Astrid Austin, Author at The Profit

Astrid Austin is a journalist and writer who has journalism experience beyond her years. She began writing at 16 years old when she started interning at Hawke’s Bay Today during the school holidays. In November 2018, she began working full-time at Hawke’s Bay Today and over a two-year period she covered police, crime and court, health, Hastings District Council and education. Astrid left Hawke’s Bay Today in November 2019 to work fulltime with her father Andrew at the family media and communications business, AustinMedia. She also reports on local issues and breaking news for Hawke’s Bay App. If you have a story to tell, Astrid will find it and tell the story.

Astrid Austin

Cruise ships return to boost economy

Hawke’s Bay’s economy is poised for a major shot in the arm this summer with as many as 80 cruise ships set to dock at the Port of Napier after a two-year-long COVID-19 enforced hiatus. The years preceding the COVID-19 outbreak saw the cruise industry become a mainstay of the Napier and wider Hawke’s Bay economy, with local tourism building...

Partnerships needed to tackle region’s housing shortage

Housing was once regarded as an issue for Central Government to deal with, but this is changing as it becomes a priority of the Hastings District Council, through its Hastings Place Based Housing Plan, and Hastings Medium and Long Term Housing Strategy. The plan, launched in 2019, has seen Council partner with central government, iwi and local providers and stakeholders...

The Business of influencing

Being paid to give your opinion on anything and everything sounds like a dream job, and it is for a number of Hawke’s Bay and New Zealand influencers. In the age of social media, the role of influencers has become pivotal in reaching targeted and general audiences. What do these influencers have that you and I don’t? Followers. Followers on...

Cricket loving duo go into bat for retirees

Cricket-loving father and son Barry and James Rosenberg have combined their knowledge and experience to produce an e-book called 65 Not Out, which is aimed at helping people plan for retirement. Barry, a career chartered accountant who now specialises in family business and farm succession planning, and James, Frimley Lifestyle Village manager, used a cricketing term as the name for...

School student lands key governance role on YES – Sam Wixon

A “transformational experience” has not only propelled former Havelock North High School student Sam Wixon into the business world but landed him a key governance role. Having competed in The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) for the past two years, the 18-year-old has been elected as the youth trustee for 2021–2022 on the Board of Young Enterprise Trust, which...

Call of duty interview inspires new innovation for smart phone

Peter Fowler has an entrepreneurial spirit, an uncanny ability to see what others don’t and to always find a gap in the market for innovation. A resident of Kahuranaki Road in the Tuki Tuki Valley, Peter is a journalist by profession. He has worked in newsrooms and was the Radio New Zealand (RNZ) voice of Hawke’s Bay for a number...