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Award winners of YiA 2020
Intermediate Innovator Patience, Noah Ball, Aquinas College Year 8 student Noah Ball developed a contactless pairing system for doctors and patients, allowing medical practices to be notified when patients had…
Read More10 YiAs!
The 10th edition of the Young Innovator Awards has gone down as one of the best after the competition pivoted to enable online participation during the nation’s first COVID-19 lockdown.…
Read MorePCTI: The manufacturing process through project-based learning
This year marks the fourth year for Pacific Coast Technical Institute’s Manufacturing Trades Academy. The programme is delivered to students from local secondary schools including Waihi, Te Puke, Mount Maunganui,…
Read MoreAn environmentally aware distillery and its connection to New Zealand nature
Simply Pure is a locally based distillery who have connected their products to the nature of New Zealand. Two products – Black Robin Rare Gin and Blue Duck Rare Vodka…
Read MoreThe buzz around kombucha
Good Buzz Kombucha was founded by Alex and Amber Campbell and their three children back in 2014, in Wellington. Amber began making Kombucha for Alex after he gave up alcohol…
Read MoreLocal entrepreneur makes Rad Food
Hannah was only 21 years old when she started her entrepreneurial journey in the Bay of Plenty with Real Rad Food. She had been inspired by her part-time role at…
Read MoreTauranga business riding post-COVID wave
Tauranga-based social media agency Likeable Lab has significantly increased in size after the acquisition of Hamilton agency LeadSocial. This comes after a challenging few months which saw Likeable Lab…
Read MoreBay of Plenty kiwifruit orchard jobs over coming months
14,500 people required to prepare BOP orchards for the 2021 harvest Kiwi job seekers encouraged to work on kiwifruit orchards over coming month Over 14,500 people will be required on…
Read More“You’ve never seen the coastal Bay of Plenty like this before”
A new marketing campaign for the Coastal Bay of Plenty has launched, aimed at showcasing the depth of experiences on offer and to show “we are more than just beaches.”…
Read MoreSecondary school careers staff collaborate for change
As the world transforms from traditional organisational structures to modern structures – characterised by fewer boundaries and focusing more on collaboration – there are challenges seen arise from this structural…
Read More17 June 2020 Newsletter
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