Phil Tumataroa – 07/03/08 Ngai Tahu has woven the strands of Maori culture, technology, art and fashion together to launch an innovative range of garments under the new brand name, Aho. The first products to be produced under the Aho brand are a range of high quality shawls, developed in partnership with AgResearch, that were…
An interview with menswear specialist Geoff Moreton Dorothy – 23/01/06 Don’t miss the July sale – bargains in shop or through website. At Moreton’s Trouser House Geoff Moreton sells Moleskins and other menswear through the store or the Moleskin website. He keeps up with fashion trends and stocks quality clothing at moderate prices. Geoff Moreton…
An interview with menswear specialist Geoff Moreton Dorothy – 08/10/04 Geoff Moreton is a well-known figure at Moreton’s Trouser House selling Moleskins and other menswear. Now he also sells worldwide through the Moleskin website. While keeping up with fashion trends he has to carry adequate stocks of summer and winter clothing to satisfy his customers…
An industry expert comments – 19/4/2004 Related article https://www.nzine.co.nz/views/scampi_fishing.html Quotations from Winston Peters’ media statements reveal changed attitudes. Vaughan Hilton Wilkinson left the Ministry of Fisheries in 1988 to work at Simunovich Fisheries. Vaughan is the person at Simunovich who is responsible for the development of its company’s scampi fishing operations. When Vaughan left the…
Article from the University of Canterbury’s Chronicle – 05/07/02 Building a successful business on quintessentially New Zealand values Sir Gil Simpson receives his honorary DSc from Dame Philis Guthardt Photo by Duncan Shaw-Brown The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Daryl Le Grew, gave the oration for Sir Gil Simpson on the morning of Friday, April 19. “Sir Gil…
Part 4 Farming changes in Dorie since 1990 – problems with water, new dairy farms Judith Armstrong – 13/10/03 In the fifteen years since Ron and I farmed our land at Dorie a whole raft of developments have progressed together to form a completely new and different farming picture in mid-Canterbury. In the most recent…
Part 1 Farm training, farm purchase, and marriage Dorothy – 13/10/03 To those who know little about the problems faced by the farmers who developed the land, the Mid-Canterbury plains look like an easy place to farm. In reality Ron and Judith Armstrong were faced with serious problems as they toiled to upgrade a neglected…
Part 2 Problems developing a neglected property – too little money and too much work Dorothy – 13/10/03 Signs of neglect When Ron took over the farm it was running 500 ewes and they were starving from lack of feed as the place was so run down. The problems facing Ron and Judith included dilapidated…
Part 3 Improvements well established, but problems insuperable – expensive electricity and labour costs and sudden government policy changes Dorothy – 13/10/03 Irrigation The dry conditions in the land between Rakaia and the sea made farming very difficult. The light topsoil would be blown away in the strong winds. However, talking about the need did…
An interview with Tom Brockett Dorothy – 13/05/03 Tom Brockett The phrase Public Relations Consultancy for most small business people conjures up images of large and ongoing costs. It is to save such people that headache and help them succeed in their businesses that Tom Brockett decided to set up a business where at a…
