An interview with Robert Hunt Dorothy – 06/05/03 Looking for a template-driven content management system for your website, a web shopping cart solution, a web forum system, a web survey or other smart web software to improve your e-presence and realise more of the potential of web business? Evanta, an outgrowth of a long experienced…
An interview with menswear specialist Geoff Moreton Dorothy – 03/12/02 At Moretons 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 shows a customer a business shirt and tie. Geoff Moreton has been…
An interview with menswear specialist Geoff Moreton Dorothy – 07/06/02 Geoff Moreton Geoff Moreton has been involved in the men’s fashion industry helping his customers dress well for some thirty years, and his parents did the same before him, so he has ample experience of choosing styles and fabrics, and he knows what is in…
Inspiring Involvement Katherine Peet Chairperson, Volunteering Canterbury – 14/12/01 Introduction It is my basic assertion that inspiring people to be involved in our communities requires being more specific about those aspects of a Big Picture of Society which extend well beyond Government and Commerce. Volunteering In a recent address, Kenn Allen, World President of the…
Dorothy – 25/05/01 New Zealanders are complaining about the increases in their power bills and after the recent drought conditions they are anxious about the low levels in South Island lakes on which the large South Island hydro-electric power stations depend for their water supply. The present government supports the Kyoto Agreement and is making…
Joe – 6/10/00 You may like to read the article about Moretons which appeared in 1997. Geoff and Hilda Moreton "If it ain’t broke then why fix it?" This and a number of other possible sayings would summarise the formula for Moretons Menswear’s continuing success. I stumbled across their store the other day and after…
Joe – 28/7/00 Check out some great sites that are hosted with Plain Communications, the sponsor of NZine. Each month we feature a different business site. Dorset House – come on in! With the current popularity of backpacking well entrenched among the mobs of visitors to NZ, the demand for inexpensive accommodation has never been…
Joe – 23/6/00 Check out some great sites that are hosted with Plain Communications, the sponsor of NZine. Each month we will feature a different business site. Shopping from the desktop at Charlotte’s of New Zealand After hunting around looking for websites that were a little special I found this wee gem. "Charlotte’s of New…
Dorothy – 12/5/00 Consultation and careful planning bring results. Environment Canterbury (formerly the Canterbury Regional Council), the organisation which oversees bus transport in Christchurch and surrounding districts, has been aiming to increase bus patronage in Christchurch and after public consultation has introduced new services. The Orbiter stops to pick up its passengers Increased bus travel…
Dorothy – 18/6/99 Taking action to resolve rural challenges Changes affecting marketing of products and the rural way of life have meant additional challenges for New Zealand farmers and their families ever since Britain entered the Common Market in 1973. When the Labour Government removed subsidies from agricultural products in 1985 and greatly increased interest…
