Wool ‘navigator’ to help grow ideas
Wool ‘navigator’ to help grow ideas
Where there’s wool, there’s a way.
Sally Rae
Reduced sales team reflected in Pacific Edge’s quarterly result
Reduced sales team reflected in Pacific Edge’s quarterly result
Pacific Edge says a weakening in Cxbladder tests processed at its laboratories in the three months to the end of December 31 (Q3 24) largely reflects the reduction of its commercial team...
Like father, like son: real estate duo go it alone
Like father, like son: real estate duo go it alone
Growing up with a father in the real estate industry meant James Columb attended his fair share of open homes as a child.
Gore firm owes creditors $5.88m
Firm owes creditors estimated $5.88m
A Gore-based construction business, which specialised in temperature-controlled buildings for the agriculture, horticulture and viticulture sectors, owes creditors an estimated $5.88 million.
SFF changes ‘create continuity’
SFF changes ‘create continuity’
Change continues at the top of Silver Fern Farms.
Personal service a winning option for lender
Personal service a winning option for lender
MTF Finance is the 2023 Otago Daily Times Business of the Year. Chief executive Chris Lamers talks to business editor Sally Rae about a quiet Dunedin success story.
Position comes with responsibility to stand out
Position comes with responsibility to stand out
United Machinists chief executive and co-owner Sarah Ramsay is the 2023 Otago Daily Times business leader of the year.
Healthcare platform registers 5000 workers
Healthcare platform registers 5000 workers
It is just like dialling up an Uber — except you catch a healthcare worker rather than a ride.
Winemaker opens Kurow bar
Winemaker opens Kurow bar
Celebrated Otago winemaker Grant Taylor is toasting his latest venture, opening the Valli Wine Bar in Kurow.
‘Wonderful’ high-country memories
‘Wonderful’ high-country memories
For more than a century, the Rowley family farmed Lake Hawea Station before selling the property in 2018 to Geoff and Justine Ross, who have documented their farming ...
Confidence rises as dairy farmer sentiment improves: survey
Confidence rises as dairy farmer sentiment improves: survey
Farmer confidence has rebounded strongly off the back of improved dairy farmer sentiment, the fourth quarter Rabobank rural confidence survey showed.
Silver Fern Farms appoints Boulton as chief executive
Silver Fern Farms appoints Boulton as chief executive
Silver Fern Farms’ chief supply chain officer Dan Boulton has been appointed to the meat company’s top job, and will take over as chief executive next year.
Rocket Ram project hopes to increase efficiency
Rocket Ram project hopes to increase efficiency
Forget Elton John — Dave Robertson is the new Rocket Man.
Jewel of a garden unlikely venue for annual ram sale
Jewel of a garden unlikely venue for annual ram sale
To be fair, there would not be many ram sales in New Zealand that are held next to a gravestone for Santa Claus.
Rocket Rams hoped to increase efficiency
Rocket Rams hoped to increase efficiency
Forget Elton John — Dave Robertson is the new Rocket Man.
Happy to expand with diner and deli
Happy to expand with diner and deli
"Hospitality - we’re into it." Whitestone Cheese's Simon Berry smiles broadly as he surveys the surroundings of the North Otago success story’s latest venture - a diner and deli in north Oamaru which opened this week.
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$280K out of pocket: Liquidation destroys dream
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$280K out of pocket: Liquidation destroys dream
A Dunedin woman says she felt sick "twice over" after having to tell her husband the company building their dream home had gone bust on the same day he was having surgery for throat cancer.
Feeling lucky with a life on the waves
Feeling lucky with a life on the waves
Bluff fisherman Tane Fisher never tires of his expeditions to Fiordland to catch crayfish destined mostly for the Chinese market. He talks to Sally Rae about a career on the water.
Rural champion celebrates
Rural champion celebrates
Otago Daily Times/Rural Life Year of the Farmer competition winner Myfanwy Alexander held a Year of the Farmer celebration at her Duntroon home last week.
Companies’ C&ESG ratings released
Companies’ C&ESG ratings released
The property sector has shown the biggest improvement over the past year among the companies monitored in Forsyth Barr’s second Carbon, Environmental, Social and Governance ratings report.