Bay of Plenty Business News November/December 2017

Free tickets to Bryan Adams at ASB
The ASB Baypark team has
a festive gift offer for the
2018 New Year concert
programme. If you book a full
day catered event at the ASB
Baypark complex with a minimum
of 20 attendees before
December 15, you could receive
two complimentary tickets for
the legendary Bryan Adams
Live concert on January 5.
As you would expect, tickets
for Bryan Adams Live are
very limited for this promotional
offer, so if you are considering
a booking for 2018, a
swift decision before December
15may well secure you two
tickets and an early start to your
concert-going year.
It is essential that you mention
the above promotion when
making a booking.
Going to press, only a
limited amount of places are
available for the ASB Baypark
Summer Christmas Party on
Friday, December 1.
Step into our Summer
Christmas festivities and feel
the heat, and party with Shane
Cortese & The 8 Track Band,
who are returning to fire up
the dance floor for the evening.
Individual tickets or tables
of 10 are available at a cost of
$95 per head, which includes
an exquisite Christmas banquet
with wine on the table. A cash
bar is also available.
If a night of live comedy
entertainment is to your
taste, then the ever popular
7 Days Live TV team are
returning to the ASB Arena
Lion Foundation Theatre for
another side-splitting evening
of impromptu comedy routines
on December 14. Tickets are
available from Ticketek
Downtime Entertainment
are once again fulfilling car
enthusiasts’ Christmas wishes
with the Summer Jam event in
the ASB Baypark main carpark.
Earlier this year Downtime
Entertainment had their inaugural
Winter Jam, which draw a
huge crowd of over 6000, who
all thoroughly enjoyed the concept
of custom car displays, trade
shows and organised burnout
competitions.
The Summer Jam is being
held on December 23 and we
are expecting it to surpass the
BAY OF PLENTY BUSINESS NEWS November/December 2017 3
Scion takes out big wins in national science awards
Two scientists from Rotorua-headquartered Scion, the forestry
crown research institute, took out top awards at the recent
inaugural New Zealand Science Awards.
By DAVID PORTER
The awards celebrate the
25-year anniversary of
CRIs, and the contribution
they have made to science,
industry and New Zealand.
Scion forest pathologist Dr
Nari Williams was presented
an early career researcher
award for her work in forest
diseases, particularly
Phytophthora.
Her work in combating
Kauri dieback, red needle
cast and crown rot is part of
a research programme that
brings together researchers
from New Zealand’s primary
sector CRIs, universities and
overseas organisations.
She leads this programme
to defend New Zealand forests
and horticultural crops
from present and future
Phytophthora diseases.
Forest research veteran Dr
Dave Cown was awarded a
lifetime achievement award
for his work in wood science
and understanding the sources
of wood quality variation and
how to control it.
In the 40 years Dave spent
at Scion (originally the Forest
Research Institute), he was
responsible for creating the
Wood Processing Research
Group, which developed the
drying schedules now used by
most of the softwood industries
across the southern hemisphere.
Their work played a vital
role in growing the $2.9 billion
added-value wood products
industry.
Scion’s biosecurity team
picked up a team award
acknowledging their hard work.
numbers attracted to Winter
Jam, judging by the amount of
positive feedback. Tickets are
Bryan Adams
Crown research institutes recognise Scion’s Dr Nari
Williams and Dr Dave Cown for their work on behalf of
the forest and horticultural industries. Photo: Supplied
Their research has resulted
in successful management of
several new-to-science diseases
and development of a forestry
biosecurity surveillance
system considered by overseas
experts to be the best in the
world.
Their discovery of the pitch
canker pathogen in plants
held under quarantine avoided
establishment of a disease that
was predicted to cause more
than $400 million damage to
the forest industry.
The team also supported the
successful eradication of three
moth species that could have
damaged forestry, horticulture
and our native forests.
More recently, the team’s
work on determining the biosecurity
risk of Phytophthora
species on forest product
exports showed that there
was no risk to trading part-
available in Eventfinda or at
ASB Baypark.
The iconic Bay Dreams
music festival hits Baypark on
January 1, with a Pre-Party
leading on to the main event on
January 2, 2018.
ners, preventing the potential
loss of more than $2 billion
annually in trade bans
or restrictions.
Huge crowds will no doubt
enjoy this premium New
Zealand music festival with
another fantastic lineup of
International artists. Tickets are
available from theticketfairy.
com. Don’t miss New Zealand’s
largest summer festival.
Looking ahead to Saturday
January 27, ASB Baypark are
also excited to announce the
return of the V8 Jetsprint boats
to the main stadium. Tickets
are available online from
Eventfinda or at ASB Baypark.
Tickets are moving quickly and
special corporate box packages
are available, but already there
are only a limited number of
boxes still available. Move
quickly to secure a premium
view of this unique event and
experience the thrill of Jetsprint
racing at ASB Baypark. Contact:
events@bayvenues.co.nz
07-577-8560 x 6118