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2 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS DECEMBER 2023 CONTACTS Raglan house a winner Editor Roy Pilott editor@goodlocal.nz 027 450 0115 News Mary Anne Gill 021 705 213 Viv Posselt 027 233 7686 Jeremy Smith 022 317 9499 maryanne@goodlocal.nz viv@goodlocal.nz jeremy@goodlocal.nz Advertising Director Janine Davy janine@goodlocal.nz 027 287 0005 Owner David Mackenzie david@goodlocal.nz Office 07 827 0005 admin@goodlocal.nz Website wbn.co.nz Readers’ contributions of articles and letters are welcome. Publication of contributions are entirely at the discretion of editorial staff and may be edited. Contributions will only be considered for publication when accompanied by the author’s full name, residential address, and telephone number. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publishers. Waikato Business News is published by Good Local Media Limited. Also publishers of This newspaper is subject to NZ Media Council procedures. A complaint must first be directed in writing, within one month of publication, to the editor’s email address. If not satisfied with the response, the complaint may be referred to the Media Council P O Box 10-879, The Terrace, Wellington 6143. Or use the online complaint form at www.mediacouncil.org.nz Please include copies of the article and all correspondence with the publication. Crazy little things to love A familiar cartoon is now appearing in Good Local Media publications – and it makes its Waikato Business News debut in this edition. The Little Things looks at the highs and lows of parenthood. It’s written by Matt Lawrey and drawn by Peter Matt Lawrey Lole. Waikato Business News editor Roy Pilott took on The Little Things when he edited the Taranaki Daily News, and it subsequently began an extended run in Stuff newspapers. So he was pleased when Lawry made contact with publisher David Mackenzie last month. The Little Things is the most published New Zealand cartoon since Footrot Flats, and has also enjoyed long runs in The Otago Daily Times and The West Australian. The Little Things has also been the subject of two books released by Potton & Burton Publishing and says Lawry, is inspired by his own experiences of parenting. “The original idea was to offer a laugh and solidarity to mums and dads of little kids but we soon discovered that our audience was much wider than we ever expected. Not only do parents connect with The Little Things but grandparents and kids love it too,” he said. The winning Raglan house A “true gem” nestled between to pohutukawa on the edge of the Raglan Harbour was a winner for FV Design and Build at the house of the year awards. The home won the National Supreme House of the Year under $1 million and the Altus Window Systems New Home $750,000 - $1 million. The judges were impressed by the detailing in the home, saying it offered a north-west facing position to soak up the sun from all areas. “Despite its modest floor area, the home spans over three gently stepped levels, creating a sense of spaciousness. The expert SJR builders were winners of a special award for this build. craftsmanship is evident throughout, with concrete heated floors and plywood walls. The attention to detail in this build is truly remarkable.” A home in Fendalton built by John Creighton Builders won the National Supreme House of the Year over $1 million and New Home over $4 million category and Glenbuild won the National Supreme Renovation of the Year and Renovation over $1.5 million category for their project in Auckland Hay Construction and SJR Builders from Waikato were also award winners on the night. Hay Construction collected a Master Build 10 year Guarantee Multi Unit award for this construction. Tim van de Molen Your MP for Waikato Backing Waikato Businesses Tim.vandeMolenMP@parliament.govt.nz 0800 GET TIM (0800 438 846) SUBSCRIBE NOW... …and receive a copy, posted directly to you, every month. Price is $119.40 + GST for a 12-month paid in advance subscription (equivalent of $9.95 + GST per month) Authorised by Tim van de Molen, Parliament Buildings, Wellington. To subscribe email admin@goodlocal.nz
DECEMBER 2023 Briefs… Dyet to leave Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet has announced he will finish up at the end of June. Dyet has been with the council since 1980 and has been chief executive for 15. He talks to Good Local Media about the past, present and the future at cambridgenews.nz Coromandel news Waikato Chamber of Commerce has heralded as “great news” the Waka Kotahi announcement that State Highway 25A between Kōpū and Hikuai will reopen to traffic in time for Christmas - three months earlier than anticipated. Going annual A retirement expo in Cambridge which attracted more than 100 people and was described by organiser Peter Matthews as “an information-filled morning regarding downsizing” is set to become an annual fixture. Tea time Waikato company Zealong Tea collected three awards at the UK Tea Academy awards (the Leafies) - including a gold for its aromatic oolong and a lifetime achievement award. No close shave Waikato District Council staff raised $2800 for “Movember”, which raises awareness about men’s health issues. Post issue A High Court decision not to grant an injunction to prevent NZ Post terminating the Waikato’s biggest rural delivery contract is not likely to be the end of the matter. Te Awamutu couple Danny and Ian Kennedy were told by Justice Gault that while factors weighed against interim relief, their company had an “arguable case”. Top of the tree New Zealand sport climbing champion Sarah Tetzlaff has won this year’s Waikato Regional Council Prize in Water Science. The prize recognises a Waikato University student who shows outstanding ability in water science papers WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS 3 It’s not what you know… By Mary Anne Gill Emergency Consult chief executive Jenni Falconer in her Hamilton office days after winning Waikato’s emerging leader award. Photo: Mary Anne Gill. Everything about Jenni Falconer’s career has been about maintaining and fostering relationships. “I always know who to go to,” says Falconer in an exclusive interview with Waikato Business News five days after she was named Waikato Business Awards’ emerging leader of the year and Emergency Consult, the company she founded, took out the Innovation award. Since her graduation as a nurse in 1991, Falconer has fashioned a career built on getting to know people and influencing outcomes for patients by making the environment better for those involved in clinical care. She has taken Emergency Consult from a telehealth organisation founded a year out from the Covid pandemic to a company that turns over $8-$10 million a year and employs 90 people. Soon there will be another 29 on the payroll and Falconer talks of increasing turnover to $65 million in five years. Surrounded by flowers in her office on the second floor – it used to be the car park level of what was the former State Theatre on the corner of Victoria and London streets in Hamilton – she reflects on what doors the awards will open for her and the company. The 54-year-old admits she wants to give being a chief executive five years – so she has two years to go. “I don’t want to be told to leave. Depending on the growth of the business, maybe there will be a chance to step aside and let someone else take the reins. “The hard thing is when you own the business and you are an executive in the business, you have to wear different hats all the time – shareholder, director and CEO.” The decision making process is dependent on which hat she is wearing at the time. She and her fellow founders, shareholders and directors - emergency consultants Giles Chanwai, Martyn Harvey and Mustafa Alshaar - worked in Waikato Hospital’s emergency department for several years. Four years ago, they saw a need for a telehealth solution built like an emergency department. The planning had been done and the launch was about to happen when the pandemic came in 2020. “Covid, as hard as it was, was a blessing in disguise because it normalised telehealth.” Emergency Consult had to pivot – the company supported the aged residential care sector with virtual registered nurses and offered fast access to top emergency doctors when people needed urgent care. Early last year the company helped other DHBs with their Covid responses by making virtual house calls to those isolating at home. They became the only telehealth provider offering a 24-hour service on demand without an appointment or the need to download an app. Falconer says she has been seeking answers to New Zealand’s health woes throughout her career and always wants to make a difference. Nurses can do that. “If you want a process designed or change management done, a nurse can do it.” She was born in Melbourne to New Zealand parents and the family moved back when she was seven, settling in Te Kuiti. Falconer went to boarding school in Taranaki at Sacred Heart Girls’ College in New Plymouth. When she graduated from Taranaki as a nurse in 1991, there were no jobs. Placements in Whanganui, Taumarunui and Tokanui gave her an understanding of rural and community health issues. “They all had a glut (of nurses) which is just criminal now when you think there are some people I trained with that never worked as a nurse because there wasn’t a job.” She returned to Melbourne where she worked as an agency nurse cutting her teeth working in high dependency units and aged care. She got married and moved to Dunedin where daughter Jordan was born in 1993. “I wasn’t a very good stay at home mum; I really wanted to do some shifts, so I joined a nursing agency.” The hospital decided to trial a three month programme training nurses in the ward to go into the emergency department when it was busy. Falconer did it and never looked back. “That is where I found my love for ED.” In 1997 she moved north joining Waikato Hospital in an overflow winter ward because there were no jobs in the emergency department. “Every day for three months I knocked on the door to ED with (charge nurse) Julie Law and I’d say ‘hi, it’s me, any jobs?’” Falconer’s persistence paid off when Law took her on. Two years later the department recruited six new clinical nurse managers, including Falconer. In 2001, now remarried, Falconer had son Steven and later went to Waikato University part time to do a post graduate diploma in management. “While I had credibility as a nurse and had operationally done significant roles, I didn’t have the qualification and so I really wanted something to validate myself not only in my own head but to the external world.” One of the lecturers was associate professor Peter Sun. Falconer had introduced herself as “just a nurse.” “He said ‘wait, let’s pull this apart. You run 240 staff, you run a multi-million budget in an acute service. You’re not just a nurse’. He took it out of the context of health and said I was running a small to medium size business and making some critical (business) decisions.” Falconer was seconded into service development projects at Waikato and Thames hospitals allowing her to form relationships out of ED. In 2016, by then the ED nurse manager, Falconer resigned to join Counties Manukau DHB’s Ko Awatea Centre running conferences. She also started a small company called VIP Care and picked up the New Zealand agency for the Zoono brand of hand and surface sanitisers, ideally placed she thought to capitalise on Covid but sourcing product became a huge headache. Then came the Emergency Consult opportunity. The nurse in her drives her thinking and given it is a “hands on” profession, how does she explain arguing for telehealth? “Hand on heart, I’m a nurse, I’m a touchy feely person, I want to rub your legs if you’ve got sore legs. You can’t do that through telehealth but then what is the alternative?” Eighty percent of the telehealth presentations “we can see and treat.” Emergency Consult is about to open a nurse-led walk in clinic in Papamoa. Doctors would be available by telehealth. A solution to the country’s mental health crisis is also on the company’s to do list. She wants to develop her governance skills, take on other board opportunities and find the next CEO. “I always want to know how and why – I will always be asking the questions,” says Falconer. “Everything in my career has been about relationships, that would be the thing I would say today, you can’t get anywhere unless you’ve built those relationships.” Procuta Associates Urban + Architecture Meri Kirihimete PŌHUTUKAWA HOUSE, WAIHI BEACH 07 839 6521 www.pauaarchitects.co.nz
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