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PAGE 70 PAGE 10 Healthy delivery A new elective surgery facility in Hastings will provide a big boost to the region’s operating capacity. PAGE 52 Volume 6 | Issue 5 | December 2021 www.waterfordpress.co.nz Cheers Boys! YoungWellington irm3Māori Boys is creating a buzz with it’s ground-breakingWai Manuka natural beverage. PAGE 45 Passion and pride New Plymouth’s Energyworks has forged a strong reputation in 50 years of business. PAGE 64 Seaview upgrade CentrePort’s SeaviewWharf facility is set for a major upgrade to bring it up to international standards. PAGE 14 Port Nicholson Fisheries is Aotearoa’s largest Māori-owned exporter of kōura (lobster/crayfish) whose success is built on a mutually respectful, values-based way of working. The 100% Māori-owned company’s export-certified facilities in Auckland and Wellington receive live, sustainably caught kōura from depots in Gisborne, Napier, Totara North, and the Chatham Islands. Only the best quality kōura is exported. Product throughput can be up to 80 tonnes per month at the peak of the season. “Ninety five percent goes out live to China, with a few frozen tails exported to North America and the rest sold domestically,” says company chief executive Grant Absalom, whose 30-year career in the seafood sector includes experience with Ngāi Tahu Seafoods and Moana New Zealand. He compares Māori-owned businesses to family businesses where everyone on the team looks out for each other. “Our staff on the factory floor are like the engine of our business,” says Grant. “They could be working forty hours one week and 60 the next, but everyone helps each other out and we recognise the value of our people and what they do for us.” With roots stretching back more than 50 years, Port Nicholson Fisheries has a rich history and through the years has evolved a strong workplace culture infused with shared values of collaboration, hard work, family, guardianship, respect for all cultures and integrity. Port Nicholson Fisheries employs around 50 permanent and casual employees across the North Island and the Chatham Islands. There are good casual roles available in the busy summer season for people wanting to gain experience in the sector. Many of the permanent staff have been with the company for 10 years or more. Port Nicholson Fisheries is proud to be pushing back on industry norms. For example, over a third of their workforce are now women, with women also holding more than half of their factory leadership positions. A good example of progression is Joelene Parkhill, who started out as a first mate deckhand on a kōura fishing boat and now manages the company’s Totara North depot. “PNF has a great culture and leadership which has welcomed, supported, and guided me and recognised my contribution and efforts,” she says. In this inclusive company, which proudly operates as a living wage employer, staff enjoy flexible working conditions, insurance benefits, a supportive approach to leave entitlements, service recognition (starting at 12 months), along with various discounts, and health/wellbeing support. T here are bonus benefits for those who put in extra work, for example to become licensed forklift drivers or C2 truck drivers. “We have a transparent system so people know what to expect and there are incentives for those who stay and upskill,” says Grant. Sustainability matters to this company that operates responsibly under the Quota Management System. Grant says they are also transitioning from a paper based LFR reporting system to a digital system, further supporting full traceability. “This is just one step we’re taking towards lowering our carbon footprint.” Giving back is important to Port Nicholson Fisheries, which commits to a lot of community sponsorship from kids’ rugby through to helping with the maintenance of the local swimming pool for the Chatham Islands. “They could be working forty hours one week and 60 the next, but everyone helps each other out and we recognise the value of our people and what they do for us.”
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