One of the hottest topics in employment relations right now is “can an employer require all of their employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19”.
While the ans...
Do you often feel like you are juggling all facets of your daily life? While you are pouring your heart, mind and soul into the running of your business, it can...
Lockdowns have impacted businesses across New Zealand in ways that are negative and, for some, positive — The Beauty Depot in Gisborne has experienced both, say...
With the region's Covid-19 vaccination programme in full swing, businesses here have been requesting vaccination status from workers.
Ministry of Business, Inno...
Self Storage Gisborne is investing about $1.2 million to expand its Makaraka storage services by an additional 180 units over the next three years, to meet stro...
Lockdown Level 4 once again saw businesses shut up shop due to Covid-19 but this time many were prepared, and a shorter lockdown period combined with changes to...
Two new directors have been appointed to the Eastland Group board.
Company shareholder Trust Tairawhiti appointed Hamish Bell and Debbie Birch to the board of t...
Eastland Port and ISO Limited are tracking well to meet the public health order requiring all border-facing port workers to have their first Covid-19 vaccinatio...
Bollywood Stars is offering a 10 percent discount on all food items for essential workers in Gisborne.
Owner Baljeet Sandhu said they wanted to show their appre...
Tairawhiti-based medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience has announced a $6.17 million loss but expects to have cannabis products available by next year.
Rua ...
Trust Tairawhiti has launched an online survey to capture the impact this current lockdown is having on local business owners and operators.
Accessible through ...
Gisborne-based infrastructure, energy and logistics company Eastland Group today announced another strong annual result.
Despite the impacts and uncertainty of...
The man behind the astonishing turnaround of a Wairoa-District Council-owned roading company has been praised for his “stellar leadership”.
Quality Roading and ...
A “rising tide” of investment through KiwiSaver will be “a game-changer” for Tairawhiti's manufacturing and IT sectors, says the head of KiwiSaver scheme Simpli...
Innovative New Zealand apple company Rockit Global Limited is expanding into Gisborne.
The company is planting 20 hectares of its miniature Rockit apple variety...
A product invented in Gisborne intended to replace traditional steel rebar (reinforcing bar) is now also being manufactured in Saudi Arabia in a joint venture t...
Several weeks ago the Gisborne Tairawhiti Chamber of Commerce was asked to advocate against the Government’s Progressive Procurement Policy. We confess, it was ...
McDonald's is boosting its efforts to find full-time staff in Gisborne, says franchise owner Pooja Goel.
Mrs Goel said they had a good number of part-time staff...
WorkSafe has praised Gisborne businesses for adhering well to Covid-19 restrictions, with this region having the fewest breaches reported in the country.
WorkSa...
The latest lockdown may have shaken business confidence but economic data from before the Delta outbreak shows the region's economy was on the rise.
Provisional...
Tairāwhiti accountants say an in-depth understanding of tikanga (customs) and te reo (language) Māori are key in building strong business relationships with Māo...
Businesses here are less concerned about last month's lockdown compared to that of last year, a Trust Tairawhiti business survey shows.
The online survey was la...
The cart-in rate of logs to Eastland Port has now reached pre-lockdown levels again and Eastland Port and its stakeholders have made progress with reducing the ...
How long's the line at McDonald's?
“It's McMassive.”
That Facebook exchange summed up day 1 of a drop to Alert Level 3 in Gisborne as takeaway outlets were inun...
Logs began being moving out of the region's forests this morning as the dispensation granted by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) kicke...
Despite more than 200 hours of loading time lost due to weather delays Eastland Port still managed to export 286,000 tonnes of cargo last month.
“That's the lar...
GisVin's Mike Jones was honoured with an Unsung Heroes Award at last night's ExportNZ Hawke's Bay Awards.
The sold-out event was a dinner held at the Toi Toi Ha...
Businesses in Wairoa and Gisborne have been named finalists in the 2021 ExportNZ ASB Hawke's Bay Export Awards.
Wairoa's NZ Mecates is a finalist for the Contai...
Former Gisborne Mayor John Clarke has been appointed chairman of Trust Tairawhiti.
Having played an important part in the establishment of the trust in 1993, Mr...
Covid-19 has upended business but millions of dollars are on the table for businesses ready to “risk it for the biscuit”, says Infometrics senior economist Brad...