration adviser Matthew Gibbons See story, page 6<br />
Welcome to Valu<br />
and Danielle, Wintec<br />
students and guest<br />
writers in this issue of<br />
<strong>Waikato</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>News</strong>.<br />
Read their stories, pages 21-23<br />
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