Wish You Were Working Here.co.nz is a Priority One online storytelling campaign dedicated to connecting with people who are thinking about moving to Tauranga, by telling the stories of those who recently have. As the economic development agency for Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty, part of Priority One’s mission is to ensure that…
When Kathryn Overall returned to Tauranga in 2008 after living in Sydney for 8 years, she promised herself she would find a way to build a life around words and music. “These were the things which I loved best and I was determined to head into my 30’s with a career that was true to…
When Rio the Schnauzer dog landed with his owners in New Zealand from London, he could claim to have the coat he stood up in as his only possession. New Zealand immigration rules are tough on dogs making this country home with their owners. The rules ban the importation of any materials or products the…
Following their recent win at the 2016 Westpac Tauranga Business Awards, Pacific Coast Lodge & Backpackers recently added another accolade to its collection at the prestigious TNT Golden Backpack Awards for Australasian tourism operators. The Bay of Plenty lodgings won the Best Accommodation – New Zealand section at the annual event, held at the…
Mount Maunganui-based Pacific Coast Lodge & Backpackers took out the Tourism & Hospitality Award 2016 at the Westpac Tauranga Business Awards last Friday. This is the latest achievement in a long list of accolades presented by industry organisations and consumer voting panels to the business over the past three years both in Australia and New…
There is no reason to be stressed when you own a mobile business that covers the Auckland and Bay of Plenty regions helping people to de-stress. With a wonderful team of eight massage therapists at ‘Why Be Stressed’ mobile massage, and several years of business, Naomi Bickley and her team form wellness plans to prevent injury,…
“I believe there is loads of potential for businesses here,” says Lillybeth Melmoth, owner of Lillybeth: A Beautiful Education. “I’ve adapted my business to suit living here because I value the BOP as my home, the memories it holds for me, and because it’s that perfect in-between size – not too big, not too small”. Rather than…
Rachelle Duffy, founder of Tauranga’s Little Big Markets, will share the platform with former professional show-jumper, Marcus Wild, and Wendy Thompson, founder of Socialites, at free business event ‘The Biz’ at Trinity Wharf tomorrow. Ms Duffy set up Little Big Markets as an artisan market in 2009 with her husband, Chris. They have since expanded…
“Having grown up in Tauranga, parents owning businesses in Tauranga and a network far and wide, with family surrounding us, it was a natural choice to set up a business here,” says Jill Cachemaille, Director/Owner of The Staffroom Ltd. Since being established in 2011, The Staffroom has specialised in the recruitment and placement of professional, office-based roles…
