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Hawke’s Bay benefits from ongoing investment in local radiology and cancer treatment services

Canopy Healthcare’s radiology arm, TRG Imaging, is excited to announce the next step in its multi-million investment in clinics in Hawke’s Bay with the opening of a new Canning Road clinic. TRG Imaging’s Hawke’s Bay General Manager Paul Toomey said it is the latest step to meeting a surge in demand for medical imaging and cancer treatment services in the...

Unison appoints Jaun Park as new and incoming Chief Executive of Unison Group

Unison’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the internal appointment of Jaun Park as incoming Chief Executive of the Unison Group, from April 2023. Mr Park, who currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Unison Networks Limited, has been with the Hawke’s Bay based lines company for the last 16 years. Mr Park joined Unison Networks...

Hawke’s Bay children get FREE access to learn to swim/water safety programme

A year-long water safety and learn to swim pilot programme created by the Hawke’s Bay Community Fitness Centre Trust and funded by Royston Health Trust will save lives and improve health and wellbeing outcomes. HBCFCT Commercial and Partnerships Manager Greg Howie said 6000 primary school students aged from 5 years to 13 years will get free access to the Royston...

High end real estate agency establishes – Oliver Road Hawke’s Bay

A specialist estate agency focused solely on marketing and negotiating the sale of unique, high-value homes, Oliver Road was founded in Bay of Plenty by Cam Winter. Over the past five years, the firm has established a formidable track record and been responsible for many of the region’s most notable sales. Working exclusively in the top end of the market...

Hawke’s Bay looks to attract successful innovators, investors and entrepreneurs

Jasmine Herlt and Doug Steiner Hawke’s Bay is set to attract successful innovators, investors and entrepreneurs from around the world keen to contribute to local businesses and community initiatives as part of the world-leading Aotearoa INZ immigration programme, the Edmund Hillary Fellowship. Hastings District Council took the lead role in developing a compelling proposition focused on technology, food and beverage...

Born to lead – Bayden Barber has big aspirations for iwi

Bayden Barber was born to lead but as just the second chair of Ngati Kahungunu in 26 years, he will need to draw on all his leadership skills to navigate the iwi and its people to prosperity. In 2022 Bayden beat incumbent chair Ngahiwi Tomoana to become chair of the iwi that represents 60,000 people, more than 100 marae and...

A steady pair of hands on Municipal Rebuild

After over five years of working in the dust, dirt and dark to rebuild Hawke’s Bay’s most recognisable building, Eddie Holmes was afforded the highest civic honour by the mayor of Hastings District Council Sandra Hazlehurst. It was something unexpected when Gemco, Hawke’s Bay’s leading construction firm, was awarded the contract to strengthen, rebuild and refurbish the Hawke’s Bay Opera...

New build sets standard in health care

Gemco Construction project manager Graeme Johnson takes huge satisfaction in the completion of Stage 1 of Kaweka Hospital, knowing that it’s a vision of an idea by Hawke’s Bay people, built by Hawke’s Bay people and ultimately improves the health of Hawke’s Bay people. “It’s going to change people’s lives and when we first heard that vision from Colin Hutchison,...

Kaweka Hospital sets new standard in care

Local business leaders and local specialists have partnered to open a new independent community-led Hospital in Hastings. Stage 1, an investment of over $40 million, with four operating theatres and 10 inpatient beds opened at the end of August and Stage 2, of over $60 million, when completed in late 2024 will create a state of the art health campus....

Our ‘golden goose’ creates challenges

It’s not as plain and simple as it seems – to protect the region’s fertile plains while also ensuring our growing population all have roofs over their heads and businesses, especially within the food processing sector, have storage, processing and packing facilities. Hawke’s Bay has enjoyed significant population growth, especially over the last few years, and with it has come...