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Investment Announced for ‘Brilliant Curriculum’ School
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 3:43 pm | Convergence
The founder of one of New Zealand’s most globally successful outdoors companies, Macpac, today announced the Holistic Education Trust’s development of a new $2.5 million land site for independent school Seven Oaks. More >>
Property boom stretching legal teams
Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 10:33 am | Convergence
Law firms are struggling to keep up with the booming commercial property market, with signs of skill shortages emerging, a recruitment specialist says. More >>
New Zealanders urged to say ‘no’ to dangerous microbeads
Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 10:43 am | Convergence
An international Christchurch-based supplement and skincare company supports the Ministry for the Environment’s focus on the damaging use of plastic microbeads, and is encouraging New Zealanders not to purchase or use personal care and consumer ... More >>
Centenary commemoration to honour ‘Marquette’ nurses
Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 10:36 am | Convergence
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the HMT Marquette after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat attack in the Aegean Sea on 23 October 1915, during World War I. More >>
MBA students to unlock U.S market for Kiwi tech company
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 9:23 am | Convergence
Stellar Library, a cloud-based document management system for iPads, has partnered with five MBA students from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management to fast track its international expansion into the U.S market. More >>
Online searches miss ‘invisible’ candidates
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 9:38 am | Convergence
Media Release 6 August 2015 Online searches miss ‘invisible’ candidates Businesses that rely solely on online recruitment could be significantly shrinking their candidate pool, warns specialist recruitment firm Convergence Partners. The growing use of ... More >>
NZ's largest consented industrial park opens a new area
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 9:35 am | Convergence
New Zealand’s largest fully consented industrial park, Izone at Rolleston, has launched the next planned stage of its 180ha development two years ahead of schedule. More >>
Housing boom spreads south of the Bombay border
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 3:42 pm | Convergence
Skyrocketing house prices mean Aucklanders’ can no longer ignore happenings south of the Bombay Hills, as competitive house and land packages spark a population explosion ‘south of the border.’ More >>
Teen’s Start-up Snapped up by Crown Entity
Monday, 4 May 2015, 2:47 pm | Convergence
A teen entrepreneur sure to stay in the spotlight has sold his first start-up to a crown entity. More >>
Careers New Zealand Purchases Motivational Website
Monday, 4 May 2015, 2:46 pm | Convergence
Careers New Zealand announced today that it has purchased OOMPHER – a motivational website of interviews with high profile and successful New Zealanders. More >>
Threat to New Zealand waterways prompts microbead ban
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 12:28 pm | Convergence
A multimillion dollar Kiwi supplement and skincare company is calling on the New Zealand government to prohibit the use of plastic microbeads in all personal care and consumer products. More >>
Stellar Library of NZ at world’s largest IT trade fair
Tuesday, 21 April 2015, 4:31 pm | Convergence
Stellar Library, a cloud-based document management system for iPads, is heading to Interop, the world’s largest annual trade fair for information technology (IT). More >>
Taupo home incorporates mobility needs into design
Tuesday, 17 February 2015, 12:34 pm | Convergence
When building their Taupo holiday home, Rochelle and Dean Jones had one goal in mind – it had to be adaptable to meet the physical needs of family and friends. A lift was installed, entrances and hallways were made wider and level-entry showers ... More >>
Christchurch development boosted by new company
Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 11:27 am | Convergence
Quality commercial and residential development in Christchurch has been boosted by a newly-formed company, the NewUrban Group. More >>
NZ’s Next Top Sausage winner announced
Monday, 29 September 2014, 12:27 pm | Convergence
Porirua resident Amy Sok (30) has been crowned as the winner of New Zealand’s Next Top Sausage competition, with her ‘Sticky Ginger Beef’ creation. More >>
Rare birds making a comeback on the Ashley River
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 10:06 am | Convergence
Fourteen years of protection, public education and study is paying off for rare and threatened birds on the Ashley-Rakahuri River, with numbers increasing for some core braided river species. In his report to the recent annual meeting of the Ashley-Rakahuri ... More >>
America’s Cup Fixes Traffic, Candidates Support Carpooling
Saturday, 28 September 2013, 2:54 pm | Convergence
AUCKLAND ~ 27 September 2013: The Get Auckland Moving campaign has asked all candidates in Auckland’s local body elections if they support finding ways to make it easier and more rewarding for people to carpool as a low-cost way of reducing Auckland’s ... More >>
Villa Maria Estate captures big prize
Friday, 23 November 2012, 9:12 am | Convergence
Auckland’s Villa Maria Estate has been named Sustainable Business of the Year at the NZI National Sustainable Business Network Awards announced last night (22 November) More >>
Aucklanders get a taste of business sustainability insights
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 10:13 am | Convergence
Auckland companies can get a sustainability edge at the ‘business only’ afternoon at the Sustainable City Showcase at The Cloud on Queen’s Wharf on Thursday 22 November. More >>
Anderson Lloyd Lawyers searching for new Christchurch site
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 11:29 am | Convergence
Christchurch ¬– The largest South Island-based law firm, Anderson Lloyd Lawyers, intends returning to the Christchurch central business district, Chief Executive Richard Greenaway says. More >>
