Bring your vision to reality: Vision Kitchens
Whether you are building a new home, your current kitchen layout needs renovating or you are tired of the old design and want to refresh your kitchen, you should visit Vision Kitchens, where you will realise that building a new kitchen can be very enjoyable. Vision Kitchens is the Christchurch-based sister company of […]
One-Stop Christmas Shop: Coco Gifts
It’s the last day of the working year, the office closed at lunchtime and Phillippa was due in town for a Christmas party at 4pm. But first, she needed gifts! Finally leaving her desk at 2:30pm, she still had to do the shopping, change into her party clothes, and be back in town […]
Hitting the town: Caroline’s Kombi tours
Reminiscing after a trip to America, Caroline and Murray Ireland realised one of the most enjoyable aspects of their holidays abroad was meeting the locals, who provided a more personable city tour. “They were run by friendly, engaging personalities, who made it really fun and memorable – so we decided we could do the same […]
Ivan Iafeta: The Influencers
Since 2011, plenty has been said about the opportunity Christchurch has to redefine itself. But, as in most cities, conversations about vision can sometimes be overtaken by more vocal demands for immediate action and visible progress. As we near the end of 2018, a year in which there have been significant visible signs of progress, […]
John Bridgman: The Influencers
As we head into Christmas let me give you a few numbers on Ōtākaro’s projects that help illustrate how far we have come in Christchurch’s regeneration this year – 29,000 plants and 600,000 thousand pavers make up the City Promenade that now lines the Avon River; 97,000 hours went into repairing, widening and reprioritising Manchester […]
Mason Reed: The Influencers
It’s hard to believe that it is Christmas time and as always, I realise that the year has once again flown past. I always look forward to Christmas because it is a time when we can spend more time with our friends and family. As a business owner, it is also a good time to […]
Garth Wynne: The Influencers
One of the great challenges facing people in education, be it schools, universities or other tertiary organisations, is the impact and influence of ‘new’ technologies that are really questioning the validity of ‘old’ knowledge. The world is changing more quickly than in previous generations because of the digital revolution, and educators are challenged by the […]
Leeann Watson: The Influencers
At this time of the year, it’s important that we also help those less fortunate. Not-for-profits are a vital thread in the social fabric of our community. However, they are also often the organisations that are the humblest – the ones that fly under the radar, whispering their success stories, when they have every reason […]
Business Excellence Recognised
Coffee Worx recently won the North Canterbury Business Excellence Award for Hospitality and Tourism. Owners Deb and Ian Riach were thrilled to have their hard work, and that of their team, recognised with the judges describing their “good food, good coffee and a great business strategy” as impressive. The Canterbury-based coffee roastery produces […]
Waste not, Want not: Natural Flow South
Are you looking for a simple, environmentally friendly sewage treatment system that doesn’t require expensive, on-going maintenance? The NaturalFlow system not only provides an eco-sustainable sewage solution and produces a high quality result to treat wastewater, but saves money and time. Keeping it simple is the company’s philosophy – using power-free, natural processes […]
