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| 3 T T to page 4 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Wellington City Mission & Naylor Love: Whakamaru T T Rosa Watson New space for city’s most vulnerable Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge discovered a near-derelict building in the Mount Cook suburb in 2019, and immediately knew it would be the perfect place for the Wellington City Mission’s vision. COMFLOR INSTALL CONSTRUCTION FITOUT STRUCTURAL STEEL CLT INSTALL PC PANEL INSTALL Proudly supplying structural steel and installing CLT panels on the Whakamaru Development Project www.pinnacleresources.co.nz A vision for a residential and community hub that would provide a welcoming space for Wellington’s most vulnerable is becoming a reality. Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge discovered a near-derelict building in the Mount Cook suburb in 2019, and immediately knew it would be the perfect place for the Wellington City Mission’s vision. As a born and bred Wellingtonian, Murray had always admired the work of the mission, which started in 1904 out of St Peter’s Church on Willis Street. “There was a vision for housing in the city in 1906, and whilst many things have changed, the same core challenges still exist today. “We operate from an old building in Newtown next to our social supermarket but we need to adapt to make sure how we can be more responsive and accessible to our community.” The Oxford Terrace building at Mount Cook ticked the boxes. “We had a vision that we could renovate it and move in, and then our vision got a bit bigger! After lots of study, research and thought, we developed this idea for a residential and community services hub.” This developed into Whakamaru, a name gifted by Mana Whenua, which means to shelter, safeguard, and protect. Funding for the building was raise through fundraising and donations, and support from organisations like the Wellington City Council that gave a donation of $500,000 to the development. The government has also made available $20 million. Set to to open next year, Whakamaru will have 35 residential apartments made up of 30 studio units and five two-bedroom units. As well as accommodation, residents and the wider community will have access to a social supermarket, a commercial laundry facility, a suite of toilets and showers, a medical facility, a chapel and a large public café that will seat 120 people. The construction, undertaken by Naylor Love, is unique in the way that it’s made of lightweight steel framing and solid timber floors, (known as CLT – Cross Laminated Timber) – the first building of its kind in Wellington. Wellington City Mission staff will also be based in the building, says Murray. “The City Mission offices will be on the same floor as the residential apartments.” New Zealand's experts in architectural screening & facades. www.insol.co.nz enquiries@insol.co.nz • Phone 09 827 0697 • 1016C Great South Road, Penrose, Auckland • P.O. Box 80237, Green Bay, Auckland Proud to support Naylor love and the Wellington City Mission
4 | REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Wellington City Mission & Naylor Love: Whakamaru New space for city’s vulnerable Whakamaru will have 35 residential apartments made up of 30 studio units and five two-bedroom units. T T from page 3 Wellington (04) 472 5858 | Christchurch (03) 344 6458 | Auckland (09) 307 5851 Email: info@swpcommercial.co.nz www.swpcommercial.co.nz C O M M E R C I A L Proudly associated with the Wellington City Mission & Naylor Love Project CAKE COMMERCIAL PROTECTIVE COATINGS SERVICES PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR THE COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES Protective Coatings to concrete and steel Transmission Tower Painting Passive Fire Protection Intumescent Coatings Height Services 0800 376 650 | info@cakegroup.co.nz www.cakegroup.co.nz Proudly supporting Wellington City Mission & Naylor Love 0508 IN SINK tim@in-sink.co.nz www.in-sink.co.nz “The common areas for the residents will be the same spaces for the staff. “The purpose of that is that I want us all to function in intentional community so the staff can go about their day-to-day work in the building and build relationships with the longterm transitional residents,” Murray said. “Residents that come into Whakamaru will be provided with services beyond their basic housing needs. We will support and encourage people to get to the stage where they don’t need us anymore and are able continue to live their lives independently. “This building is going to be transformational for the city. “If we think about how we can equip this community to understand how to care for itself and the people in it who need support, then it’s a way bigger opportunity. With a vision of the building being open 24/7, Murray invites Wellingtonians to get involved in the building and volunteer time when it opens, and be understanding of the reasons why someone may need support. “We’re serious about the dignity of choice, so why don’t we offer people the same experience that you and I enjoy,” says Murray. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremoney at Whakamaru, Wellington Central MP and then Finance Minister Grant Robertson acknowledged the work of The Wellington City Mission. “We know that if we wrap services around people, if we give people the security of a place to be and to grow then they will thrive. “To me that’s what Whakamaru is and will be,” he said.
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6 | Whanganui and Partners - Unesco City of Design REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT T T Richard Loader Whanganui gains global creative status Whanganui is home to many notable design manufacturing business, including Pacific Helmets, which exports around the world.. Build your business in our UNESCO City of Design. Whanganui’s central location, fast-growing economy, developed infrastructure and low operating costs support business success. We help businesses launch, move, adapt and grow. Find out more at discoverwhanganui.nz/business The conferring of Unesco City of Design status on Whanganui in 2021 links the North Island city to a network of 41 other Cities of Design around the globe, and affirms its rightful place as a world leader in a creative context. The application for City of Design Status was led by Whanganui and Partners, the region’s economic development agency, who worked closely with iwi, Whanganui District Council and more than 100 other stakeholders. As an economic development agency, Whanganui & Partners works to attract business and investment to Whanganui. Whanganui and Partners Chief Executive Jonathan Sykes says the City of Design status brings with it considerable international recognition. “We are the smallest of the cities with this status across the globe, but by having all these connections it puts us on to another playing field. “Our Strategic Lead for Creative Industries has just returned from China, having been invited to visit by the Chinese, and they have visited Whanganui fairly recently too. “So, there are many international connections being developed and that enables us to connect with those larger cities and their initiatives, whether that’s around sustainable development or any other area. “From a New Zealand perspective, it puts us into a position of leadership on a creative context that Whanganui may not otherwise have had.” The City of Design status rests with that city forever and because of New Zealand’s comparatively small population it cannot be given to any other city in the country. “We are New Zealand’s City of Design, and that puts us in a unique place with lots of opportunity. The status provides a thread that runs through the city’s manufacturing strength, its heritage, its design capability and indigenous Māori design, joining all the dots to what is the essence of Whanganui’s story and its brand.” Whanganui is home to many notable design manufacturing business, including Pacific Helmets, a company manufacturing safety helmets that are exported all over the world including New York for its firefighters, and ranks in the top three for helmet design worldwide. There is also GDM (Good Design Matters), predominantly a B2B furniture manufacturer that designs and manufactures retail display systems, nationally and internationally, while Sorenmobler Group designs and manufactures high-end furniture. Wight Aluminium is one of the country’s largest aluminium fabricators, and Q-West Boat Builders designs and manufactures boats for the likes of Fullers, Whale Watch Kaikoura, NZ Police, and NZ Customs. Suzuki New Zealand has its Head Quarters in Whanganui. Complementing the city’s design manufacturing industry, is the creative arts sector which embraces a high concentration of successful, small to medium sized product design businesses. “There’s a lot of diversity in the skill sets within those businesses, from graphic designers to architects,” says Jonathan. “We have many highly skilled local Māori creatives, who played an important part in getting the City of Design designation. “We refer to Whanganui as having eight hundred years of design history, and that’s certainly reflected in our historic and contemporary Māori designers who are strong both nationally and internationally.” “We refer to Whanganui as having eight hundred years of design history, and that’s certainly reflected in our historic and contemporary Māori designers who are strong both nationally and internationally.” Jonathan Sykes
| 7 Whanganui and Partners - Unesco City of Design REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Wight Aluminium is one of the country’s largest aluminium fabricators, and Q-West Boat Builder designs and manufactures boats for the likes of Fullers, Whale Watch Kaikoura, NZ Police, and NZ Customs. Whanganui’s arts and creative industries grew by 11% in 2021 (NZ average growth was 0.1% in 2022) and 10% in 2022 (the NZ average was also 10%). There was 9.3% growth in employment in creative industries in 2021, and 3% growth in 2022 (NZ 0.8% in 2021 and 2.7% in 2023). Infometrics predicts employment growth in the sector to continue a steady upward trend in its five-year forecast, which is no surprise considering Whanganui’s strengths as a City of Design. Jonathan points to all the measures of economic performance and says that post covid, they are the best they have been in a generation. “Businesses are growing and we are an export city and region across manufacturing and primary industries. Whanganui had 5.6% GDP growth in 2022, ahead of the national average of 5.3%. Our strongest sector is manufacturing, contributing an 11.2% share of total GDP, followed by healthcare, at 11.4%, and primary industries, which contributed 8.1% to GDP. “Our diverse manufacturing sector lifts the region above national averages for employment. “Pretty much anyone who wants a job has one, and that is not a story we could previously have told, and it is a great story for our people. I’m feeling really positive about where we are going as an economy.”
8 | Cheal Consultants - 2023 Unison Great Lake Taupō Business Awards T T Karen Phelps Success reflects company’s commitment Cheal won two prestigious awards at the 2023 Unison Great Lake Taupō Business Awards; above director, Anthony Moss, and chief executive Rebecca Hawke. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Cheal won two prestigious awards at the 2023 Unison Great Lake Taupō Business Awards. “We were incredibly proud to win Excellence in Marketing”, says Thomas Brand, regional manager of the Taupo office and a principal of the engineering, surveying and planning consultancy. “For us this means developing and strengthening deep relationships with our clients as a ‘trusted advisor’,” says Thomas. “Winning the Employer of the Year award was also an exceptionally proud moment for us. As a business, we care deeply about our people. Having a great culture that supports their wellbeing, career development and personal goals is a key component of our organisation, and we believe it contributes to our success. “External recognition for our work around values, culture, recruitment, on boarding, work-life balance, wellness and performance shows that we are doing the right thing. “With every employee that joins our team, we seek out ways to make their experience even better than the last.” The company’s commitment to being an exceptional employer begins from the moment a job vacancy is listed. In an industry plagued by acute skills shortages, Thomas says that Cheal recognises the importance of attracting top talent. To achieve this Cheal employs specialised HR software to create and disseminate job listings in real-time and has a dedicated careers page on its website. Additionally Cheal maintains the status of an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ demonstrating commitment to excellent practices that protect the interests of its employees, says Thomas. “Cheal is proud of its diverse workforce and celebrates the diverse cultures of its people. Cheal’s approach to recruitment is not just about attracting talent but also ensuring a seamless and transparent application experience,” he says. Regular updates and adherence to best practice ensures that candidates have a positive and constructive interaction with Cheal from the beginning. To further foster a culture of recruitment, Cheal offers a Finder’s Fee to staff if they successfully recommend a contact that is appointed, demonstrating appreciation for its staff’s contributions. “Retaining excellent employees is very important,” says Thomas. “Cheal’s retention strategy is built around employee engagement, opportunities for growth within the company, excellence in Health and Safety practices, flexibility for those seeking a change in direction and significant investment in training. “The company’s Four Pillars of Wellbeing – Financial, Emotional, Physical, and Social – create a nurturing and supportive work environment. Championing wellness and focusing on work/life balance creates an environment of trust.” Continued focus on performance management and regular touch-base meetings is not just about evaluation but also about further enhancing trust and fostering open dialogue on personal and professional development, training, and well-being, says Thomas. “This helps staff and their managers to understand expectations and develop trusting relationships. “Regular touch base meetings provide the forum for discussion on wellbeing, personal and professional development, training, performance against key performance objectives and areas that may not be going to plan – because no one is perfect.” The focus on community is another important element of Cheal’s culture, he says. The company’s projects contribute to a sense of pride and its sponsorship activities allow employees to engage with and support “Having a great culture that supports their wellbeing, career development and personal goals is a key component of our organisation, and we believe it contributes to our success.” causes that matter to them, fostering a sense of belonging within Cheal and the broader community. “Winning Excellence in Marketing reflects Cheal’s focus on developing strong relationships with clients, which foster a deep understanding of their business needs”, says Thomas. “Our commitment to innovation and sustainability in our work with clients plays a key role in achieving this. “We are delighted to gain recognition for our work in this space. “Cheal’s vision, values and unwavering commitment to its employees and clients make it an exceptional organisation, with a high-performance culture, setting the company apart in the industry. “At Cheal we truly understand that the relationships that we have with our clients and people are the key to our success and future. “Winning these awards is certainly up there in terms of Cheal’s proudest moments.”
| 9 Cheal Consultants - 2023 Unison Great Lake Taupō Business Awards The company’s Four Pillars of Wellbeing – Financial, Emotional, Physical, and Social – create a nurturing and supportive work environment for staff. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CKL has supported property owners and land developers across the North Island of New Zealand for more than three decades with expert surveying, planning, engineering, and environmental advice. From small town rural roots, CKL was founded in Te Awamutu in 1988 by a partnership between John Carter, Rod Keucke, and David Latham. The trio’s vision was to be New Zealand’s leading provider of land development services built on the strong family values of respect, support, and collaboration, always with people at its heart. Director Judith Makinson says those values continue to this day, and see CKL partner with individual landowners, property developers, councils, and government agencies to provide fully integrated land development solutions. CKL now has offices in five locations throughout the North Island: Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Te Awamutu, and Gisborne, with experts in planning, surveying, civil engineering, roading and transport engineering, environmental engineering, and stormwater engineering services. With a team of more than 100 passionate and experienced staff, Judith says CKL values excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity, and fosters a work environment where people can bring their whole selves to work and enjoy what they do. “CKL has grown significantly over the past 35 years, but we have not forgotten our rural roots. Our background CKL: a consultancy built on strong relationships with rural roots means we understand the development landscapes of both our dense urban areas and smaller rural projects,” says Judith. “The diversity in our team means we have the expertise and flexibility to work where our clients are, understand their goals, and help deliver on them. We also understand what is needed to build strong rural communities,” says Judith. CKL brings innovative thinking and a commitment to excellence to all its partnerships, says Judith, challenging norms and pushing boundaries to set new standards and redefine international best practice. “CKL’s continued business growth and success is something we are very proud of. We have never been afraid to diversify our offering to meet the changing needs of the industry and to expand the business to better serve our clients,” says Judith. This extends to partnering with other consultancies, drawing on and complimenting each other’s areas of expertise. “We are always focused on what is best for a project and the client and we place real importance on the relationships we have built with other consultancies and our ability to support other professionals in our field,” says Judith. “We find people will return to partner with us because we do what we say we will. We provide good advice and we're client-focused in terms of thinking about what clients are trying to achieve and how we can help them do that.”
10 | Apollo Foods: 2023 ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards T T kim Newth Award acknowledges ‘whole team effort’ Apollo Foods CEO Sally Gallagher won the Newstalk ZB Inspiring Women in Export Award at the 2023 Hawke’s Bay Export Awards. “We have had a lot going on this year and now everyone is excited by this recognition and how our profile has been raised as a result of it.” REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Apollo Foods co-founder Sally Gallagher has made an impressive debut as a first-year CEO having recently won the inaugural Newstalk ZB Inspiring Women in Export Award at the 2023 Hawke’s Bay Export Awards. She is also a finalist for the Inspiring Women Leaders Award at the New Zealand International Business Awards 2023 As Apollo Foods CEO, Sally is leading development of the company’s two brands The Apple Press and Boring Oat Milk. The Apple Press began when Hawke’s Bay apple grower and entrepreneur Ross Beaton teamed up with Sally – a marketing/business development leader and food innovation specialist - to find a way to make use of great-tasting apples that did not quite make the grade for export. In 2018, they built their own $30 million production facility at Whakatu to transform ‘ugly fruit’ into all-natural quality apple juice. From there, it was a natural step to add another innovative brand, Boring Oat Milk, to capitalise on their state of the art plant and world-class bottling facilities. Sally picked a challenging year to transition into the role of CEO, just as Cyclone Gabrielle arrived to devastate the Hawke’s Bay region. “Our people were hit the hardest,” says Sally. “One of our colleagues lost her home. We were lucky in that the plant wasn’t flooded. Water was lapping the top of the stopbank near our plant, but it didn’t break. It was chaotic time. “Ross and I were trying to get generators to keep the factory pumps operating, with bridges going out all around us. After the cyclone, we gave away produce to support food parcels for the hardest hit and of course were releasing our people to go and work in their communities.” When one of Sally’s team nominated her for the Inspiring Women in Export Award, she knew how important it was for her whole team to receive acknowledgement for their effort. “The award is not just for me personally but for all the team and what they do. It is a huge compliment. We have had a lot going on this year and now everyone is excited by this recognition and how our profile has been raised as a result of it.” Being a finalist in the NZIB Awards, Inspiring Women Leaders, is also serving to reinforce that profile and showcase the company’s global reach, as well as highlighting Sally’s strengths as a business leader. “We have a lot of women in our management team, who are all inspiring in what they do here every day, and it’s great for them to see this acknowledgement too.” Apollo Foods was quick to take advantage of international borders opening again after Covid and Sally says it has been a pleasure being able to meet clients face-to-face rather than teaming up remotely. Ross continues to play a key role in the business as Apollo Foods Director and went to China with Sally in March to meet with customers there. Sally also joined a top level New Zealand trade delegation to China this year, with exciting new opportunities now opening up. “The trade delegation exceeded my expectations, personally and professionally. You learn fast in a supportive environment like that and it gives you great contacts in the market as well as with the other delegates. It was an amazing experience.” Moving forward, she says their goal is to expand their footprint into China, explore new channels and increase their direct presence there. Apollo Foods also exports to Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. “Our strategy is now to go deeper in all these markets. We are projecting at least 20 per cent growth year on year.” Another highlight of the year for Sally is seeing ongoing progress on the company’s sustainability strategy targeting high ‘B Corp’ standards of social and environmental performance.
| 11 Apollo Foods: 2023 ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards As Apollo Foods CEO, Sally is leading development of the company’s two brands The Apple Press and Boring Oat Milk. Below: Sally and Ross. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Apollo Foods Proudly supplying quality corrugated packaging to OjiFS Packaging Central | +64 6 367 6800 | casectrl@ojifs.com ojifs.com Proud to be working with Apollo Foods on its journey for a better tomorrow. www.cedenco.co.nz
12 | Gisborne manufacturer at the cutting edge Pultron Compsites founder Peter Holdsworth Hawke’s Bay: Pultron Composites T T Hugh de Lacy REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT The way the world builds concrete structures is being transformed by Gisborne company Pultron Composites whose fibre-glass reinforcing bars are being manufactured in vast off-shore factories to meet an eager global command. Back home, Pultron Composites’ 120 staff are flat out manufacturing everything from fence-posts to trampoline and snow-mobile parts, all designed and produced in-house and marketed throughout the country and the world, with 90% of production exported. But it’s the exponential growth of the rebar products, through joint venture companies in the United States and Saudi Arabia, that is turning reinforced concrete construction on its head. Pultron Composites has established a partnership with the giant North American Fortune 500 company Owens Corning to attack the $US270 billion rebar market there - which is growing at 5% a year - from a 110,000ft2 factory in North Carolina. The light-coloured fibreglass rebars, including bolts and tie-rods, are marketed as “Pinkbar” in North America – elsewhere as Mateenbar - where Owens Corning sells into the huge hardware-store chains Home Depot and Lowes in the United States and Canada. Pultron Composites has also joined forces with a Saudi Arabian firm, Isam Khairi Kabbani (IKK), delivering customised manufacturing equipment, technical expertise and R&D for a 90,000ft2 facility in Dammam. It all started back in 1982 when a disgruntled farmer, Peter Holdsworth, set about trying to produce a pultrusion machine to manufacture a composite electric fencepost and clip system to replace the standard postand-batten fence which were too prone to being broken or otherwise wrecked by cattle. The result was a patent for a machine that makes a cheaper, simpler and faster-to-install fencing system, and that in turn led to Peter’s establishment of Pultron Composites along with his wife, Dame Bronwen Holdsworth, who has since been knighted for her services to business and the arts. Peter is still actively involved in the company which is now run by his son, Jasper Holdsworth as CEO, and which is a supplier to blue chip companies world-wide. The company has produced no fewer than 45 world-first innovations and technologies, including patents, design registrations and trademarks, and is certain to add to this tally given that at least 10 of its staff are involved in new product research and development. One of those products is an energy-absorbing spring system for the globally marketed World’s Safest Trampoline brand, and even one to improve the performance of snowmobiles. In New Zealand Pultron Composites’ fibre-glass posts are becoming the standard material for marinas, and it has the market at its feet to replace some of the billions of treated wooden posts on farms and in vineyards, the latter being particularly sensitive to the environmental hazards of treated posts. Fibreglass posts offer huge advantages over traditional materials: as well as having a forever lifetime, the posts are only a seventh of the weight of wooden ones, which makes them easier to install and hugely reduces their lifetime carbon footprint, and that of the trucks delivering them. “There’s endless potential for our composite products,” Pultron’s Head of People and Culture, Anna Holdsworth says. “They offer long-term solutions, especially in reinforced concrete construction, with products that are lightweight and don’t rust. “Overall our company’s specialty is designing and post-processing round rods, bars and small-cavity pultrusions where high mechanical performance properties are required,” Anna says. “Overall our company’s specialty is designing and post-processing round rods, bars and small-cavity pultrusions where high mechanical performance properties are required.” We Repair and Service all makes of Cars, Vans, 4x4s, Forklifts and Commercial Vehicles Call us for reliable, cost-effective service & repairs 86 Kahutia Street, Gisborne - Phone 06 868 8608 BRAKES GEARBOX CLUTCHES SUSPENSION ENGINE EXHAUSTS
| 13 T T Hugh de Lacy Innovative firm ready for wool boom Wisewool operates a small factory near Matamata, where it produces two furnishing-related products: “buds” or knops for stuffing the likes of pillows and soft toys and, below, its Wisewool-branded needle-punched blanketing. Hawke’s Bay: Wisewool New Zealand REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 06 835 1086 textiles@nzwta.co.nz Your trusted laboratory partner Call us for a wide range of testing and advice New Zealand Based Testing www.kindface.co.nz | 09 378 8409 | support@kindface.co.nz SPECIAL OFFER: Purchase 2 or more products featuring Wisewool and save 20% We love Wisewool and invite you to explore the amazing pillows, duvets, sleep masks and cushions we make in our Avondale workroom using Wisewool Cloud and Blanketing. If the long-awaited revival of the struggling New Zealand wool industry ever occurs, it will be thanks to Gisborne wool-trader and manufacturer Wisewool, and dozens of other fledgling companies like it, doing the neglected jobs of innovating and marketing. Wisewool operates a small factory, geared to expand, at Te Poi, near Matamata, where it produces two furnishing-related products: “buds” or knops for stuffing the likes of pillows and soft toys, and its Wisewool-branded needle-punched blanketing, both of which have applications throughout the furnishing industries and beyond. The company is tying up supply deals with a cluster of New Zealand manufacturers to have Wisewool products developed in the duvet, bedding and furniture sectors. Wisewool is also optimistic of gaining entry into the lucrative US market and is in discussions with a major American furnishings marketer. That’s a long way for a family start-up company to come in barely a year, but its history goes back 130 years, and its new wool processing and manufacturing venture sets it up for the imminent recovery in global demand for wool products, Wisewool CEO and founder Henry Hansen says. “Wool prices have been scraping along in the mud for the past 20 years, and while it seemed obvious what needed to be done to get prices back up again – that is, find out what the market wants, make it from wool and actively market it – nothing much was being achieved at the national level,” Henry says. “What we wanted to do was raise the amount of money that our farmers, 200 of whom have been our wool-broking clients for 130 years and family members still farming, get for their wool. “So we developed the needle-punching process and set up a factory to turn our wool into key inputs for bedding and furniture manufacturers.” Wisewool has its roots in the first woolscour in the Gisborne district, established by Henry’s grandfather, William Henry Smith. It served the district as W H Smith Wool-Scourers until over-capacity of the New Zealand scouring industry led to its implosion from 30-odd plants 30 years ago to just three today, all owned by the one company. When W H Smith closed its scour in 1993, it continued to operate as a wool-broker and private seller before launching Wisewool in 2022, following a family conflab over what to do about the lousy wool prices. The Te Poi plant is operating on a small scale with just four staff currently, but Henry says it’s geared to ramp up production as demand grows especially as a result of its recent American sales sortie, conducted by Henry’s nephew, Harry Urquhart-May. Wisewool uses strongwool fibres measuring between 30 and 40 microns, and comes from Romney-based crossbred sheep, mostly from the Gisborne region. The company is acquiring further machinery that will allow it to process lambs’ wool of between 27 and 28 microns. Farmers are guaranteed a premium above prevailing auction prices of between 50c and $1/kg if their wool is suitable for Wisewool manufacturing. The wool is scoured and washed in Napier, then sent to Te Poi for processing on one of two lines, one for buds and the other for blanketing, the latter process involving laying a roll of carded wool over itself and allowing the two layers to knit together.
14 | Hawke’s Bay: ZIWI T T Richard Loader New premises back up and running ZIWI is New Zealand’s largest exporter of pet food. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Tui was a multi level commercial project including: • Energy e icient heat pumps • Rainwater harvesting • Extensive civil drainage • Environmental Challenges This project started in July 2022 post what had been a wet winter. This posed a challenge to the team for a site that is close to the sea and already had a high water table. Our starting challenge was to install drainage out to swale with our trench line crossing live power and gas lines. Due to the swale holding water signi icant bunding was required to ensure no environmental breach. With gas and electrical lines being live, a lot of coordination was required with the di erent utility providers to provide stand-over, suction truck company to get everyone on site on the same day, all with the hope that weather was kind to us on the day. While installing diversion stormwater from the factory to the swale the team had to ensure that su icient bunding was installed while our works were in progress. The project has some environmental initiatives designed into it. • A separate stormwater storage tank was set up near the o ice building to use the stormwater collected from an area of roof. This rainwater was also used for irrigation for the site. • Additionally a large scale water harvesting component was added to the project half way through. This involved setting up tanks to harvest rainwater from the existing Ziwi factory and the under construction Tui site. These tanks will hold 320,000 ltrs of water. This will add to the 125,000 ltrs on stage 1 to make a total capacity of 445,000 ltrs • Installing these features means the harvested water can be used in processing at the factory or for irrigation, thereby not putting a strain on the bore water or town supply. Water Filters and Softeners These were installed by the engineers with our assistance. Heat Pump Energy saving EcoPlus HotWater Heat Pump System was installed for hot water supply to the o ice building. Provided energy e icient hot water that harnesses the heat from the outside air to heat water and is absorbed by a natural refrigerant, R744 (CO2), which is ozone friendly and has a very low global warming potential – saving energy, saving money and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Excellence through expert knowledge: Advanced Plumbing 0508 22 88 99 www.advancedplumbing.co.nz info@advancedplumbing.co.nz PO Box 126, Hastings, 4122 advanced It’s been a tough year for ultra-premium New Zealand pet food manufacturer ZIWI. In February its brand-new 12,500sqm $85 million kitchen in Awatoto Hawke’s Bay was extensively damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle floodwaters, and production came to a halt. Luckily, ZIWI was able to ramp up production at its Christchurch plant, but wasn’t able to fully cover Awatoto being offline. A massive five month clean-up operation followed, and in late July the kitchen was again in full production. ZIWI has retained all staff since the cyclone, with ZIWI CEO Stuart Irvine saying: “We’re pleased to say that post-cyclone we’ve kept our entire team on. They have been amazing throughout. Some were involved in the clean-up, others have been redeployed to other parts of the business.” ZIWI’s office team are still based in temporary space in Napier and Hastings, and expect to join the manufacturing team at Awatoto in early 2024, capping off 12 months of tremendous highs and lows. The company’s move to Hawke’s Bay in 2022 is key to ZIWI fulfilling its global growth ambitions. ZIWI had long outgrown its original premises in Bay of Plenty, where it was spread over three locations. It needed a new site, with good transport connections, where it could grow. The search brought it to Hawke’s Bay, and a fantastic green fields location at Awatoto, enabling it to double the production capacity of Tauranga. Quality New Zealand ingredients are a huge part of the ZIWI story and brand, which is grounded in peak nutrition and ethical food production. ZIWI pioneered air-dried technology 20 years ago and continues to innovate producing a range of wet (canned), air dried, and freeze dried foods for cats and dogs. The product development team includes food technologists and food scientists, with deep knowledge of the nutritional needs of cats and dogs. This knowledge helps ZIWI to develop products closely linked to what an animal would eat in the wild. ZIWI’s most recent innovation, freeze-dried boosters, was developed in response to pet parents increased awareness of pet health, and are a super tasty nutrient-dense topper that supports pet health, offering a daily boost of superfoods for proactive health and wellness. Launched earlier this year under the ZIWI Peak brand, the freeze-dried raw super boost series was named in the TOP 10 Innovation Products at The One Pet Show 2023, a high profile trade show for the pet industry in China, that this year featured nearly 800 brand exhibitors, and attracted almost 48,000 trade and more than 132,000 consumer visitors. With products sold in 35 international markets, ZIWI is New Zealand’s largest exporter of pet food, as well as supplying pet stores domestically. The outlook for the company is promising, says Stuart, with key global trends of growth in pet numbers and premiumisation of pet food underpinning ZIWI’s expansion plans. “That’s why we can confidently invest in new plant that doubles our production capacity, and in our new facility that’s due to open next year.” In addition to the Awatoto kitchen, ZIWI’s new canning facility, also at Awatoto, is a $40 million investment, currently under construction by builders Watts & Hughes, and project engineers, APEX. “It will add 8600sqm of new production capacity to ZIWI’s Hawke’s Bay operations, especially in wet food production, and allows ZIWI total control over quality, greater responsiveness to market trends, and greater flexibility,” says Stuart. ZIWI is already a significant employer in Hawke’s Bay, with some 370 people working for the company in either Awatoto, or Freeze Dried Foods in Hastings, a company that ZIWI purchased for its freeze drying capabilities. Once operational the canning plant will create a further 50 jobs. There is a huge range of Hawke’s Bay roles, spanning manufacturing, production planning, engineering and maintenance, research and development, health and safety, and human resources. With the ZIWI kitchen fully operational and the new canning facility set to produce from 2024, ZIWI will start to see its $120 million investment in its Hawke’s Bay facilities and commitment to the region, begin to bear fruit. Stuart says that Hawke’s Bay is an integral part of ZIWI’s future success story. “ZIWI is all about product quality and integrity, and manufacturing in New Zealand is how we believe we can ensure that. Growing our manufacturing excellence will enable us to capture every growth opportunity, and we see our Awatoto facilities playing a major part in supporting our growth plans.”
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