Waikato Business News March/April 2017

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Apartments 

change the 

face of 

Hamilton 

New apartment blocks and duplexes are 

changing the face of Hamilton - particularly 

the CBD. 

By GEOFF TAYLOR 

Lodge Real Estate’s managing 

director Jeremy O’Rourke 

says city living in Hamilton 

is set to transform as 

developers gobble up large 

city sections earmarked for infill 

housing. 

“We have seen a huge 

surge in demand by developers 

looking for large sections 

in the city where they can develop 

infill housing, duplexes 

and apartments. Developer 

inquiries are much higher than 

we’ve ever seen,” he says. 

“This means over the coming 

12 to 18 months, we will 

see the city landscape change 

somewhat as more of this infill 

housing is completed. This is a 

sign we are maturing as a city 

when there are more living options 

for our residents,” says 

Mr O’Rourke. 

The trend is no accident. 

Hamilton City Council general 

manager city growth Kelvyn 

Eglinton says the council 

plans for 50 percent of the 

city’s growth over the next 

16 years to come from infill. 

He says subdivision consents 

overall are 11 percent up on 

Hamilton City Council 

general manager city 

growth Kelvyn Eglinton. 

the same time last year and infill 

is tracking at about 47 percent 

in the year to date. 

The council’s Central City 

Transformation Plan has earmarked 

a zone north of London 

St as “Victoria” with an 

emphasis on apartment living, 

although no specific planning 

tools are in place yet to encourage 

this. 

Mr O’Rourke says north of 

London St is where he is seeing 

the most interest, noting 

that Lodge had recently suc- 

Continued on page 3 

Lodge Real Estate managing director Jeremy 

O’Rourke outside the latest apartment complex 

Lodge is marketing – Parkhaven apartments.

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Apartments 

change the face 

of Hamilton 

From page 1 

cessfully marketed apartments 

on Anglesea St, Vialou St and 

Seddon Rd. There is high demand 

from renters also. 

On Tristram St, Lodge is 

currently marketing Parkhaven 

apartments, a mix of 16 

apartments, five penthouses, 

two commercial floors and a 

ground floor food tenancy. 

Mr O’Rourke says the baby 

boomer generation are becoming 

empty nesters and that is 

now translating into sales. 

“They are looking for 

something better than the city 

has produced in the past in 

terms of building design and 

amenity and they are now able 

to find it.” 

He says Whitiora where 

terraced housing is fast replacing 

character houses, is an indicator 

of what is to come. 

“You will start to see that 

spread through parts of the 

CBD. And the more you get 

population density the more 

you get little retail hubs which 

make living in the area even 

nicer. 

“If you want to reinvigorate 

your central city, population is 

the key.” 

But the trend is not just 

occurring in the city centre as 

suburbs zoned high density 

such as the Lake, Whitiora, 

The site of the new apartment complex, the old Community 

Probation Services building opposite Founders Theatre. 

An artist’s impression of the new Parkhaven apartment complex. 

Frankton, Melville, Glenview 

and Hillcrest begin to also 

change appearance. 

Mr Eglinton says while 

new growth cells on the city 

fringes will continue to be developed, 

higher density living 

is a more affordable way of 

developing the city. 

He says 4000 people 

moved to Hamilton last year 

3600 the year before so Hamilton 

is growing fast. 

Mr Eglinton says people 

are also taking advantage of 

high density zones to move up 

the property ladder. 

“If you are looking to upgrade 

your home, do you buy 

a new house in Rototuna at 

$700,000 or do you buy an 

existing property in a high 

density zone for say $600,000 

and then subdivide and sell off 

the back section? Suddenly 

you’ve paid half your house 

off.” 

Mr O’Rourke sees the same 

trend. 

“It’s not just big developers 

seeking out city sections. In 

some instances, the big developers 

are being priced out of 

the market by mom and pop 

investors who will pay much 

higher prices as they sacrifice 

a bit of margin to get the section 

they desire.” 

Mr Eglinton says as more 

people work and live in the 

CBD and amenities improve, 

demand for living centrally 

will only increase. 

He points to Waikato District 

Health Board’s recent 

move into Collingwood St 

which will bring 800 new office 

workers into the CBD. 

“Hamilton’s got great eateries, 

walkways, stadiums and 

a greenbelt. 

“We’re starting to a see a 

great sort of amenity in the 

building design through developers 

such as Andrew Yeoman 

and Matt Stark which will also 

attract buyers.” 

Mr O’Rourke says overall, 

Hamilton’s housing market 

had a late start as poor weather 

delayed people from listing 

houses after coming back from 

holiday. 

However, he says it’s too 

early to say definitively that 

the market has entered a sustained 

downward trend. 

The Real Estate Institute of 

NZ released figures last week 

showing Hamilton’s median 

house price rose to $500,000 in 

February 2017 compared with 

$495,000 in January 2017 and 

$439,000 in February 2016. 

The number of homes sold 

in Hamilton during February 

were 262. This compares with 

305 in February 2016. 

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From the editor 

This edition of Waikato 

Business News focuses 

in part on Hamilton’s 

CBD and some of the positive 

developments occurring. 

Most of us will have noticed 

how much building is 

going on and there is real 

evidence that the CBD has 

turned the corner and is re-establishing 

itself. Some of the 

focus will be different from 

the past and we need to embrace 

the fact that the CBD 

will develop a new identity. 

In parts of the CBD, retail 

will not be the force it has 

been in past years. 

Already there are signs 

that the face of the city is 

changing as more apartment 

blocks appear. This is great 

news for Hamilton. Nothing 

reinvigorates a central city 

more than an influx of people 

living there. 

There is so much building 

going on in the city that 

it feels like time for a stock 

take: Look out for more on 

some of the exciting developments 

in future issues. 

Waikato Business News 

also catches up with Tauranga 

marketer Brett Yeatman who 

alongside Waikato Chamber 

of Commerce is bringing 

his successful The Business 

Market networking model to 

Hamilton. 

We also introduce two new 

columnists to the Waikato 

Business News stable, general 

manager of design and web 

development company E9, 

Merv Behroozi and digital 

media executive Pooja Gupta 

who with others will continue 

to provide more of the digital 

analysis I believe Waikato 

Business News needs to deliver. 

Meanwhile look out for 

the usual insightful and practical 

advice from our other 

columnists. 

Lastly, I want to emphasise 

that Waikato Business 

News likes nothing better 

than to tell great stories of 

business success. You just 

have to look around to see 

that this city and this region 

is flourishing. If your business 

is going well, tell us 

about it. The region wants to 

hear all about it and celebrate 

your achievements. 

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Editor 

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Successful ‘pop up’ market 

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A pop up business market that gives 

businesspeople a chance to network at 

a relatively low cost and in a condensed 

time-frame has been brought to Waikato. 

By GEOFF TAYLOR 

The Business Market is 

the brainchild of Tauranga 

businessman and 

experienced marketer, Brett 

Yeatman. 

In Tauranga The Business 

Market comprises four regional 

events a year at ASB 

Baypark as well as smaller 

monthly local markets at 

selected cafes. 

It is this local monthly 

model Brett is initially rolling 

out at Frankton’s Café Agora 

in association with Waikato 

Chamber of Commerce. 

He describes Café Agora as 

a fantastic place to start. “It’s 

close to the CBD, it has good 

parking, great coffee, excellent 

service and has the added 

events centre opportunity. It’s 

a top spot to meet.” 

Brett Yeatman and the business board at Café Agora. 

A business board has been 

mounted at the café which acts 

as a physical directory of the 

various businesses involved. 

“It’s like an organiser, all 

the cards are tidily in one place 

and categorised,” says Brett. 

“The directory is also mirrored 

online. You could put in 

‘electrician in Frankton’ and 

two or three will pop up so you 

can support local business.” 

Interested businesspeople 

can go online and book to be at 

the monthly markets. Brett emphasises 

that the market “is not 

a coffee club” and networking 

is carefully organised to be 

valuable and time effective for 

businesses involved. 

Brett says he is looking out 

for other cafes around Hamilton 

that see themselves as business 

friendly and would also 

like to act as business hubs and 

host monthly business markets. 

He is also in discussions 

with the Waikato Chamber 

about setting up the first regional 

market in Hamilton. 

The former Zimbabwean 

coffee farmer, property developer 

and commodity trader has 

always been fascinated by the 

“science of marketing” and 

started professional business 

networking group Prolink 15 

years ago which spread around 

the country. 

Brett says over the years 

he’s been to many marketing 

and networking expos around 

the world and found that they 

are often expensive, exhausting 

and time consuming. 

“I thought there has to be 

a better way of doing things. 

A lot of small business people 

can’t stay away from their 

business for extended periods. 

Rather than spend a week at 

some expo that costs an arm 

and a leg, why not take one day 

a month and invest in your profile 

in more affordable amounts 

across the calendar? 

“It’s just common sense,” 

he said. 

Waikato Chamber of Commerce 

chief executive William 

Durning says the chamber is 

pleased to be involved in partnering 

to provide small businesses 

with more tools and 

resources to do well. 

“We see this as a complimentary 

product.” 

Café Agora operations manager 

Andrew Sing said they 

were excited at the prospect of 

hosting the local markets. 

“We love the community 

and we want to make ourselves 

available,” he said. 

“We are here for the business 

community. We have the 

facility, great food and great 

coffee.” 

The Business Market’s regional 

markets feature a breakfast 

starting at 7.30am followed 

by a range of speakers, 

full on networking between 

9am and 1pm and then lunch 

and more speakers. 

“The big thing we do here 

is to create a positive vibe. We 

serve good food and make it 

a friendly environment. You 

want to show people you value 

them by giving them excellent 

service.” 

The Business Market's founder Brett Yeatman, Café 

Agora operations manager Andrew Sing and Waikato 

Chamber of Commerce chief executive William Durning. 

“We create the atmosphere 

and the buzz that encourages 

everyone to talk more freely.” 

Brett carefully selects a 

range of different businesses 

and matches those that he 

thinks should be networking 

closely together. 

“We are also quite strategic 

as to where we place everyone.” 

As the market has developed 

Brett has adapted the size 

and layout to work out the best 

formula. 

He finds that four hours at 

the morning market is ideal. 

The breakfast and lunch 

time speakers provide a chance 

for participants to gain a bit of 

knowledge and education. To 

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This was not his perception 

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of Jim’s circumstances 

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the words he was hearing. He 

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at that time he didn’t understand 

why and what was going 

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I talked to Jim about an 

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adaptive and fully functional 

neural networks or ‘brains’ in 

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It was then that I put the 

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Jim’s gut brain refused to 

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Trainer). Their book is titled 

‘mBraining – Using your multiple 

brains to do cool work’. 

While it breaks new ground 

it wonderfully complements 

many other self-development 

practices. I thought it would be 

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Neuroscience researchers have 

uncovered a set of astounding 

facts … we have complex and 

functional neural networks 

in both our heart and our gut. 

Called the cardiac and enteric 

nervous systems respectively, 

they have been shown to exhibit 

all the hallmarks of a ‘brain’. 

These complex neural networks 

display amazing levels of functional 

‘intelligence’ and there 

is a growing array of evidence 

that these ‘brains’ are deeply 

involved in the control and processing 

of numerous functions 

and core behavioral competencies. 

A bit more on the gut brain 

Dr Michael Gershon is one 

of the leaders in the newly 

emerging field of neurogastroenterology, 

and has published 

a ground-breaking book entitled, 

‘The Second Brain: Your 

Gut Has a Mind of Its Own’. 

Dr. Gershon’s book is being 

hailed as “a quantum leap in 

medical knowledge” and that 

it provides “radical new understandings 

about a wide range 

of gastrointestinal problems.” 

The gut brain contains over 

500 million neurons and has the 

equivalent size and complexity 

of something like a cat’s brain. 

It sends and receives nerve signals 

throughout the chest and 

torso and innervates organs as 

diverse as the pancreas, lungs, 

diaphragm and liver. The gut 

brain is a vast chemical and 

neuro-hormonal warehouse 

and utilizes every class of neurotransmitter 

found in the head 

brain. In fact 70 percent of your 

immune system is in the gut. 

Given we have multiple 

brains and not just a single 

brain in our head, it was obvious 

to us that the control and 

processing of complex emotions 

and behaviors is unlikely 

to only be performed in the 

head brain. And this is exactly 

what we have found. Each of 

the three brains is optimized 

and involved in mediating specific 

core functions with specific 

core competencies. 

I don’t know about you, but 

for me this research blew my 

mind in the post positive of 

ways, it quite literally expanded 

my consciousness and since 

then it has transformed me and 

the conversations I have with 

our clients. 

Blessing given as site work on 

Tauranga CBD campus begins 

The new Tauranga CBD 

campus development, 

led by the University 

of Waikato on behalf of the 

Tertiary Education Partnership, 

has reached a significant milestone. 

A dawn karakia was held on 

Friday March 10 to mark the 

beginning of site preparation 

for the Durham Street campus. 

The ceremony was led by 

the elders of Ngāi Tamarāwaho 

to acknowledge those who will 

be working on the site to prepare 

it for construction. 

Construction work is 

expected to commence midyear 

and will be marked by an 

event with regional funders and 

other key stakeholders. 

The new campus will enable 

more students to stay and 

study in the Bay. The university 

is working closely with its 

tertiary partners Toi Ohomai 

and Te Whare Wānanga o 

Awanuiārangi to extend the 

An artist’s impression of the 

new campus development. 

range of qualifications and 

study options for students in 

the region. 

Waikato University senior 

deputy vice-chancellor professor 

Alister Jones said the next 

two or three months would be 

spent preparing the site for construction. 

Mr Jones said it was important 

to get the ground work 

started in autumn so construction 

could begin as soon as 

the contract is let which would 

happen in the next couple of 

months. 

Last May Waikato 

University announced plans to 

spend an extra $15 million, on 

top of the original $10 million 

committed to the project, 

to produce a Tauranga CBD 

campus of the highest possible 

standard. The campus already 

had $30 million of community 

funding from the Bay of 

Plenty Regional Council and 

the Tauranga Energy Consumer 

Trust, and will sit on land donated 

by Tauranga City Council. 

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online communication services 

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online marketing strategy is, “to 

use Facebook, Google, Twitter, 

or any other online communication 

tools”, then what you really 

need is a marketing strategy. 

WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS March/April 2017 

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Spy boss drops in on IoD 

The director of the Government 

Communications 

Security Bureau 

(GCSB), Andrew Hampton 

paid a visit to Waikato recently 

when he addressed an Institute 

of Directors Waikato branch 

function on what role directors 

should play in the area of cyber 

security. 

At a second function, also at 

FMG Stadium Waikato, Ngaire 

Best, team leader of the Appointments 

and Governance 

team within Treasury’s Commercial 

Operations Group who 

spoke about Crown Board appointments. 

Iod Waikato branch 

chairman Simon Lockwood, 

left and Andrew Hampton. 

Martin Thomas, left and Rollo Webb. 

Jon Calder, left and Marc Scott.


Clean sweep for Ebbett 

Audi at the National 

Excellence Awards 

Ebbett Audi walked away with the maximum 

number of awards at this year’s national 

Audi Excellence Awards, winning all six of 

the categories in which they were finalists. 

Ebbett Audi received: 

• Non-Metro Dealer of the 

Year 

• Customer Satisfaction 

Dealer of the Year 

• Parts Manager of the Year – 

Mikey Stobbs 

• Service Advisor of the Year 

– Luzzane Tome 

• Service Manager of the 

Year – Jason Young 

• Non Metro Salesperson of 

the Year – James Jones 

Andrew Unternährer, 

dealer principal of 

Ebbett Audi said: “The 

Ebbett Audi team has done an 

unbelievable job in the last 12 

months giving our clients the 

best possible customer experience. 

I am personally humbled 

by the result of their fantastic 

effort.” 

Audi New Zealand recognised 

its 2016 high achievers 

at the 7th Annual Audi 

Excellence Awards held on 

March 11 at the Auckland War 

Memorial Museum convention 

centre, where Ebbett Audi had 

qualified as finalists in six of 

the eight major categories. 

The awards identify 2016’s 

Students support 

Waikato medical school 

Waikato Student Union 

has thrown its support 

behind Waikato 

University’s proposed medical 

school. 

Waikato Students’ Union 

president William Lewis says 

the union believes that the 

university’s business case is 

well-thought out and addresses 

the needs of students and local 

communities. 

“Our provincial towns are 

experiencing a severe and 

worsening shortage of general 

practitioners. Even the 1100 

doctors we import from overseas 

every year aren’t enough 

to solve the problem. The 

Waikato Medical School will 

reduce the mismatch between 

graduate output and market 

demand for provincial general 

practitioners.” said William. 

“The Waikato Medical 

School will provide the market 

with a much-needed new breed 

of doctor, connected to the regional 

communities who need 

them the most.” 

William has met with the 

Minister of Tertiary Education, 

Skills and Employment to discuss 

the business case and has 

written to the government to 

affirm the union’s strong support 

for the proposal. 

“We know that New Zealand 

has a small number of 

medical schools and a lack of 

diversity in the way medicine 

is taught, by OECD standards. 

We also know that by OECD 

standards our existing two 

medical schools are very large 

and are unlikely to have sufficient 

capacity to grow and diversify.” 

Ebbett Audi’s winners from left, Luzzane Tomé – Service Advisor of the Year, Jason Young – 

Service Manager of the Year, Andrew Unternahrer – Dealer Principal, Mikey Stobbs – Parts 

Manager of the Year, James Jones – Sales Person of the year. 

outstanding achievements in 

sales, parts, finance, service 

and customer satisfaction 

across nine Audi dealerships 

nationwide. 

The Waikato Students’ 

Union also believes the move 

will be good for students. William 

said uptake of the proposal 

will expand the opportunities 

available at the University 

of Waikato without affecting 

the scope or quality of existing 

course offerings. 

“It really is a winner all 

round. A medical school would 

be great for students, great for 

local communities and would 

return $3 of value for every $1 

invested by the government.” 

“For the past four years I 

have been actively involved 

in policy development, party 

politics, and student representation. 

I can genuinely say that 

I have never seen an initiative 

garner such widespread local 

support.” 

Dean Sheed, Audi New 

Zealand general manager said: 

“The Audi Excellence awards 

recognise the achievements 

of our dealer network. Their 

Waikato Students’ Union 

President William Lewis. 

ongoing strong performance 

ensures that Audi continues to 

shape the future of customer 

service and mobility in New 

Zealand.” 

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Rates shock doesn’t inspire faith in council 

Business doesn’t like surprises: 

Commerce 101. 

By ANDREA FOX 

Given Hamilton City 

Council would have 

us believe it surprised 

itself with the discovery of a 

serious rates revenue shortfall, 

are we to assume it doesn’t see 

itself as a business? 

A scary thought given how 

much of our hard-earned rates 

and tax money washes in and 

out of its books. 

Certainly nothing has been 

business-like so far about the 

great unearthing of unpalatable 

financial facts by council 

manager-archaeologists circa 

late 2016. 

Questions, so many questions. 

First up, why the first 

paragraph of last year’s annual 

report?: “The city’s finances 

continue to be in excellent 

shape again. The council has 

performed better than expected….” 

On and on goes the 

self-congratulatory introduction, 

signed by former mayor 

Julie Hardaker and chief executive 

Richard Briggs. 

I know we’re all suffering 

whizzing-time syndrome, but 

the 2015-2016 financial year 

they’re talking about only ended 

in June last year. 

Less than three months after 

this report, and before the 

October council elections, 

Briggs reportedly set his team 

to investigating the business-as-usual 

cost of running 

the city. Bizarrely, he’s reported 

as saying the big dig was 

Waipa mayor Jim 

Mylchreest says 

New Zealand police 

should stop “relying on 

statistics” and simply admit 

Waikato police hubs are failing 

smaller towns. 

Mayor Mylchreest is exasperated 

that repeated calls 

from the Cambridge community 

for a return to 24-hour policing 

in the town are falling 

on deaf ears. 

He has again backed calls 

from Cambridge leaders who 

this week demanded a return 

to 24/7 policing in the town. 

Currently Cambridge is 

serviced from a police hub 

sparked by councillors’ questions 

about city growth. 

Anyone breathing in and 

out knows Hamilton has been 

growing like a teenage boy’s 

shoe size. And isn’t the council, 

as a red tape development 

agency, better placed than 

any of us to monitor growth? 

So why did it take until six 

months ago for a bunch of 

well-paid city managers to 

think about acquainting themselves 

with the facts? 

It’s unlikely the city’s 

about to go broke and 

finding an extra $250 

a year to continue 

to enjoy the rewards 

of living in Hamilton 

perhaps wasn’t a 

huge ask of many of 

its residents. 

The result of their sifting 

through the sands of recent 

time was new mayor and businessman 

Andrew King, rocking 

the socks off councillors 

and ratepayers by pragmatically 

calling for a 12 percent rate 

increase this year to balance 

the books. 

Reportedly he said it was 

to make up for six years of 

under-rating. Not a whisper 

based out of Te Awamutu, despite 

a rapidly growing population 

and a dramatic increase 

in serious crime. 

about under-rating in last 

year’s glowing annual report. 

And for councillors who’d 

been briefed on city finances 

pre-election, the news was a 

bombshell. 

It got worse. King reportedly 

told dumbfounded colleagues 

the great excavation 

of recent history showed 12 

percent was way less than the 

doctor ordered. 

To get back to where Hamilton 

needs to be in its annual 

plan, a 17 percent increase was 

in order. 

The majority of councillors 

went dog and retreated to the 

3.8 percent increase position 

voters had been primed to expect. 

Inevitably, there followed 

calls for an independent investigation 

into the cause of the 

rates shocker. 

Briggs’ reported response 

was that it wasn’t a case of 

financial mismanagement and 

that the verdict of anyone auditing 

the books would be the 

council had done a bloody 

good job given the challenges 

since 2012. 

A classic example of why, 

when you’re in a hole, stop 

digging. 

If it was doing a good job 

meeting those challenges 

until June last year, what’s 

happened in the few months 

since? 

Barring a market shock, if a 

public company had come out 

with a similar self-satisfied report 

to shareholders and within 

a few months issued a dire 

financial health warning, there 

would be more than confusion 

and bewilderment – there’d be 

blood on the floor. 

“For goodness sake, our 

council raised this issue formally 

with the New Zealand 

Police back in August last 

year. When we didn’t get answers, 

we wrote to the Minister 

of Police in October,“ he 

said. 

“Finally, after an OIA request, 

we got a response back 

in January which was frankly, 

pretty hopeless and didn’t 

address any of the issues we 

raised. 

“Since then, what’s 

changed? 

“Nothing – absolutely 

nothing. 

“Meanwhile, we’ve got 

Hamilton city mayor Andrew King. 

Our council’s not a public 

company. But with revenue 

last year of $278 million it’s 

hardly the corner store. 

And while ratepayers are 

not shareholders, they are 

captive investors in this city 

and can expect transparent accounting 

from its leaders. 

It’s unlikely the city’s about 

to go broke and finding an extra 

$250 a year to continue to 

enjoy the rewards of living 

in Hamilton perhaps wasn’t a 

huge ask of many of its residents. 

But looked at another way, 

a 12 percent rate rise is a 200 

percent increase on the 3.8 

percent lift we had been told to 

expect this year. 

If the under-rating problem 

ram-raiders having a field-day 

in Cambridge and Te Awamutu 

and in fact, across the country.” 

Mayor Mylchreest said his 

community did not accept that 

Waikato police hubs, which 

service rural towns from one 

central police station, were 

working. 

“I don’t care how efficient 

this so-called hub system is. 

It is simply not delivering the 

kind of service our community 

wants, certainly not in Cambridge 

and not in Te Awamutu 

or our other towns either,” he 

said. 

“People want to feel safe 

is as dire as Briggs presented, 

we haven’t heard the last of the 

council’s case for heftier rates 

increases. 

So, please explain: what 

exactly was that (is that) 12 

percent going to buy us? 

And who will be accountable 

for delivering the fruit of 

our 12 percent (or whatever) 

increase investment? 

And by when? 

Still digging away in his 

hole, Briggs is reportedly hiring 

consultants to write a report 

to better explain the rates 

revenue shortfall shock. 

I’m told there’s unlikely to 

be much change from $30,000 

for that job and that’s conservative. 

There springs another 

Waipa mayor labels police hubs failures 

and secure and know that if 

the police are needed, they’ll 

be there. 

“The constant feedback I’m 

getting is that people and business 

owners are feeling very 

vulnerable,” he said. 

“People have told me they 

have simply given up trying to 

call the police to report anything 

because nine times out 

of ten police advise they’re 

unable to respond fast enough, 

or at all.” 

He said he believed that as 

a result, local crime statistics 

were simply under-reported. 

This concern had been raised 

with the Minister of Police but 

question. 

Why are consultants needed 

to explain to us what senior 

council managers are being 

paid to thoroughly understand? 

Being able to string words 

together coherently is surely 

not too much to ask of people 

claiming their salaries? 

Ok, rates increases and 

public outrage go together like 

knives and forks. 

Councillors make ratepayer-funded 

political careers out 

of howling against rises along 

with us, their paymasters. 

But now it seems we have a 

whole new reason to be suspicious 

of city hall. 

Ratepayers – whether business, 

homeowners or both - 

don’t like surprises. 

it “disappeared into the ether”, 

he said. 

“So I’m sorry, but I don’t 

have any faith at all in claims 

that the model of police hubs is 

working and delivering a better 

community service. And 

I feel sorry for police on the 

ground who are doing their 

very best but are being forced 

to work within a fundamentally 

flawed system – and they 

know it.” 

Mayor Mylchreest said 

this wasn’t just a Waipa issue, 

but was something the whole 

country needed to be concerned 

about. 

“My community has been 

incredibly patient but enough 

is enough. The whole model of 

hubs is fundamentally wrong 

and needs a serious rethink.” 

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Cambridge-based company, Antahi 

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calf feeders at last year’s NZ Agricultural 

Fieldays. 

Ursula Haywood and 

husband Mark entered 

their products, TrustiTuber 

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A Tirau dairy veterinarian, 

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Restraints of trade 

- some things you 

need to know 

EMPLOYMENT LAW 

> BY ERIN BURKE 

Employment lawyer and director at Practica Legal 

Email: erin@practicalegal.co.nz phone: 027 459 3375 

J5371P 

Hamilton Monthly Property Report 

SNAP SHOT OF WHAT 

HAS BEEN HAPPENING 

IN THE MARKET PLACE 

OVER THE PAST MONTH. 

Sales volumes for the Waikato/ 

Bay of Plenty Region compared 

to January 2017 rose 52%, 

with sales rising 83% in Hamilton, 

and 53% in Rotorua and Tauranga. 

Compared to February 2016 sales 

across the region fell 24% with sales 

falling 14% in Hamilton. 

The median price across the region 

rose $57,500 compared to February 

2016. Compared to January the median 

price fell $2,000, with prices rising 1% 

in Hamilton. 

The number of days to sell improved 

by one day compared to January, 

from 44 days in January to 43 days 

in February. The number of days to 

sell eased by seven days compared to 

February 2016. Over the past 10 years 

the average number of days to sell during 

February for Waikato/Bay of Plenty 

has been 61 days. 

REINZ Regional Director, Philip 

Searle noted that, “Interest from 

Auckland is picking up once again 

in Hamilton and Tauranga both from 

investors and from families relocating. 

Vendor expectations in these areas are 

starting to soften indicating that the 

rapid run up in prices over the past 18 

months may be coming to an end.” 

Obviously the statistics contained within 

this article represent only a small 

fraction of the data we have at my fingertips. 

For more information relevant 

to your street or your property, call and 

ask for one of our team. 

Local market facts 

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By Greg Petrin 

Rototuna branch manager 

Sales February 

2017 

Under $200k* 1 1 

$200 - $299k* 6 30 

$300 - $399k* 60 89 

$400 - $499k* 62 87 

$500 - $599k* 55 38 

$600 - $699k* 39 34 

$700 - $999k* 21 7 

$800 - $999k* 15 14 

Sales February 

2016 

$1,000,000 - 

$1,999,999* 

3 4 

$2m+* 0 1 

Total number of sales* 262 305 

Median sale price* $500,000 $439,000 

Median days to sell* 34 27 

*Statistical Information Derived From The Real Estate Institute Of New Zealand. Realty Services 

Ltd/Success Realty Ltd and any contractor/employee is merely passing over the information. 

We cannot guarantee its accuracy and reliability as we have not checked, audited or reviewed 

the information and all intending purchasers are advised to conduct their own due diligence 

investigation into the same. To the maximum extent permitted by law Realty Services Ltd/Success 

Realty Ltd and its contractors/employees do not accept any responsibility to any person for the 

accuracy of the information herein. 

Whether a restraint of trade is enforceable 

is a question that comes across my desk 

regularly, in equal numbers from employers 

and employees. The rumour that “restraints 

of trade are not worth the paper they are 

printed on” is exactly that—rumour. 

Part of the reason for the 

misunderstanding is that 

attempts to prevent competition 

are, prima facie, unlawful. 

This means that measures 

taken by an employer merely to 

prevent an ex-employee from 

competing against them, usually 

referred to as a non-compete 

clause, will not be upheld by 

the courts. 

This does not mean that a 

restraint of trade clause will 

not be upheld, however, as 

these clauses are different from 

non-compete clauses. To ensure 

an employment agreement contains 

an enforceable restraint, 

the employer must first establish 

that they have a legitimate 

“proprietary interest” that needs 

protecting. Examples of proprietary 

interests include client 

relationships, pricing and marketing 

strategies and client lists. 

It does not necessarily include 

confidential information alone, 

as most employment agreements 

contain both implied 

and express restrictions on an 

employee using confidential information 

for any other purpose 

than to benefit their employer, 

which applies both during employment 

and following its termination. 

For a restraint to be enforceable 

there must be a legitimate 

proprietary interest that warrants 

protection, and the restraint 

must be reasonable and 

necessary to protect that interest. 

Restraint clauses usually 

prohibit an employee from 

doing certain things (such as 

contacting or doing work for 

an employer’s current/recent 

clients) for a certain period of 

time following termination, often 

over a specified geographic 

location. Where the court holds 

that a restraint is not reasonable 

as it is too long in duration, too 

broad in scope or covering an 

area that is unreasonably large, 

the court may modify the restraint 

to make it reasonable, or 

may refuse to uphold it at all. It 

is therefore important to ensure 

from the outset that the restraint 

clause is reasonable. 

Clearly what is “reasonable” 

is going to vary from case to 

case. Some factors to consider 

when drafting a restraint are 

the seniority of the employee 

(key personnel would be subject 

to a longer restraint period 

than others), specifying a reasonable 

geographical distance 

from a specified location (usually 

the head office address or 

the address where the employee 

usually works from) and states 

what the employee is restricted 

from doing. In some cases, 

the restriction may only apply 

to soliciting (approaching) the 

employer’s clients. Other restrictions 

may prevent an employee 

from dealing with any of 

the employer’s clients that the 

employee has carried out work 

for over the past 12 months. 

The imposition of a restraint 

on an employee’s activities following 

termination of employment 

usually comes at a cost 

to an employer—referred to in 

legal terms as “consideration” 

which can simply be defined as 

“something of value.” If the restraint 

clause is in the employment 

agreement from the outset, 

the consideration is usually 

held to be the mutual promises 

the parties have committed to 

in the employment agreement. 

Where an employer wishes to 

introduce a restraint clause to 

existing employees, where no 

restraint previously existed, the 

employer will need to offer additional 

consideration, such as a 

pay rise or other beneficial term. 

Failure to do so means you are 

imposing an additional burden 

on an employee while offering 

nothing more in exchange 

for this. In that case, a court 

would be unlikely to uphold a 

restraint which extracted from 

an employee a promise not to 

do something in exchange for 

nothing in return. 

Finally, even without a restraint 

of trade clause, employees 

can still be held liable for 

taking steps to set up in competition 

against their employer 

while currently employed and/ 

or working out their notice. In 

the 2012 case of Rooney Earthmoving 

Ltd v McTague, Whiting 

& Bartlett three employees 

were found to have breached 

their implied duties of fidelity, 

trust and confidence and good 

faith to their employer by setting 

up a competing company, 

soliciting clients and staff 

and using unlawfully obtained 

quotes to undercut their employer 

and divert the work to 

the new company they had set 

up, all done during their notice 

period. Their employer successfully 

sued them for nearly $4.3 

million in damages. 

Take home tips for employers 

are to ensure that their 

employment agreements are robust 

and expressly include the 

implied terms of fidelity, trust 

and good faith. Careful consideration 

should also be given to 

any restraint of trade clauses 

and ensure the terms are reasonable 

and necessary to protect a 

legitimate proprietary interest. 

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Bowers & Son Ltd is a family owned 

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In more recent years the 

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Redi-Rock first came about 

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Chinese threat looms 

in kiwifruit sector 

If its apple industry is any indicator, the 

Chinese kiwifruit sector is poised to ramp 

up production to an unprecedented level 

making it a major player as a global player 

competing against Zespri. 

By RICHARD RENNIE 

Zespri’s global marketing 

and management 

team provided growers 

and industry at its Momentum 

conference with a frank 

insight on the challenges 

China’s burgeoning kiwifruit 

industry presented in coming 

years. 

Zespri views China as a 

major disruptor in the global 

kiwifruit market as that country’s 

production sets itself up 

to almost triple in the next 20 

years. 

Sheila McCann-Morrison, 

Zespri’s global supply chain 

manager used China’s apple 

industry as a template for how 

things may play out in its kiwifruit 

sector. 

As the largest apple grower 

in the world, China has almost 

tripled its 1995 production of 

1.5 million tonnes in 20 years. 

Meantime United States exports 

there have declined 26 

percent, and New Zealand’s 

by 12 percent. 

So for Zespri, for 

the non-NZ growing 

season, growing 

locally in China will 

be very important. For 

Zespri to maintain its 

position we will have 

to be a leader in the 

local growing world. 

“Only four percent of China’s 

apples are exported, but 

that still makes it a major exporter 

today, and we expect to 

see the quality improve with 

time also.” 

Today China grows 1.3 

million tonnes of kiwifruit 

compared with New Zealand’s 

488,000 tonnes, close to Italy’s 

532,000t. 

McCann-Morrison said 

Zespri believed China was on 

the verge of disrupting the kiwifruit 

industry in a way it did 

with its huge surge in apple 

production. 

“New Zealand has doubled 

its volumes in 20 years, but 

China has grown its kiwifruit 

volumes by eight times in 20 

years.” 

Zespri’s own estimates 

have Chinese kiwifruit production 

growing to 3.0m 

tonne by 2027, while NZ’s is 

estimated to be about 1.1m 

tonnes. 

“But kiwifruit still remain 

a small proportion of total 

fruit sold globally, accounting 

for 2kg for every 1000kg of 

fruit grown.” 

“If kiwifruit go the same 

way, we may not see such 

a decline, given it’s not a 12 

month market. However there 

are also other companies looking 

to emulate Zespri in China. 

This is also backed by China 

having the people, the land 

Zespri global supply chain manager Sheila McCann-Morrison. 

the plant breeding ability and 

a central government desire to 

improve the income of the rural 

peasant population.” 

She said other than Psa, the 

industry had enjoyed a period 

of relative calm over the past 

20 years, making it ripe for 

disruption. 

“So for Zespri, for the non- 

NZ growing season, growing 

locally in China will be 

very important. For Zespri to 

maintain its position we will 

have to be a leader in the local 

growing world.” 

Zespri already has several 

initiatives underway to expand 

its grower presence in 

China. Last year it signed a 

collaborative research agreement 

with the Shaanxi provincial 

government on knowledge 

exchange. 

It also invested $40 million 

into developing the Chinese 

market in 2016, and this included 

establishing personnel 

presence in two cities far west 

of the eastern seaboard, in 

Xi’an and Chongqing. 

The cities have a combined 

population of 14 million and 

will take staff numbers on the 

ground in China to more than 

50. 

Meantime other countries 

were ramping up production 

in coming years that were not 

traditionally regarded as kiwifruit 

growing nations. 

Greece is expected to double 

production to 350,000t, 

and Iran to increase 2.5 times 

to 200,000t. 

Tourism contributes to booming regional economy 

With New Zealand’s 

tourism industry experiencing 

exponential 

growth with international 

visitor arrivals and expenditure 

at its highest level ever, the 

Hamilton and Waikato region 

has reaped the benefits of this 

significant growth. 

Recent data released by 

the Ministry for Business, 

Innovation and Employment 

(MBIE) show the region’s visitor 

expenditure has climbed 

to $1.397 billion for the 12 

months ended December 2016, 

an eight percent increase on 

the previous year. 

Hamilton and Waikato is 

the fifth largest region by expenditure, 

behind Auckland, 

Christchurch, Queenstown and 

Wellington. 

Currently international visitors 

contribute an estimated 

$337 million to the region, 

while domestic spend delivered 

$1.06 billion. Commercial 

guest nights are also growing 

with an estimated 6.89 million 

guest nights in the region, an 

increase of 6.3 percent on the 

previous year. 

And it’s not just tourists 

that are contributing to these 

stellar figures. 

Hamilton and Waikato is 

now the third largest region behind 

Auckland and Wellington 

for conventions, meetings and 

business events for the year 

ending December 2016. Our 

region has now secured an 11 

percent market share of total 

events of this lucrative market. 

Every conference we can 

secure for Hamilton and 

Waikato is significant for the 

region, regardless of the sector 

or size. Conference delegates 

are also influenced to return 

for a future holiday based on 

their positive Waikato experiences. 

A delegate attending a business 

event was worth twice 

as much of a leisure traveller 

to the region, with an average 

delegate per night value of 

$350 per night for international 

delegates and $509 per night 

for domestic delegates. 

With the record growth of 

the visitor sector, there also 

comes new opportunities and 

challenges. 

During this current summer 

season, our commercial 

accommodation across the region 

is operating at high occupancy 

levels. 

Anecdotally we are seeing 

an uplift in international visitors 

spending the first and last 

night of their holiday in our 

region. 

This is due to visitors and 

travel sellers recognising our 

region is an easily accessible 

alternative to other destinations 

such as Auckland who 

are currently experiencing capacity 

constraints and expensive 

accommodation rates. 

As a region, we are continuing 

to capitalise this trend 

to provide an affordable and 

Future of Commodore 

makes debut in Europe 

The next-generation Opel 

Insignia Grand Sport and 

Grand Tourer made their 

public debut this month at the 

2017 Geneva Motor Show, giving 

global media a first look at 

the future of the Holden Commodore 

and a taste of the new 

GM global product in the pipeline. 

Destined to go on sale in 

New Zealand in 2018, the 

next-generation vehicle is giant 

step change for GM globally and 

the medium/large car segment as 

a whole, promising sleek, premium 

design, state-of-the-art technology 

features and exhilarating 

performance. 

Inspired by the 2013 Opel 

Monza concept, the next-generation 

Insignia utilizes a clean 

sheet design created at Opel’s 

Russelsheim headquarters under 

the guidance of renowned Opel/ 

Vauxhall vice president - design, 

Mark Adams. 

GM Australia design director, 

Richard Ferlazzo, said the 

European team worked closely 

with the GM Australia team to 

give the vehicle the flowing, 

sleek profile and athletic stance 

expected of a Commodore, 

while the sculpted headlight design 

and prominent grille clearly 

speak to the ‘sculptural artistry 

meets German precision’ Opel 

design philosophy. 

“We’re excited to finally 

be able to show what is a truly 

global vehicle to media and customers 

over the course of the 

Geneva motor show and we’re 

more than confident everybody 

will love it,” said Mr Ferlazzo. 

“We’ve been in discussions 

with Mark’s Opel team for a 

long time and have made sure 

the Commodore DNA is strong 

in the car with an athletic stance, 

unique visitor proposition for 

domestic, international and 

business visitors. 

Increased numbers during 

our seasonal peak periods also 

places pressure on infrastructure 

such as roading, parking, 

water and sewerage or recreational 

amenities. 

We have been grateful with 

the Government’s investment 

into the Waikato Expressway 

but there needs to be more 

sustainable funding options to 

assist our local government 

partners cope with infrastructure 

pressure at some of our 

muscular flowing lines and a 

strong road presence all hinting 

at the exceptional drive experience 

and high-tech features. 

“Commodore influence is 

also strong for the interior ensuring 

the vehicle boasts luxury 

design and materials combined 

with impressive occupant space 

and luggage capacity, enough 

for the whole family space.” 

Available in sedan and sportwagon 

bodystyles, the next-generation 

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a host of state-of-the-art 

technology features including 

heads-up display, auto emergency 

braking with adaptive cruise 

control and a next-generation 

LED matrix lighting system 

offering double the amount of 

light cells as the all-new Astra 

hatch. 

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> BY JASON DAWSON 

Chief Executive, 

Hamilton & Waikato Tourism 

key conservation and natural 

feature sites. 

Investment opportunities 

have also been identified in our 

Tourism Opportunities Plan 

from developing more commercial 

accommodation across 

the region through to premium 

product development. 

By leveraging our unique 

geographic position, iconic attractions 

and world-class facilities, 

the return on investment 

is highly attractive during this 

growth cycle. 

You can find out more at 

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international and domestic 

visitor numbers, expenditure 

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The organisation is funded 

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and covers the heartland 

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offering is taken to another level 

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Molehills can grow into mountains 

Magon v NZ Castle Resorts and Hotels Ltd 

Sometimes it is astounding 

to read how people 

become so tied up in 

trivial issues that it ends up 

in the Employment Relations 

Authority. This story is about 

a man losing his job for parking 

in the wrong place. 

Mr Magon was employed 

by Castle Resorts and Hotels 

(Castle) in 2006, as a handyman 

and the following year 

became the assistant chief 

engineer. The chief engineer 

was provided with a car park 

but Magon, like the other 

staff had to pay $5 per day for 

parking. When his boss was 

away Magon was allowed to 

use his park for free. 

In November 2011 Magon 

was called to a meeting 

and given a final warning for 

“failure to obey an express 

instruction and dishonesty” 

because he deliberately didn’t 

pay for his parking. 

There was a further incident 

in March 2013 and again 

in August 2013 for a ‘recur- 

ring infringement of parking 

on site without paying’. 

He was given a verbal 

warning for each event. 

In December2013 he 

parked in a resident’s carpark 

and was given a final warning 

for failing to obey an express 

instruction and dishonesty for 

the parking. In March 2014 a 

further incident occurred with 

another final warning. Three 

months later there was another 

incident and Magon was 

finally dismissed and raised a 

personal grievance. 

For each of the events Magon 

had an explanation. The 

boss was away, or he believed 

he was away that day; a resident 

had given him permission 

to use his park, or he believed 

the resident had given 

permission, and once his car 

was broken down and he was 

waiting to get assistance. 

The employer argued that 

the cumulative effect of the 

series of similar acts of misconduct 

justified the dismissal, 

which presupposes that the 

previous disciplinary action 

was in itself justified. 

The employment agreement 

specified the process for 

disciplinary action, stating 

that ‘the employer follows a 

three-step disciplinary action 

procedure that is designed to 

be corrective rather than punitive’. 

On the basis of this undertaking, 

the first warning was 

found to be unjustified – it 

was immediately punative. 

The employer did not thoroughly 

check the explanations 

given by Magon as to 

whether they were genuine 

explanations, before issuing 

warnings. 

The warnings were inconsistent 

and it was not until 

the last warning that Magon 

was advised that dismissal for 

further breaches was a possibility. 

Two of the warnings had a 

time frame of 6 to 12 months 

where repeated behaviour 

may result in further warnings. 

The authority found that 

this was inconsistent and unfair 

to Magon. 

It also concluded that the 

findings of dishonesty were 

unreasonable. 

The authority commented 

that an employer is not required 

to conduct a trial…but 

there are some fundamental 

requirements of natural justice 

which are appropriate. 

Employers are entitled to 

prefer the complainant’s version 

of events provided it approaches 

the fact-finding with 

an open mind and dealt on a 

reasonable basis with the conflicting 

accounts presented. 

Both parties lost. 

Magon succeeded in getting 

another job but was unable 

to pass a required qualification 

to keep it and was still 

HR AND THE LAW 

> BY ANNE AITKEN 

Anne Aitken, HR Professional | Email: anne@anneaitken.co.nz 

unemployed 18 months later 

when the hearing occurred. 

He was awarded three weeks 

lost wages (not the 18 months 

he expected) and $8000 hurt 

and humiliation, both of 

which were discounted by 25 

percent for contribution. 

The employer had to pick 

up both parties’ costs and pay 

the remedies above (it might 

have tallied up to $30,000). 

The employer lost a good 

worker, incurring the replacement, 

retraining and down 

time associated with replacing 

someone, and Magon lost 

his job over $25 car parking 

fees spread over three years. 

Instead of looking to find 

a solution, both parties were 

dug into a contest of wills 

over a matter of principle. 

It was the employer’s responsibility 

to step back and 

look for another way around 

the problem without getting 

blinded by the contest of 

wills. 

There was no policy preventing 

staff from using resident’s 

car parks, they didn’t 

check if he had permission 

from the resident, they didn’t 

prompt him to rectify the situation 

when he was out of 

line, they just went into disciplinary 

action. 

There are some situations 

where an employer absolutely 

must not compromise but the 

process needs to be watertight 

when it is over a seemingly 

trivial issue. 

Why this digital agency doesn’t have a Twitter account 

The digital marketing 

agency I work for doesn’t 

have a Twitter account. 

It’s true. 

And it’s not because we’ve 

just failed to get around to it. 

And it isn’t because we’ve got 

some weird thing against social 

media – we love social media. 

But not Twitter. 

Why not? Because, in my 

opinion, for most small businesses 

Twitter is a waste of 

time. 

The world of social media is 

constantly growing. 

It can feel like every month 

there is some big new platform 

taking the world by storm. 

Some poor business owners and 

marketing managers think they 

need to be on every channel or 

otherwise they’ll be left behind. 

They waste a whole lot of 

time and effort for little return, 

and it takes their attention away 

from the core activity of their 

business. 

Instead, I prefer to follow 

three simple guidelines when it 

comes to using social media for 

business. 

Firstly ask: “What platform 

does my target market use?” 

Global statistics show that 

Facebook is the clear winner 

here with 1.86 billion monthly 

active users, whereas Twitter 

has less than one-sixth of that 

with 313 million monthly active 

users. On top of that, Facebook’s 

average time per user 

per day sits above 40 minutes, 

while Twitter’s average time is 

around 5 minutes. 

Secondly: “What platform 

suits my business?” 

If you’re a celebrity, a politician, 

a journalist or have a following, 

then Twitter could well 

suit you. It can also be useful if 

you want to connect with influencers. 

But for most small businesses, 

Twitter is a waste of 

effort. Facebook, Instagram and 

LinkedIn have strong offerings 

for businesses that can have 

achieve direct results of growth 

and leads. 

And the final guideline I 

follow is to focus on one (or 

perhaps two) platforms and get 

THE DIGITAL WORLD 

> BY POOJA GUPTA 

Pooja Gupta is Digital Media Executive at Duoplus 

pooja@duoplus.nz . www.duoplus.nz 

them working well, before adding 

on additional ones. 

Doing a half-hearted job on 

six different social media platforms 

won’t help build your 

business. 

Instead, pick one (or two) 

and decide to master them. 

Learn the nuances of each platform 

and learn to post like a 

native, instead of copying and 

pasting (or auto-posting) updates 

across all platforms. 

So, when it came to Twitter, 

the digital agency I work 

at applied these guidelines and 

made the conscious decision 

not to have a business Twitter 

account. 

We haven’t lost any sleep 

over it. 

Business is booming. 

Leads are arriving in the 

inbox each week, and we 

don’t have to figure out how to 

squeeze what we want to say 

into 140 characters. 

House on Hood 

puts on a show 

Lawrenson Group hosted a Hamilton 

Central BA5 at House on Hood. 

2 3 

1 

1 Rob Pascoe, Hamilton City Council; Dick Breukink, Novotel and Ibis Hotels; Paula Southgate, Hamilton City Council. 

2 Debi Rush, McDonalds; Deryn Wallace and Alanah Bunyard, Confinement; Tania Hamilton, Lawrenson Group. 

3 Vanessa Williams, Hamilton Central; John Lawrenson, Lawrenson Group. 

4 Vicky Noorland, Hamilton City Council; Diane Crawford, Beca. 

5 Tina Burns, Asif Cash and Ross Hamilton, Bartercard NZ. 

6 Don Scarlet, Mercury Energy; Tony Kane, Phae Group. 

4 5 6


Should your plastic pal pay taxes? 

US founding father Benjamin Franklin said 

there were only two things certain in life: 

death and taxes. But he could never have 

dreamed, before his death in 1790, that his 

quotation would apply to robots. Bill Gates 

said, in a recent interview with Quartz, that 

robots should pay taxes. 

The Microsoft founder 

and philanthropist made 

the assertion in a bid to 

recoup cash into government 

coffers as employers swap a 

flesh and blood workforce for 

a mechanised one. 

“You cross the threshold 

of job replacement of certain 

activities all sort of at once,” 

Gates said, as European Union 

(EU) legislators rejected the 

idea. 

“Certainly, there will be 

taxes that relate to automation,” 

Gates pushed back. 

“Right now, the human 

worker who does, say, $50,000 

worth of work in a factory, 

that income is taxed and you 

get income tax, social security 

tax, all those things. If a robot 

comes in to do the same thing, 

you’d think that we’d tax the 

robot at a similar level.” 

Gates suggested governments 

tax the profits generated 

by labour-saving robots. 

“Some of it can come directly 

in some type of robot 

tax. I don’t think the robot 

companies are going to be 

outraged that there might be a 

tax... at a time when people are 

saying that the arrival of that 

robot is a net loss because of 

displacement, you ought to be 

willing to raise the tax level 

and even slow down the speed 

of that adoption somewhat... 

“You cross the threshold of 

job-replacement of certain activities 

all sort of at once. So, 

you know, warehouse work, 

driving, room clean up, there’s 

quite a few things that are 

meaningful job categories that, 

certainly in the next 20 years, 

being thoughtful about that extra 

supply is a net benefit. It’s 

important to have the policies 

to go with that.” 

Gates said it would be really 

bad if people had more fear 

about innovation than enthusiasm. 

“That means they won’t 

shape it for the positive things 

it can do. And, you know, taxation 

is certainly a better way 

to handle it than just banning 

some elements of it... absolutely 

government’s got a big role 

to play there. 

“So, there is nothing new 

under the sun,” wrote the author 

of Ecclesiastes. The same 

argument could have been applied 

to Microsoft from 1981 

when it launched the first version 

of Microsoft Word. 

In the 26 years since the 

software giant has slowly done 

away with the office secretary 

for many small to medium 

sized businesses. 

If robots are taxed, users of 

Microsoft Word should be too, 

beyond the standard goods and 

services tax. 

TECH TALK 

> BY DAVID HALLETT 

David Hallett is a director of Hamilton software specialist Company-X, 

design house E9 and chief nerd at Waikato Need a Nerd. 

Tax changes for efficient business 

Every now and again it is 

nice to be able to write 

about some positive 

changes that are coming through 

which make life easier. New legislation 

enacted in February has 

introduced such changes. They 

substantially simplify obligations 

under the provisional tax 

regime. Although the topic itself 

is a little ‘dry’, it is worth having 

a read because the changes are 

quite fundamental, particularly 

for small and medium sized 

businesses. 

Current Provisional Tax rules 

Currently, provisional tax is 

required to be paid through the 

course of the year with use-ofmoney 

interest (UOMI) applying 

in cases of over or underpayment 

at each payment date. 

The vast majority of taxpayers 

meet their provisional tax 

obligations under the standard 

uplift method, which essentially 

bases their liability on 105 percent 

or 110 percent of their previous 

year’s tax payable. 

While the standard uplift is 

a simple means to an estimate 

provisional tax payable, UOMI 

applies if a higher liability is ultimately 

assessed. 

New safe harbour threshold 

for UOMI 

Individuals have had the 

benefit of a concession where 

UOMI is not charged by IRD 

until their terminal tax date, 

which is typically February 7 or 

April 7 the following year. 

From the 2017/2018 income 

year, that concession is 

being increased from $50,000 

to $60,000 and being extended 

to all types of taxpayers, such as 

companies. 

There are requirements that 

need to be met in order for the 

concession to apply, such as 

having already paid the minimum 

obligation under the standard 

uplift method. 

Inland Revenue expects the 

changes to the safe harbour 

threshold will eliminate UOMI 

charges for approximately 

67,000 taxpayers, at least 63,000 

of these being non-individuals 

who previously do not qualify 

for the safe harbour concession. 

Removal of UOMI for first two 

provisional tax instalments 

A further reduction in the 

scope of UOMI will benefit 

those taxpayers who have a tax 

liability of more than $60,000 

and are not otherwise covered 

by the above concession. 

As referred to above, most 

taxpayers are required to pay 

provisional through the course 

of the year, but if their crystallised 

liability as per their tax 

return is more than their provisional 

tax paid they will incur 

UOMI. 

From the 2017/2018 income 

year UOMI will not be charged 

on the shortfalls arising at the 

first two provisional tax payment 

dates. 

For example, a taxpayer with 

a March 31, 2018 balance date 

with a standard uplift liability of 

$300k would be required to pay 

$100k on August 28, 2017, January 

15 and May 7, 2018. 

But, if the taxpayer’s final liability 

per its income tax return 

came in at $500k for the year, 

UOMI would apply under the 

old rules to the $67k shortfall 

accumulating at each due date. 

However, under the new 

rules UOMI would only apply 

on the $200k shortfall that exists 

from May 7, 2018. 

Similar to the first concession, 

the taxpayer must make 

the minimum payments required 

under the standard uplift 

method on the first two instalment 

dates. 

Where the taxpayer does not 

make the required instalments, 

UOMI will apply on the first 

two instalment dates based on 

the lower of the difference between: 

• The amount due under standard 

uplift and the actual 

payment; or 

• One-third of the residual 

income tax liability for the 

year and the actual payment. 

To be eligible for the concession, 

companies within a group 

will all be required to use either 

the standard uplift or GST ratio 

method for calculating provisional 

tax. 

This rule is designed to prevent 

related entities gaming 

the differences between the 

standard uplift and estimation 

methods to reduce exposure to 

UOMI. 

Late payment penalties 

The late penalty regime will 

also change with effect from 

April 1, 2017, with the removal 

of the one percent monthly incremental 

late payment penalty 

on unpaid GST and income tax 

amounts. 

In making this change, the 

Government acknowledges that 

the current late payment penalty 

mechanism does not effectively 

encourage taxpayers to comply. 

In its attempts to keep tax 

simple, IRD is trying hard not to 

overwhelm taxpayers with excessive 

penalties while it struggles 

under the huge amounts of 

uncollectable debt that are created 

by such penalties. 

Hopefully this change will 

help in its effort to engage with 

taxpayers to collect outstanding 

debts. 

Annual FBT threshold 

Also coming into effect for 

the 2017-18 year onwards, the 

threshold for filing FBT returns 

annually is increasing from 

$500,000 to $1 million of combined 

PAYE and ESCT. 

The doubling of the threshold 

will enable taxpayers who 

have been accounting for FBT 

quarterly to switch to accounting 

for it annually. Having to 

file fewer returns each year will 

certainly help make compliance 

with the FBT regime easier. 

The Government and Inland 

Revenue are making progress in 

their bid to make tax simpler. 

The provisional tax, UOMI, 

penalty and FBT changes are a 

positive step forward and will 

affect many New Zealand businesses. 

It is important for businesses 

to understand the new rules to 

ensure they qualify for the concessions 

and take advantage of 

the changes. 

The comments in this article 

are of a general nature and 

should not be relied on for specific 

cases. Taxpayers should 

seek specific advice. 

TAXATION AND THE LAW 

> BY HAYDEN FARROW 

Hayden Farrow is a PwC Executive Director based in the 

Waikato office. Email: hayden.d.farrow@nz.pwc.com 

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Historic medical 

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A Hamilton medical practice founded in 

1911 by the late Dr Tim Rogers has been 

sold to a charitable trust. 

By DENISE IRVINE 

Little London Medical 

Clinic is the city’s longest 

serving practice; it 

passed from the Rogers family 

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more than two decades ago to 

general practitioners Dr Barrie 

Winn and Dr Lesley Topping, 

and gynaecologist Dr Mary 

Margaret Vant, who have continued 

the Rogers’ family’s 

tradition of personal care for 


patients. They will remain at 

the clinic under new owners, 

the Activate Foundation Trust. 

The 30-year-old trust is 

part of a Hamilton network 

that includes Activate Church, 

Activate Training Centre and 

Community Link. Trust chairman 

Ray Pickett says his organisation 

likes the feel and 

standard of service at Little 

London Medical Clinic. “It’s 

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From left, Hamilton general practitioners Dr Lesley Topping 

and Dr Barrie Winn with Ray Pickett, chairman of Little London 

Medical Centre’s new owners, Activate Foundation Trust. 

He says its strong patient-centred 

values fit neatly 

with Activate’s broad range 

of community work which 

includes youth education and 

training, a senior citizen’s 

companion service, a small 

foodbank, and developing 

work opportunities for people. 

“We thought, how we can 

continue to make a contribution 

so that Hamilton can be 

the best place to raise a family. 

Complementing what we already 

do with medical services 

seemed to be a good thing.” 

Little London Medical 

Clinic is in a vintage house 

on a lane at the Waikato River 

end of London St, in the same 

unique enclave where it began 

under Tim Rogers nearly 106 

years ago. 

Dr Rogers developed a reputation 

for altruism, looking 

after many needy Hamilton 

families. He practised for about 

60 years and was joined by his 

two sons, Anthony and Denis, 

both of them general practitioners. 

For a long time, the 

Rogers family didn’t charge 

for consultations and their income 

was derived solely from 

Government subsidies. 

The Rogers brothers were 

influential in local and national 

politics. Denis was mayor of 

Hamilton from 1959-1968, and 

Anthony was the Labour MP 

for Hamilton East from 1972- 

1975. They were also stalwart 

lobbyists for the establishment 

of Waikato University. 

Dr Winn came to work 

with the Rogers’ brothers in 

1985, later joined by his wife, 

Dr Vant, and Dr Topping, and 

the trio eventually owned the 

practice after Anthony retired 

in 1991, aged 78. In an interview 

with the Waikato Times 

when he stepped down, Anthony 

noted the close links he had 

developed with his patients. He 

said with the increase in group 

medical practices the personal 

relationship between doctor 

and patient was being lost in 

many instances. 

“The Rogers family left a 

great legacy,” says Dr Topping. 

She continues to use Denis 

Rogers’ desk in her consulting 

room, and she and Dr Winn 

still care for a cluster of people 

from the Rogers’ era. 

One-on-one contact with 

their patients remains the bedrock 

of their service and Dr 

Winn and Dr Topping say this 

style of practice gives them 

flexibility to discount costs to 

some, and to truly get to know 

the families they deal with. 

The clinic was recently rated 

seventh out of 86 practices 

in the Midlands Health Network’s 

annual quality assurance 

results, and it was the top 

scorer in Hamilton. 

No immediate changes at 

Little London are envisaged, 

and Dr Winn and Dr Topping 

welcome the new ownership. 

It provides a strong succession 

plan for them, and they’re likely 

to be joined by some new 

doctors and patients. Says Dr 

Winn: “Being part of an organisation 

with various community 

involvements is very 

exciting.” 

Peacocke’s development grows 


has found a way to accommodate 

160 more 

houses into the first stage of its 

Peacocke’s development. 

The first stage of developing 

Hamilton’s 

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AM 

growth cell, Peacocke’s stage 

1a, was initially able to accommodate 

500 dwellings but can 

now be extended by 160. All 

500 initial dwellings have received 

planning consent with 

300 already built including one 

new rest home. 


planning consents team leader, 

Fraser McNutt says working 

with the NZ Transport Agency 

(NZTA) allowed them to find a 

solution. 

“By working with the 

NZTA we were able to see it 

was possible to accommodate 

more housing in the first stage 

the city to provide for its economic 

growth, housing and 

transport infrastructure. 

“We are confident the additional 

housing can be safely 

accommodated on the existing 

transport network, and this decision 

provides greater certainty 

for the council and the devel- 

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says Mr McNutt.. 

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“We proactively found a Access Hamilton Strategy to 

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developers in the area so they 

provides for the growth 

can start the development process 

and development of the city,” 

now.” 

she says. 

NZTA director regional 

Mr Fraser says this is just 

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McLean says the agency has housing growth throughout the 

worked in partnership with the city. 

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with a 

mission 

Annie Dobinson 

With the world 

celebrating International 

Women’s Day earlier 

in March it was an 

opportune moment for 


to approach a group of 

women in Waikato who 

play key roles in business 

and learning. 

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constant travel and high 

expectations, Rhonda Parry is 

these days focused on what 

keeps her happy. 

That is a balanced and fulfilling life 

for her and her family and the high 

performing staff at Hamilton law firm 

Tompkins Wake. 

Rhonda Parry has 25 years’ experience in 

professional services – accounting, insurance, 

banking, fund management and law. 

The qualified accountant began her career 

with KPMG in Wellington and subsequently 

Melbourne including a six month secondment 

to KPMG Russia before joining Colonial First 

State and moving to London. There, she and 

three partners set up a new fund management 

business where she was the finance director 

for 10 years. During this time Rhonda had 

three daughters. 

“With my third daughter I decided to take 

a decent maternity leave break and spent 

Christmas in New Zealand. On Boxing Day 

I summoned up the courage to ring my boss 

to admit ‘I’m not coming back to London’. 

Her boss was not surprised but Rhonda spent 

another five years working part time for that 

business remotely while also taking on an 

extremely busy job as BDO NZ’s national 

chief operating officer. For some years 

Rhonda commuted from her Tamahere home 

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Annie began her career in 

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“I returned home one day to the four open 

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make a change. I had three beautiful daughters 

whose lives I was going to miss out on unless I 

changed. So that was the point when I decided 

to live and work in the same place.” 

Rhonda was also feeling run down and 

knew her health would suffer if her busy-ness 

and stress continued. 

“I became a firm believer in the ‘life is 

short’ approach to life, and very passionate 

about looking after myself. Living according 

to my true priorities and my values. I knew 

that if I didn’t look after myself I was actually 

no use to anyone else, least of all my employer 

and my children. 

“That’s something I hope I’ve brought into 

this office.” 

Among her achievements in three years 

as chief operating officer at Tompkins Wake, 

Rhonda has developed senior leadership 

and mentoring programmes and instituted a 

holistic wellness programme called the Health, 

Happiness and Harmony project. 

Both at work and at home she thrives on 

helping people achieve a fully balanced life so 

they are performing at their best at work, while 

leading happy and healthy lives. 

“We’ve just kick started a working parents 

forum and that’s about us understanding 

the challenge of women returning to the 

workforce following children, and for both 

men and women to navigate their career path 

while being parents of children at any age. It’s 

important we find out what they really need 

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The programme will involve a wide array 

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“Speakers come to talk to us about all 

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people have an enriched and balanced life with 

purpose, which means we get the best out of 

our people at work.” 

Rhonda also arranged for part of the 

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Rhonda has always been a driven high 

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Leaders in Law - bringing 

to the partnership table 

With the appointment last 

October of Glenda Graham 

to the Norris Ward McKinnon 

partnership she almost 

equalised the gender status in 

the firm’s partner team. 

Four out of the nine current NWM 

partners are women. The other women 

partners are Gillian Spry, Barbara 

McDermott and Jo Naidoo. For any law firm 

this is unique; and for this Hamilton based law 

firm it demonstrates forward-thinking. These 

women all agree, diversity within business is 

key, it brings different viewpoints and problem 

solving strategies to the table, improving 

business performance. 

From left to right: Jo Naidoo, Barbara McDermott, Glenda Graham, Gillian Spry 

This is significant for law firm leadership, 

when there have been recent concerns about 

the imbalance between the numbers of men 

and women holding senior positions in law 

firms in New Zealand. NWM is proud of 

these remarkable women and the input they 

have to the firm’s success in the Greater 

Waikato. It sends a strong signal to other 

female lawyers in the firm, that success is 

merit based, and partnership a real prospect for 

both men and women. 

Gillian joined the partnership in 2007. She 

is part of NWM’s Family Disputes team and 

has expertise in trust and estate litigation. 

Barbara became a partner of the firm in 2009 

after a merger between NWM and Huntly firm 

McDermott & McIntosh. Prior to that Barbara 

had been a partner at McDermott & McIntosh 

for 9 years where she built up a practice in 

commercial and rural business. Glenda leads 

the Trusts and Estates team, and Jo works in 

Family Disputes with a particular interest in 

relationship property. 

All four women attribute their success to 

a combination of hard work, being experts in 

their relevant areas of law, and not being afraid 

to accept challenges. As a group all of them 

feel they would not have become partners 

without taking advantage of opportunities 

as they were presented, as well as creating 

their own opportunities. Their success is a 

direct result of hard work and continuous 

improvement of not only their legal skills, but 

their leadership skills. 

All four women are mothers and believe 

one of the biggest challenges in their career 

path has been the juggle of balancing work 

with raising children and spending time with 

family. Their own organisational skills, along 

with flexible work practices at NWM, have 

allowed them to achieve in all areas of their 

lives. All female employees of NWM are 

encouraged to be directly involved in how the 

firm makes decisions that impact them, and to 

be the best version of themselves in their roles. 

Norris Ward McKinnon House 

711 Victoria Street, 

Hamilton 3204 

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172-4 Main Street, Huntly 3700 

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Hamilton 3240 

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Judith’s inspirational journey to good health and success 

Multi-award winner Judith 

Scott’s story begins at 

the end of 2009 when 

times became really 

tough for her after a 

marriage breakdown and 

much financial stress. 

“I training company and loved 

was a business consultant 

for a well known global 

my job very much and needed to 

find a way to make some additional 

income,” she says. 

Judith’s friend Donna could 

see that an online wellness green 

shopping club that she loved using 

could help financially and she asked 

a couple of close friends to show it 

to Judith. 

“Of course at first I was sceptical,” 

recalls Judith. 

“However I was very open to 

having a look at an information 

session. Once I saw the information, 

it sat nicely with my heart and I 

knew, I couldn’t hurt anyone, all it 

was was helping families, I became 

interested.” 

“All I had to do was help families 

open their shopping accounts. I 

didn’t have to sell anything, take 

orders, collect money and I got paid 

to help others.” 

“I was so glad I was open to 

looking,” she says. 

“What I loved about it was the 

ethics around the business model, 

the kind things that the company 

did. I really loved that the mission 

statement was about enhancing 

lives. I have always believed in give 

and you get”. 

So Judith got to work helping 

people through the company and six 

months later was rewarded when she 

received three awards at a big event 

in Australia. 

“Many people were sharing 

their incredible health stories from 

using the products and everyone was 

loving it. Those people are still here 

shopping today and won’t go back 

to unsafe products. Little did I know 

back then, that in three years I would 

become debt free and be able to 

move on from those hard times”. 

Judith has always been passionate 

about protecting children. She is a 

mother of two and a young nanna of 

four grandchildren. 

Early on in Judith’s journey she 

learned that so many children are 

seriously hurt and even hospitalised 

through taking unsafe products. She 

saw that protecting the environment 

was also vital. She could see that 

it was a business about changing 

lives as so many people were going 

green, shopping online and wanting 

to work from home. 

Judith always wanted to be a 

nurse but couldn’t. She was 

diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis 

when she was just three and was 

in a car accident when she was 11. 

Consequently, Judith has struggled 

to walk long distance most of her 

life. 

“Because of our wonderful 

natural wellness products, I’ve been 

able to work my own hours, rest 

when I want, and have been able to 

travel extensively learning lots as I 

go, so I can share the knowledge in 

New Zealand. 

“I’m in the best health ever and 

I just want to help more and more”. 

Since 2009 Judith has earned 

many Australasian awards. One of 

her favourites is the Enhancing Lives 

Award 2015. 

Judith’s other passion is 

connecting local SMEs and she is the 

founder of the fortnightly networking 

group Business 2 Business Waikato, 

where gold coin donations this year 

are being raised for child cancer. 

To learn more and/or be 

invited to one of Judith’s 

weekly wellness events email 

safeandgreennz@gmail.com or 

contact Judith 0272 302 402. 

Safe and Green NZ 

Judith Scott Senior Director 

027 230 2402 

safeandgreennz@gmail.com


Goldsmith Gallery Jewellers - 

The Jewellers you can trust 

Michelle Licht, 

Goldsmiths Gallery 

Michelle Licht’s 

eyes sparkle like 

diamonds when 

she discusses the ‘art of 

jewellery’ and how this is a 

core ingredient in the awardwinning 

business she and 

husband Anthony began 

almost 20 years ago. 

Growing from one 

store in Hamilton’s CBD 

with Anthony as the 

design jeweller, to opening 

another store in Chartwell 

Shopping Centre, with 

four experienced, keen 

manufacturing jewellers on 

the bench, has ensured that 

Michelle’s role has grown 

too. 

While Anthony and 

his team handle the 

creative side, Michelle is 

the one that takes clients 

through the steps of firstly 

considering designing or 

remodelling their jewellery 

to the point where they are 

happy to proceed with the 

manufacturing process. 

“This can be an emotional 

process for the client and I as 

Goldsmiths Gallery Jewellers 

441 Victoria Street, Hamilton 

07 838 3418 

Shop 130a Chartwell Shopping Centre 

07 852 5341 

www.goldsmithsgallery.co.nz 

together we see an exquisite 

piece emerge through 

the CAD design skills of 

Anthony,” said Michelle. 

This holder of arts 

and law degrees is also 

responsible for the majority 

of stock purchasing, 

paperwork and bookwork 

within the company as well 

as developing customer 

relationships and constantly 

working on superior 

customer service. 

On top of all this Michelle 

still finds the time to be very 

involved with her children, 

Joseph and Jessica, and their 

education. 

She has skilfully 

maintained a home and 

work balance while retaining 

the ability to add value to 

the multiple layers of their 

business. Essential to this is 

her wonderful team. 

“Our stores have become 

destination points for 

people interested in buying 

ready-made items from our 

exciting ranges. These now 

include the stunning Candid 

range, a percentage of sales 

from which goes to support 

Canteen,” she said. 

“We strongly believe 

in giving back to the 

community that supports us 

so we channel donations to 

the Cancer Society, Hospice, 

Westpac Rescue Helicopter 

Trust, to mention a few.” 

To show support for 

Hamilton Boys’ High 

School, where son Joseph 

attends, expert designer-dad 

Anthony has designed a 

custom-made rowing range. 

This is clearly a store 

which has been built 

through outstanding service 

and reputation. No wonder 

their tag line is Exquisite 

Jewellery by Expert 

Craftsmen. 


Education consultant’s 

international reputation grows 

Jenny Bell - Jenny Bell Oranga 

When education consultant Jenny Bell 

was approached by a Finnish social 

work student for an internship it 

proved she had international reputation. 

Jenny established Rototuna-based Jenny 

Bell Oranga just over three years ago. Jenny 

Bell Oranga empowers adults, teens and 

children to be resilient by managing the 

stresses of everyday life, including anxiety 

and depression. This is done through offering a 

range of evidenced-based social and emotional 

resilience programs. The FRIENDS social 

and emotional resilience children, youth and 

adult programmes are one of the programmes 

offered, these were endorsed by the World 

Health Organisation in 2004. 

Jenny described the term four 2016 

internship of the Finnish student who had run 

FRIENDS programmes in Finland as “one of 

the cool things last year”. 

“I thought it was really good that someone 

from the other side of the world would want 

to come and see what we do in Hamilton,” 

Jenny said. 

In Finland the FRIENDS programmes 

are only run in schools, so the intern was 

interested to see how it works in private 

practice when parents are involved. 

“We work closely with parents,” Jenny 

said. “We also offer Triple P – positive 

parenting programmes for parents of primary 

aged children and teens.” 

“There are lots of parenting programmes, 

run in large groups, but our point of difference 

is that we run our courses one to one with 

www.jennybell.co.nz 

Email: jenny@jennybell.co.nz 

Phone: 027 245 2749 

the parents.” 

It also means parent get advice tailored 

to their family situation, rather than generic 

advice that fits a range of situations. Parents 

don’t have to rearrange their lives to attend 

group programmes at the same time every 

week, rather Jenny can arrange to meet 

parents where and when it works for them. 

“I am passionate about making a positive 

difference in the lives of kids and their 

families. Our programmes make a difference 

and give them back some joy in their lives.” 

One of her recent clients was a 15-yeargirl 

who felt extremely anxious every time her 

mother dropped her off at school. 

“She was worried something would 

happen to her mother and every time she was 

dropped off she would have a panic attack,” 

Jenny said. 

After working with the teen and her family, 

the parents sent a card with the following, 

“Thank you so much for your help with 

‘Sally’, honestly she is a different kid and it's 

a delight to see her happy and the old ‘Sally’ 

that we love dearly”. 

Team culture key to flourishing accountancy business 

There are five remarkable 

women sitting around a table at 

Accounted4 in Cambridge. 

They’re here to talk about their particular 

skills and talents but the first remarkable 

thing is that they’re just as quick to mention 

each other’s successes as they are their own. 

There is goodwill, energy and a wealth of 

professional ability in the room. The women 

are all members of Accounted4’s leadership 

team. There is Christine Stevenson, the 

firm’s business manager; Anne Bland, who 

manages the support services and client 

payroll teams; Kim Antonio, an associate; 

and Katie Jones and Lea de Rooy, both 

senior accounting managers. 

Accounted4 is Cambridge’s biggest 

From left to right; Anne Bland, Christine Stevenson, Kim Antonio, Lea de Rooy, Katie Jones 

chartered accountancy practice, it’s been in 

business for more than 60 years, and it’s 

clearly a company where women flourish 

because they currently outnumber men 2-1 on 

a staff of 32. As they share this statistic, the 

women at the table note that all colleagues – 

male and female – are valued at Accounted4. 

In 2014, the firm won the prestigious 

Excellence in Large Business and Customer 

Service awards at the Waipa Networks 

Business Awards, and the 

previous year there had been 

huge pride in the achievement 

of Christine Stevenson taking 

home the Waipa Emerging 

Business Leader title. 

Anne, Kim, Katie and 

Lea say that Christine – who 

joined the firm seven years 

ago - has been the key to 

success in the awards, and in 

the development of the strong 

team ethic at Accounted4. 

Anne says she loves working 

with Christine, and the 

leadership team: “There has 

been a real culture shift since 

Christine joined, she has 

driven the firm to what it is 

today. A lot has changed.” 

Christine is described 

by her colleagues as an 

excellent communicator, as 

being inclusive, a valuable 

mentor, and that she supports 

staff unreservedly in their 

professional and leadership 

development. 

Christine says, in modest response: “I like 

to empower others to achieve, I want people to 

achieve their goals.” 

Kim says she truly values having senior 

staffers like Christine and Anne as a sounding 

board: “I don’t know if I would have been 

able to move up (to associate) without this 

support.” 

Lea says the team culture allows her to 

bring together her full range of capabilities 

and interests, including her creative side. “The 

practice appreciates my skills and brings them 

out. They look at the whole person.” 

The women also talk about the familyfriendly 

atmosphere, flexible hours, the 

emphasis on healthy work-life balance, and 

strong support for study. They also enjoy 

their wider community involvement through 

Accounted4’s Chamber of Commerce 

connections, and through various personal 

interests. 

There is much pleasure around the table 

about Katie Jones’s recent academic success. 

Katie is studying to become a chartered 

accountant. She has already completed a 

Bachelor of Applied Management through 

Wintec and at her graduation ceremony this 

month she received two special awards: 

top accounting student for her year, and the 

coveted A W Gallagher Supreme Award for 

Graduating Business Degree Student. Her 

research project was on work-life balance, 

based on the model at Accounted4. 

Says Anne, as she cheers Katie’s good news: 

“We celebrate each other’s achievements.” 

To quote Accounted4’s catchphrase 

(devised by the creative Lea de Rooy): “It’s 

not just about the numbers.” 

30 Duke Street (opposite the Fire Station), Cambridge 3434, New Zealand 

PO Box 510, Cambridge 3450, New Zealand 

admin@accounted4.co.nz 

Ph: +64 (07) 827 5192 | Fax:+64 (07) 827 3495 

www.accounted4.co.nz



Nicole Carson - LawFit 

Carson Law was launched in 

April 2012 by award-winning 

lawyer Nicole Carson, who 

serves predominantly private 

clients and SME business 

owners. 

Nicole returned to Waikato to set up 

the Hamilton firm after impressing 

colleagues and counterparts in Bay of 

Plenty where she was named the 2010 Young 

Professional of the Year. 

A strategist and entrepreneur at heart, 

Nicole founded Carson Law at just 26 years of 

age. She enjoys legal practice and primarily 

likes to work with like-minded commercial 

property and business clients, particularly 

all aspects of business structuring, contracts, 

and finance work. She comes from a general 

practice background and finds having broad 

experience is an asset to clients. It allows 

Nicole to have continuity across clients’ 

legal needs while efficiently providing a 

collaborative approach to legal services. 

Outside of the law, Nicole is also a director 

at CrossFit Alpha Brave, which is conveniently 

within sight and walking distance of the 

Carson Law office. Alpha Brave opened in 

July 2016 and offers CrossFit, BattleFit©, 

Weightlifting, Olympic Lifting, Women’s 

Only Classes, and Yoga. It’s the perfect CBD 

location for professionals to train before and 

after work. Nicole and her business partner, 

head coach Rose McAuslin, wanted to open 

a CrossFit centred gym that delivered more 

value and add-on services. “We have three 

core operating principles. Always doing more 

than is expected – adding value - that’s first. 

Creating a community that makes people 

feel supported, encouraged, and celebrated – 

that’s second. Our membership is diverse! 

Beginners, corporate warriors, sportsmen and 

women, mums and dads, retirees, teachers, 

doctors, the common thread is the Alpha 

Brave community. Thirdly, we have a deep 

commitment to coaching safe form and proper 

technique. It is a principle we commit to with 

no exceptions and it makes us so proud to 

watch members progress with movement and 

confidence.” 

Leading stormwater expert in 

high demand 

Bronwyn Rhynd - CKL 

Bronwyn Rhynd is one of New Zealand’s 

leading experts on stormwater 

treatment, disposal and management. 

Bronwyn joined land development 

consultancy CKL as a director in 2015, 11 years 

after establishing her own business Stormwater 

Solutions which merged with CKL. 

The merger added the specialist area of 

stormwater and environmental engineering to 

CKL’s services. It provided end-to-end project 

management across all planning, surveying, 

and engineering disciplines. 

“We have continued to provide stormwater 

expertise, also adding further expertise in fresh 

water ecology and environmental planning,” 

Bronwyn, an environmental engineer, said. 

Bronwyn, and the CKL team, fully 

harness the potential of water to create urban 

environments sympathetic to the natural 

environment. Environmental solutions called 

rain-gardens and swales capture water runoff 

from houses and streets and daylight the 

water, filtering and slowing it down, as it 

heads towards natural catchment areas. 

There’s no such thing as a typical client. 

“We get involved with all sorts of projects 

in the land development spectrum and our 

clients are from a broad range,“ Bronwyn said. 

“These projects could be a two lot 

subdivision through to something significantly 

larger, for example an 800 lot subdivision.” 

CKL was responsible for major residential 

and commercial developments in Hamilton 

like Huntington, Rototuna Village, Rotokauri 

Rise, Teafields, and Eton Estate. 

Bronwyn’s qualifications include a NZ 

Certificate in Engineering (Civil), a Bachelor 

of Engineering (Civil) and a Masters 

in Environmental Engineering Science. 

Bronwyn regularly contributes to local and 

international conferences. 

Her qualifications and career have given 

Bronwyn a specialist knowledge and expertise. 

She has been called upon by the Environment 

Court for expert witness testimony. 

While women in such industry roles are 

not common, it’s also not unheard of. 

“I’m an engineer and scientist,” Bronwyn 

said. “There are not that many women, so 

we are leading that charge, and I am able 

to encourage other women by being in the 

position I am in.” 

“At the end of last year I could put my 

hand on my heart and say we have increased 

women in our company CKL by 200 percent 

from the previous years. It’s an opportunity to 

show people we are a company of diversity, 

it’s something that can be a point of difference 

to be proud of.” 

Bronwyn’s experience includes 

environmental and civil engineering projects 

in both the private and public sector. 

443 Anglesea Street, Hamilton 

FREE TRIAL 

www.alphabravecrossfit.nz 

07 838 0617 

www.carsonlaw.co.nz 

linkedin.com/nicole-carson 

07 849 9921 | hamilton@ckl.co.nz 

Church Road, PO Box 171, Hamilton 3240 

www.ckl.co.nz 

Expansion provides new opportunities 

Linda-Maree Drake – 

Fegan & Co Ltd 

2017 is shaping as challenging 

year for Linda-Maree Drake 

who since February has taken 

on a new role as managing director 

of rural recruiters Fegan & Co Ltd. 

The acquisition of the well 

established Cambridge company at 

the start of the year comes at a good 

time for Linda-Maree who last year 

completed a Masters of Business 

Administration (MBA) at Waikato 

University. 

“The qualification has certainly 

given me a lot of confidence in 

terms of running another business,” 

says Linda-Maree who alongside 

her husband set up Russell Drake 

Consulting in 2010. 

The former critical care nurse 

at Waikato Hospital’s ICU left the 

health care profession in 2011 to 

work full-time in the business to 

assist with its development, putting 

in place systems and processes to 

enable greater efficiency and room 

for future growth. 

Over the next two years the 

business continued to grow at a rate of 

20 percent year-on-year, through new 

client acquisition and profitability, 

establishing itself as a recognisable 

company within the Waikato business 

community providing practical, 

legally compliant employment 

solutions and advice to employers. 

In 2015, Russell Drake Consulting 

marked a milestone reaching 850 

active clients in its business. 

Linda-Maree specialises in 

providing business management and 

strategic development services to 

clients including leadership mentoring 

for individual managers. She also 

describes herself as an Intrapreneur, 

utilising her entrepreneurial skills 

and business management and 

strategic development knowledge to 

grow businesses. 

Linda-Maree has worked hard at 

her own development in recent years. 

Looking for organisational experience 

outside of Russell Drake Consulting, 

she accepted two positions within 

client companies over 18 months 

to increase her knowledge and 

experience while commencing her 

MBA. Having completed her MBA 

last year, Linda-Maree returned to the 

business full-time to help take it to 

the next level as well as developing 

her own career in business and 

management consulting. 

The acquisition of Fegan & Co 

Ltd provides just the challenge she 

was looking forward to. 

“It’s worked out really well. We 

discussed it over the Christmas break 

and decided to proceed with it. We’ve 

known John a long time and you’ve 

got to take opportunities when they 

present themselves,” she says. 

Despite selling the business he 

has led for 20 years, John intends 

to continue to play a role in it over 

coming months and possibly longer, 

and Linda-Maree welcomes his 

continued involvement. 

“Taking on the business is 

definitely a new challenge but I’m 

relishing it,” says Linda-Maree. 

“ I think women should just be 

confident in themselves and they 

should take on new challenges. Yes 

it can be scary but you have to run 

with it.” 

“One of the things I’ve noticed 

with some women is they sometimes 

want all the I’s dotted and the T’s 

crossed. But instead we need to go 

with it a little and work in that growth 

space. For a while you have to be in a 

place where you aren’t comfortable. 

We need to trust ourselves more.” 

“Fegan & Co has been running 

a long time but I also need to find 

my own space and make it work on 

my terms and use my own skill base 

to add value, along with bringing 

on board skilled and qualified staff 

with a different set of skills to what 

I have.” 

Linda-Maree is well accustomed 

to putting in long hours into her 

business and brings the same energy, 

drive and confidence to her role as 

Fegan & Co’s managing director. 

“It’s about being confident and 

trusting yourself. And you have to 

put in the hours to get the rewards.” 

Russell Drake Consulting 

Ph: 07 838 0018 

www.russelldrakeconsulting.co.nz


Property Management with Vision 

“Vision without action is merely a dream, Vision with action can change the world” 

This statement has been the basis of 

our Finda Home NZ business and is 

supported by our exceptional proven 

business model, aided by our loyal Landlords 

and Tenants both in Cambridge and now 

Hamilton. 

Finda Home NZ has expanded this 

business model into Hamilton through Rae, 

our experienced Corporate Property Manager. 

Rae is currently growing the Hamilton 

Portfolio and specializing in the North 

Hamilton area. 

Kate, our Finda Home Office Manager, 

is continuing to grow and manage our 

Cambridge Branch. Kate and our team’s 

customers service, professionalism and 

Property Management knowledge helps 

make Finda Home NZ the successful 

company it is today. 

Trish, our very experienced office 

administrator covers all administration and 

financial aspects of Finda Home NZ including 

CAROL MCELDOWNEY 

AREINZ 

carol@findahomenz.co.nz 

027 4771 668 

KATE LAURIE 

kate@findahomenz.co.nz 

027 9720 130 

our Real Estate arm of Finda Home’s 

business... Trish is a very busy person. 

Carol, our Principle is concentrating on 

supporting both Kate and Rae with our Finda 

Home NZ Property Management Portfolios, 

complimented by being able to offer a Real 

Estate sales service to our Landlords. 

The majority of our Real Estate sales 

have enabled the Tenant to stay on. Through 

our proven business model we have enabled 

rental property owners to become relaxed 

Investors by bringing Landlords the best 

possible mix of tenant security, efficient 

maintenance and financial reward....... all tax 

deductable. 

Finda Home NZ offer numerous other 

Property Management services - Casual 

Tenancy Services, Property Management 

Consultations, Property Management Law, 

Casual Inspections - just to name a few. 

So call our team at Finda Home NZ for 

more information phone 07 827 9282. 

RAE GUARD 

rae@findahomenz.co.nz 

027 286 3876 

TRISH GRANTHAM 

office@findahomenz.co.nz 

07 827 9282 


The People Person 

Brigitta Warren, 

Lawson Williams 

Brigitta Warren is a ‘people’ person. As 

Waikato Branch Manager of Lawson 

Williams’ specialist recruitment and 

HR solutions business, she is well-known 

for bringing together the right people, the 

right skills and the right roles. According to 

her many long-term clients, Brigitta and her 

team have also built a strong local presence 

for the company through their comprehensive 

knowledge and understanding of what local 

industry really needs and wants. 

Her thoroughly professional yet personable 

style has further enhanced Lawson Williams’ 

reputation as a people-focused company, 

prepared to go the extra mile to meet the 

scope and demands of Waikato industry in all 

its guises. 

Brigitta started at Lawson Williams’ 

Auckland office ten years ago. At that time she 

particularly liked the Lawson Williams ethos 

of focusing on recruitment in six specialised 

areas, which today remains the company’s 

modus operandi. 

Sometime later she moved to the Waikato 

for personal reasons and with John Lawson’s 

support and encouragement developed this 

regional branch of the Lawson Williams Group. 

Today Brigitta continues to build the 

company’s stature in the region, through 

long-term repeat business and growth through 

referral. Like any successful business, Brigitta 

has also seen considerable scope to expand 

services to provide further assistance to 

Waikato business. As a complement to the 

company’s full recruitment services, Lawson 

Williams now also offers other flexible 

recruitment options designed for those 

smaller businesses who do not have HR and 

recruitment services in-house. 

The final word belongs to Brigitta. 

“Recruitment is all about people. We listen 

to people, understand their needs, then attract 

and evaluate the right applicants with the 

appropriate, relevant skills and match them 

to the right roles and company cultures. We 

work hard to become a reliable adjunct to 

our clients’ own teams, available as needed. 

The long term, repeat business we enjoy 

today is testament to our desire to assist local 

businesses and the community, to achieve 

growth and prosperity”. 

Finda a Home NZ 

22B Duke Street, Cambridge 3450 

www.findahomenz.co.nz 

30007 

brigitta@lawsonwilliams.co.nz 

+64 7 974 4755 

+64 21 335 341 

Childcare’s success enables community focus 

Patricia Radich - 

Sunshine Childcare 

Patricia Radich’s extensive career 

in education and her experience 

as a working parent was the 

perfect grounding for providing an 

inspirational learning environment 

at Hamilton’s Sunshine Childcare 

centres. 

Sunshine Childcare is one of the 

largest private childcare providers in 

the Waikato, licensed for 176 children 

across Sunshine Ave and Vickery St 

centres. 

The former school principal is 

proud of the way the childcare centre 

serves the Te Rapa community and 

is able to give back by providing 

flexibility for parents in the way it 

operates. 

And with the two centres well 

managed on her behalf, it has provided 

Patricia the opportunity to do other 

things in the community. 

Central to that has been her 

voluntary work since 2014 as part of 

the Rototuna Junior and Senior High 

Establishment Board. 

The board had a massive job 

working alongside construction 

company Arrow International and 

architects as the two schools together 

represent the largest new school build 

in New Zealand in over 30 years. 

Design work was significant as were 

staff appointments, particularly the 

selection of two principals. 

Patricia pays tribute to other board 

members; Wiremu Puke, Simon 

Grafhuis, Ken Williamson, Megan 

Campbell and Cheryl Christini. 

Patricia’s educational expertise was 

drawn upon heavily throughout and 

particularly as the school’s ethos was 

developed. 

“It’s about providing an innovative 

learning environment that takes its 

root from the turangawaewae - 

the Waikato - and then goes on to 

embrace many cultures,” she says. 

Patricia says it was key that the 

school was part of the wider Waikato 

community. As such the school and 

Hamilton City Council have developed 

an innovative agreement which allows 

the school to serve as a hub for the 

fast growing suburb of Rototuna. The 

Indoor Recreation Centre which will 

be available for community use is a 

start of that partnership. 

“We’ve been very pleased with 

the way we’ve been able to make 

decisions for the benefit of the school 

and the community,” says Patricia. 

Education has been a huge part of 

Patricia’s life. After several Englishrelated 

teaching positions, Patricia 

capped her career with seven years 

as Assistant Principal at Waikato 

Diocesan School for Girls and a busy 

eight years as Principal of Baradene 

College in Remuera, Auckland. 

Patricia says at the end of that 

she was ready for a change and was 

looking for her own business. 

“I wanted to steer my own course 

rather than someone else’s.” 

She and her husband purchased 

Sunshine Childcare in 2011. 

“I had a really good career 

teaching. I enjoy young people - they 

invigorate, so it’s sort of a natural 

cycle. With child care I was able to 

continue to combine my interest in 

education.” 

She has good memories of the 

natural environment provided at 

Waikato University Creche where she 

left her children when teaching at 

Hillcrest High School. 

“I liked what happened there. It 

was a creative place and had a nice 

rural feel. There were a lot of trees and 

there were animals such as chickens 

and guinea pigs for the children to 

care for.” 

It inspired her to ensure their 

two Sunshine Childcare centres at 

Sunshine Avenue and Vickery St 

had similar natural environments 

including playgrounds with plenty of 

trees and shade. 

“Sunshine Childcare is a place 

where your child can learn by 

exploring the natural world around 

them. Where chickens are there to 

be cared for, and trees are there to 

be climbed. We really believe there’s 

enough wonder in nature to inspire 

any child. We just need to open their 

eyes to it.” 

www.sunshinechildcare.co.nz



WE ASKED THE HGB TEAM 

WHY 

DO YOU DO 

WHAT YOU DO? 

Kylie 

BOSS(Y) 

Jacqui 

BOSS(IER) 

Michele 

HEAD OF 

AWESOME 

Kim 

QUESTION QUEEN 

Danielle 

CRAFTY 

EXECUTIVE 

I need an outlet to 

think creatively and 

the authority to fly 

my ideas. I guess 

that’s why we started 

HGB; neither Jacqui 

or I are good at being 

subservient. 

I love the 

challenge that life 

is. Experiences, 

relationships and 

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I love helping 

businesses break 

down complexities 

and create meaningful 

solutions, so they 

can create the best 

experiences for their 

customers and staff. 

I believe when you 

set and achieve goals, 

you open up whole 

worlds of opportunities 

and possibilities you 

may not even have 

imagined. Full potential 

is just the beginning. 

I want to inject 

beautiful design into 

the world. I’m always 

looking for ways to 

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things better. If I 

wasn’t doing this I’d 

be on a movie set. 

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OFFICE DOODLER 

Catherine 

MASTER OF 

BITS & BOBS 

Ann 

CHIEF OF 

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Mel 

GM OF OCD 

I create things that 

have purpose and 

meaning. This is 

what drives me to 

work every day and 

feeds my passion. 

Being creative is part 

of who I am. I always 

need an outlet, so 

I love having an 

amazing job that 

allows me to create 

and design. 

My calling has always 

been to work in the 

creative industry. In 

this job my mind is 

always productive 

and no two days are 

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I love discovering 

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HGB is my other, 

slightly quirky, 

always fabulous 

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and my mind sharp. 

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There’s more to Vogue Drycleaners 

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Wedding gowns 

We can package these precious 

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customer. 

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We can save you a bundle 

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This is also a popular item 

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We have access to some 

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Stay dry by taking your 

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We don't just clean clothes. 

We also process household 

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Frequent cleaning prolongs 

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Stains set with age, making 

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Buttons and minor repairs 

We repair loose buttons 

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Our team of garment care 

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Vogue Drycleaners offer 

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The Greenspace venue: 

successful business up for sale 

Many Waikato Business News readers have 

likely attended a function at Hamilton’s 

iconic seminar space, The Greenspace 

– the beautiful character home turned 

meeting venue along Te Aroha Street. 

Over the past ten years, 

the venue has earned an 

excellent reputation as 

one of the best meeting spaces 

for small to medium functions. 

So, it was with a heavy heart 

that co-owner, Annie Perkins, 

recently announced that the 

business is being sold as a go- 

The Greenspace owners 

Annie Perkins and Dave 

Campbell 

ing concern. 

However, the good news for 

clients is that there is absolutely 

no intention to close the venue 

- the sale is about giving the 

business what it needs to grow. 

“Many of our Greenspace 

clients may not realise that the 

venue is managed by our primary 

business - a consultancy 

business called Groundwork 

Associates. In our consultancy 

we lead collaborative processes 

which includes running lots 

of meetings and workshops for 

our clients. The Greenspace 

was originally set up to complement 

the facilitation and 

event management services we 

offer. 

“Because we didn’t need 

our meeting spaces every day 

for our own consultancy work, 

we decided to share the meeting 

rooms with others. The 

venue business simply grew 

from there and sharing the 

space with so many people has 

been a real joy,” says Annie. 

Ten years on, Annie says 

the Groundwork Associates 

consultancy has grown significantly 

and its needs are changing. 

“While we are incredibly 

fortunate that Groundwork 

Associates has flourished, this 

success requires some sacrifice 

on our part as it is taking a lot 

more time and effort to maintain 

and achieve our consultancy 

goals. 

“That’s why we’ve made 

the tough decision to sell The 

Greenspace meeting venue, as 

a going concern. 

Our team has given 

The Greenspace venue 

strong roots and a 

firm foundation and 

now it’s time to give 

this baby wings 

“It’s a successful business 

in its own right and well-positioned 

for the new owners to 

take it to the next level – and 

all for the benefit of our loyal 

venue clients and wider business 

community,” explains 

Annie. 

She says The Greenspace 

is well established with a solid 

client base and great systems to 

support the business. 

“Our team has given The 

Greenspace venue strong roots 

and a firm foundation and 

now it’s time to give this baby 

wings,” she says. 

Since the sale announcement 

in February at their annual 

client ‘thank you’ event, Annie 

and her team has been working 

hard to reassure clients that it is 

‘business as usual’ for the venue. 

“We are under no pressure 

to make a change in a hurry 

and we’ll be spending the time 

needed to find the right investor. 

“Our hope is that by finding 

an investor to take on The 

Greenspace business as a going 

concern, all of our clients will 

benefit. 

Annie is selling the business 

herself as a private sale and says 

that offers for either the venue 

business alone or the venue 

business plus property are the 

only two sale options currently 

on the table. 

“We’ve chosen to make this 

sale process very public, because 

we know a buyer could 

likely come from one of our 

loyal clients or someone who 

is familiar with our venue and 

knows our strong reputation in 

the market,” she says. 

While making the decision 

to sell has been a tough one for 

Annie personally, she is thankful 

for the many new community 

relationships the space has 

helped her and the team build. 

“It’s been exciting to grow 

The Greenspace and to see it 

blossom.” 

“Through running The 

Greenspace, we’ve made connections 

and friendships that 

will last well beyond our business 

ownership and we are 

incredibly thankful for the opportunity. 

We have valued our 

many clients’ loyalty over the 

years and thank them for trusting 

us to help them put on great 

meetings and events.” 

To find out more about The 

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www.thegreenspace.co.nz. For 

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+64 27 261 4437. 

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Future business leaders shine in Hamilton 

Waikato business leaders of the future 

flocked to Wintec’s Atrium in March for 

the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise 

Scheme’s regional E-Day. 

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where they had the opportunity 

to pick the brains of more than 

20 Waikato business leader 

mentors. 

YES regional co-ordinator 

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the support and enthusiasm 

for the experiential business 

programme this year, where 

the years 12 and 13 students set 

up and run a real business by 

creating, promoting and selling 

a product or service. 

The entrepreneurs will conduct 

market research, plan, 

budget, take and manage risk 

and turn problems into challenges 

in the year-long competition. 

“It’s great to see such strong 

interest from schools and business 

leaders. Supporting YES 

is important because some of 

these young people will go on 

to become our region’s successful 

employers of the future,” 

Levinia said. 

“The business knowledge 

they develop is supplemented 

by skills in teamwork, communication, 

problem solving, 

negotiating and decision-making. 

It’s an incredible learning 

experience.” 

YES companies can enter 

regional and national competitions 

culminating in National 

Awards where the Lion Foundation 

Young Enterprise Company 

of the Year is announced. 

Regional awards will be held 

in October. 

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1. Amkita Walia, of Chartered Accountants of 

Australia and New Zealand, with Hamilton Girls’ 

High School students. 

2. Erin Mitchell, of Momento Travel, coaches 

students from Hamilton Girls’ High. 

3. Julian Travaglia, New Zealand Home Loans, 

mentors a group. 

4. Kelly Ryan, of Divergent, chats to a team from 

Hauraki Plains College. 

5. Nathan Orr, Waikato Chamber of Commerce, 

talks business with Fraser High School students. 

6. Tomek Pietkiewicz, of Adamas Consultancy, with 

students from Waikato Diocesan School for Girls. 

Hundreds of young entrepreneurs brainstorming business ideas. 

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