A four-storey mass timber office building rising on the former Heretaunga House site in the heart of Hastings says a lot about where Hawke’s Bay’s commercial property market is heading, even while the wider economy takes its time to find its feet. The development at 300 Lyndon Road East, built
For many high-income households, the challenge is not earning enough. It is making sure the money they earn is being used deliberately. People in high-earning professions, from medical specialists and lawyers to engineers, senior executives and successful business owners, can all have excellent incomes and still carry substantial debt for
New Zealand is approaching an intergenerational wealth transfer of unprecedented scale. Across farms, family businesses and privately owned enterprises, a generation of owners is preparing to step back after decades spent building valuable assets. Their attention often falls on the sale itself, yet what follows can prove every bit as
For many CFOs, AI has moved beyond experimentation and into the budget. Copilot licences, ChatGPT and Claude subscriptions, training and governance are all adding up. As adoption increases, attention is shifting towards whether those costs are producing an adequate return. Not all AI returns are created equal Some returns are
When you think about what might happen if you have serious illness, major injury or died, the tendency is to look at yourself and family first, and rightly so. The reality is that a major illness, disability or premature death rarely affects just one person. The financial and emotional consequences
Whether you are operating a business in viticulture, manufacturing, construction, or even professional services, liability rarely ends at the job site perimeter. Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA), a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) holds a primary duty of care to ensure the safety
Written by EIT chief executive Lucy Laitinen Before this year, I hadn’t fully appreciated how important our education partnerships with China are, not just for EIT, but for Hawke’s Bay and New Zealand. Two visits over the past two months have changed that. In June, I travelled to Shaoxing and
Businesses have lifted their game on cybersecurity in recent years. Investment in monitoring, detection and response has grown and leadership confidence is high. Yet Datacom’s 2026 Cybersecurity Index reveals a gap that should concern every business owner and leadership team — recovery and continuity are lagging behind detection. The Cybersecurity
During one of our coaching programmes last month, we asked a simple but confronting question: What if you could learn the most important life lessons — not at the end of your life, but right now? Palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware spent years caring for people in their final days
If you own property in the Hastings District, your mailbox will soon contain important news. The 2025 revaluation by Quotable Value (QV) is underway, with new rating valuations set as at 1 August 2025. Property owners can expect to receive their notices — and with them, a common question: what
