Bay of Plenty Business News November/December 2018

14 BAY OF PLENTY BUSINESS NEWS November/December 2018
WESTPAC TAURANGA BUSINESS AWARDS
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Jenkins Freshpac’s innovative
approach wins top award
From page 13
the company had been working
hard over the last decade to
develop its product offering to
deliver a focused and specialised
full product and service
suite to the New Zealand horticulture
sector.
“This comes with all sorts
of challenges and strains along
the way and the team has
worked incredibly hard to get
to where we are at,” he said.
“The awards are an outstanding
and humbling nod to
the team in recognition to having
pulled it off with class. I
am incredibly proud of how far
the team has come.”
Event organisers the
Tauranga Chamber of
Commerce again saw a capacity
crowd at Bay Arena for
the awards, which are now
heading into their third decade.
Chamber chief executive
Stan Gregec said there had
been a very high standard of
entrants, with a strong focus
on technology, particularly in
the kiwifruit sector.
“The strength of the awards
sits with the high calibre of
judges who all put in hours of
time and expertise to visit each
entrant,” said Gregec.
“Their feedback on their
assessment is regarded as one
of the strong benefits to entering
the awards.”
Seeka wins Corporate
Leadership award
The Corporate Leadership
Award this year went to Seeka,
New Zealand’s largest kiwifruit
grower and specialised
supply chain management
company, with operations
around New Zealand and in
Australia.
“The company also faced
tough economic conditions
when PSA devastated the kiwifruit
sector, but has come out
the other side with renewed
vigour and a drive to become
more than just a kiwifruit
service company,” the judges
said.
Seeka is one of the largest
post-harvest companies
in New Zealand, operating
in Bay of Plenty, Northland,
Coromandel and the East
Coast, and is the largest kiwifruit
grower in Australasia.
The company packs kiwifruit,
avocados and kiwiberry
primarily for export. It is crucial
that fruit is packed efficiently
to ensure that it arrives
in pristine condition so that
growers can achieve high prices.
Seeka packs around 20 percent
of New Zealand’s export
kiwifruit and is the largest provider
of management services
for kiwifruit orchards.
Seeka chief executive
Michael Franks said he was
appreciative of the award.
Fern Garden’s sustainable
approach to early learning
The magic is
in the telling
Bay of Plenty Business
News was delighted
to again sponsor the
Sustainable Business Award,
won this year by Fern Garden
Preschool and Childcare
Centre
Fern Garden, based in
Otumoetai, is one of a group of
preschool centres in Tauranga
and Auckland run by the
Chrysalis Group, owned and
operated by Nikeeta and Dr
Darius Singh Their aim was
to design and create world
class, award-winning, preschool
learning environments.
The centres are informed by
an educational philosophy of
complete immersion of the
centres into buildings and
environments that mimic natural
eco-systems, as well as values,
curriculum and outcomes
for children that model and
connect with natural, sustainable
systems.
“We found ourselves
designing nature-based play
areas, and unique sustainable
building concepts with solar
power and rainwater harvesting
systems, and learning
spaces that model nature,” said
Nikeeta.
Fern Garden added modern
facilities including audio
visual systems to enhance children’s
dance and music experiences,
and its patented Roots
and Shoots online learning
programme.
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