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Waikato University in partnership with CTC Aviation to develop programmes in aviation

The University of Waikato and the Hamilton Airport-based pilot training company CTC Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work on the development of joint programmes in aviation. The programmes being considered will focus on professional pilot training subjects and practical flight training combined with complementary subjects such as management, education and psychology offered at the University. "As one of New Zealand's top universities, the University of Waikato prides i...

KCE distributes $5000 in latest Heartland funding round

Six King Country community groups have received funding totalling $5000 in the latest KCE Heartland funding round. The successful groups applied for KCE Heartland funding in November 2014 and will this month receive grants ranging from $500 to $1,150. In total, $18,701.70 has been distributed to 28 King Country community groups since KCE launched its Heartland Community Fund at the beginning of 2014. The funding is distributed to successful King Country community groups following funding...

Dairy Woman of the Year finalists announced

Four women from throughout New Zealand have been selected as Dairy Women's Network's 2015 Dairy Woman of the Year finalists. They are: PGG Wrightson animal nutritionist Andrea Murphy of Alexandra Dairy director Wilma van Leeuwen of Waimate Southland Demonstration Farm director Elaine Cook of Waikato; and Federated Farmers board member and provincial president Katie Milne of Kumara, West Coast Run by the Dairy Women's Network and sponsored by Fonterra, the prestigious Dairy Woman of ...

A welcome third wheel for Hamilton interior design company

Twenty-year-old Matt South is about to start his dream job with Hamilton company Turton/ Oliver Interior Design Ltd. While he feels like the luckiest graduate in his class, his employers Bronwyn Turton and Mel Oliver, say they are the lucky ones to have South come on board, after he volunteered his services free of charge to gain experience from the pair. Turton/Oliver Interior Design was born in 2007 when independently operating interior designers Turton and Oliver, joined forces to offer cl...

Trust awards $204,000 to 34 Waikato students

Scholarships worth $6000 each have been awarded to 34 Waikato secondary school students embarking on a science or teaching degree at the University of Waikato or Wintec. The David Johnstone Charitable Trust Science and Education Scholarships were established by the late David Johnstone to assist Waikato students beginning tertiary study in the areas of science or teaching. This is the 19th year the annual scholarships have been awarded and this year's recipients were this month acknowledged...

NZ start-up launches world-first anti-acne product in Mexico

Hamilton-based start-up company, Quantec Ltd, has signed a distribution partner agreement to launch its world-first anti-acne cream into Mexico. Epiology is a clinically-proven anti-acne cream; the only one globally with a patented active ingredient derived from New Zealand cow's milk. The product was first launched into New Zealand pharmacies in May. And its success nationally has spurred Quantec to take the product global. "Epiology sales in New Zealand have exceeded our expectations. We...

Waikato human resource company signs top global consultant

Waikato-based human resource specialists Everest Group have employed a top performing recruitment consultant from a large global recruiting firm. English-born Alex Wade has 16 years' experience in recruitment; the last 13 of which have seen her stand out as one of Advantage Resourcing's recruitment arm Crone Corkill's top performing consultants. Wade moved to Cambridge from Sevenoaks in North Kent, near London with family in August, and started with Everest Group last week as the company's ...

KCE’s largest power station celebrates 90 years

King Country Energy (KCE) has just celebrated an impressive 90 years since power was first generated at its Mangahao Power Station. The station was opened in November 1924 by Prime Minister at the time, William Massey, and is today one of the oldest operating power stations in New Zealand. KCE's Energy Supply Manager Chris Fincham said the company is proud to commemorate a successful nine decades of power supply. "Mangahao Power Station, located in the Tararua Range near Shannon, was origi...

Poor understanding of stroke signs causes concern in New Zealand

Latest figures show a lack of awareness and understanding in New Zealand of stroke signs, which will have a significant impact on stroke survivors having the best chance of recovery. Mark Vivian, CEO of the Stroke Foundation of New Zealand, said recent research into stroke awareness in the Waikato alone has shown alarming results. "Last month the Stroke Foundation conducted a survey of 352 Waikato residents over 45 years of age to gauge their understanding of the symptoms of stroke. Only o...

Hamilton Christmas Parade float to feature for twelfth year

Te Kauwhata man Richard Stewart, 69, is on a mission to put Christ back in Christmas with the float he takes to parades around the country. This is the twelfth year that his famous Jesus' Birthday Party float will appear in the Hamilton Christmas Parade on Sunday 14 December. "The world is a changing place and I am scared that one day, children won't know what the true meaning of Christmas is, and will rather get caught up in the material side of the day," he says. "Very few Christmas par...

Christmas parade volunteering a family affair

Cambridge-based local, Suzanne Collins, simply loves Christmas. Come December, you can guarantee her house will be decorated – inside and out – and from breakfast time on 25 December until dinner time, there will be presents, food and family galore in the Collins' household. "We visit the temple every year, and do the rounds at night to see everyone's houses decorated in lights, tinsel and ornaments," she says. So it's no wonder that Suzanne has volunteered for the Hamilton Christmas...

From Senior Constable to Counsellor: a policeman’s career transition

Ex-policeman Neil Warren always knew he wanted to help people. That's precisely why he became a policeman nearly three decades ago. What he didn't know is that it would eventually be people just like him who he would particularly desire to help. "Policemen, and those within the emergency services, face unique emotional challenges. Daily you can be subject to an array of issues such as domestic violence, vehicle crashes involving serious injury or fatalities, and drug related problems," he ...

Celebrity Trade Me auction raises awareness for child abuse prevention

The message that it's up to all of us to keep kids safe was shared more than 16,000 times last week, thanks to the recent creativity of some household Kiwi names. Friday 14 November marks the fourth annual 'Buddy Day' - New Zealand's only child abuse prevention awareness day. In aid of the event, Black Seeds and Fly My Pretties frontman Barnaby Weir, Shortland Street cast members, Auckland artist and entrepreneur Otis Frizzell, WORLD fashion designer Benny Castles and artist PJ Paterson joi...

Community and national leaders lined up to attend Buddy Day

Buddy Day, taking place this Friday (14 November), is shaping up to be an action-packed event with overwhelming support from community and national leaders in the four participating centres of Wellington, Tauranga, Hamilton and Auckland. Run by Hamilton-based child advocacy agency Child Matters, Buddy Day is New Zealand's only child abuse prevention awareness day. It is in its fourth year and focuses on promoting the message that every adult in New Zealand has a role to play in keeping children...

CTC Aviation calls attention to global need for women in aviation

The predicted global airline pilot shortage has prompted world-leading flight training organisation, CTC Aviation, to call for more women to enter the aviation industry. In July this year US aircraft company Boeing released a statement-1 announcing that about 533,000 new commercial pilots would be needed worldwide in the next two decades to satisfy a growing global fleet. According to CTC Aviation Chief Commercial Officer, Anthony Petteford, the challenge of meeting this global demand for air...

Rotorua Trust grants $200,000 to Crankworx Rotorua

The Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust announced today it will contribute $200,000 to the world’s largest mountain biking festival coming to Rotorua - CrankworxThe phenomenon that is Crankworx, which also includes the Enduro World Series, will make its way to Rotorua from 25th – 29th March 2015, marking the first event on the professional racing calendar for the year. It is expected to attract up to 15,000 spectators and 750 riders from New Zealand and around the world. Crankworx Rotorua brin...

Waikato director wants to see Maori communities grow

Waikato-based director and member of the Institute of Directors, Tureiti Moxon, is pushing for more Maori to put their hand up for director and board member positions if they want to see their communities develop and grow well into the future. Tureiti Moxon has a long standing career in leadership and governance and has recently been recognised and acknowledged for her work by the Institute of Directors with a Chartered Fellowship. She said this was a great opportunity to encourage others to...

Funny guy Jeremy Corbett supports Buddy Day’s important message

Kiwi comedian Jeremy Corbett says since having children, he finds it increasingly hard to read about child abuse cases. “I can’t bear the thought of innocent children suffering,” he says.But he also says this instinctive gut reaction is one of the main reasons he chose to take part in New Zealand’s only child abuse awareness event, Buddy Day. The event is being held for the fourth consecutive year on 14 November, and takes place in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Wellington. &nbs...

Waikato tennis star empowers youth through education

When Hamilton-based Hannah Fick was just 9 years old, she jumped on a plane to New Zealand with her family in a bid to escape unrest in her home-country of Namibia. And having since experienced opportunities in this country that she may-never otherwise have, Hannah has made it her prerogative to empower Waikato youth to make the most of life. At only 25 years old, Hannah has been appointed tutor for ‘#Ultimate’, a new TrainMe course designed to give Waikato youth, aged 16-19, a taste of a...

Keep kids safe this social summer season

Labour Weekend signals the start of the social summer season in New Zealand.    The weather gets warmer, Christmas festivities and holiday planning begins – present shopping, menu setting, bach bookings, summer slim down programmes . . . But this year, Child Matters – Hamilton-based national child advocacy organisation – is urging adults to keep something else in mind over the silly season: keeping your children safe. Child Matters chief executive, Anthea Simcock, sai...

Dairy Solutionz develops new dairy breed

Hamilton, New Zealand-based Dairy Solutionz Ltd has led an expert genetics team to develop a new dairy cow breed conditioned to thrive in lower elevation tropical climates and achieve high milk production under heat stress.  Derek Fairweather, Chief Executive of Dairy Solutionz Ltd, said, “Our new composite breed will be used on the large-scale dairy farm systems we are constructing in partnership with governments and land owners in countries such as USA, Colombia and Ecuador.”&nbs...

NZ businesses get ready for Buddy Day, 14 Nov

Many leading New Zealand businesses have partnered with national child advocacy organisation Child Matters to participate in the fourth annual ‘Buddy Day’ - New Zealand’s only child abuse prevention awareness day.   Delivered by Child Matters, Buddy Day involves 1500 adults in Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga adopting a life-size cardboard ‘Buddy’ and taking it into communities and workplaces. The Buddy is used as a tool to generate conversations about the wel...

Media release: Millennium Plastics takes out Supreme Award at Plastics Industry Design Awards

MEDIA RELEASE 7 October 2014 On 3 October Hamilton-based Millennium Plastics Ltd was awarded the overall Supreme Award at the 2014 Plastics Industry Biennial Design Awards for their contribution to the design and development of Waikato Milking Systems’ all-new Electronic Milk Meter.   The company also took out Gold Awards in both the Primary Product and Conventional Injection Moulding Process Categories.   Millennium Plastics General Manager Tony Rutz said, “We ar...

Media release: Couple give up Auckland for a new slice of heaven in Cambridge

MEDIA RELEASE 16 September 2014Like many other Kiwis, the first residents of Cambridge’s premier subdivision St Kilda have given up the long commutes, higher costs of living and smaller living space for their take on the quarter acre ‘kiwi dream’.   Matt and Claire Malligan sold their house in Auckland in 2010 and made the move to Cambridge with their then one-year-old son.  They purchased their section in St Kilda in June 2013 have shifted into their brand new ...

Media release: Tasman Tanks appoints Craig Hemmings as dairy effluent sector manager

Leading New Zealand and Australian storage tank company Tasman Tanks, has appointed Craig Hemmings as dairy effluent sector manager. Mr Hemmings brings to his position more than a decade of management experience with nationally and internationally recognised agricultural companies. As dairy effluent sector manager for Tasman Tanks, Mr Hemmings will oversee the operational management of the company’s dairy effluent division in New Zealand. “From small beginnings in 1996, Tasman Tanks ha...