Posts by Melissa Mae

Bluelab has been announced supreme winner of NZTE‘s New Zealand International Business Awards 2021, at last week’s [17 February] first-ever broadcast ceremony. Operating for more than 30 years, Bluelab is…

The face of philanthropy in the WBOP is undergoing a profound shift – from a world that was previously occupied by only the wealthiest among us, to one where more…

Around 60 students and local business people came together at Priority One’s Summer Innovation Celebration, held 9th Feb at the University of Waikato campus in Durham St. This was an…

Did you know ethnically diverse staff face challenges daily and may be less likely to have their voices heard? Suki Xiao from As You shares her lived experience and the…

International design, engineering and advisory company, Aurecon, has appointed Erica Walker as its transport planning leader for Tauranga. The appointment aims to strengthen Aurecon’s local transport planning capabilities, with the…

The Wednesday Challenge, a major new community initiative, is set to launch in Tauranga early March and will be challenging people to change the way they travel every Wednesday across…

This week the Government, Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions announced their proposal to introduce a New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme, designed to give financial…

STEAM-ED, formerly the education classroom sessions of House of Science Tauranga, provides STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, with some Art for good measure) based after-school and homeschool classes, as…

Towards the end of 2021, Toi Kai Rawa launched their first Māori kiwifruit internship programme, right here in the Bay of Plenty. Aiming to increase the participation of Māori in…