Grow Wellington - Latest News [Page 3]
Wellington Regional Companies Scoop Post-Grad Student Grants
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 1:18 pm | Grow Wellington
The Wellington region has gained just over 25% of all Callaghan Innovation’s post graduate research and development student grants, in results announced this month by Grow Wellington. More >>
Global Opportunities for Local Companies
Monday, 18 March 2013, 11:25 am | Grow Wellington
Education technology, or EdTech, is the technology world's new cool kid with investment in the sector surpassing $1billion in the United States alone in 2012, and worldwide the industry is estimated to be worth around $15billion. New Zealand, and Wellington ... More >>
New Contact Centre Operator Brings Jobs And Economic Growth
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 3:41 pm | Grow Wellington
Wellington has scored an early year economic win with Contact Centres Australia (CAA) opening their first New Zealand contact centre in the CBD early in March. More >>
Grow Wellington, Wellington Regional Strategy appointments
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 12:37 pm | Grow Wellington
Greater Wellington Regional Council Media release February 27, 2013 Regional economic development agency Grow Wellington has reappointed four of its board’s seven members. More >>
Mayor & Immigration Minister Welcome International Students
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 9:54 am | Grow Wellington
The Mayor of Wellington City, Celia Wade Brown and Immigration Minister, the Honourable Michael Woodhouse will present at an event to welcome international students to Wellington on the 27- and 28th of February. The event will be held at Wellington town hall and ... More >>
Wellington businesses work to rebuild Canterbury
Friday, 22 February 2013, 1:56 pm | Grow Wellington
February 22nd will mark the second anniversary of the devastating Canterbury earthquake. Two years on and the Canterbury rebuild has now begun to gain serious momentum. More >>
Christchurch recovery presents opportunities for Wellington
Tuesday, 22 January 2013, 1:12 pm | Grow Wellington
The Canterbury recovery and rebuild will pick up momentum in 2013. It is now broadly accepted that the impact of the recovery will boost the New Zealand economy for years to come. More >>
Business Stories # 1 - Homemade with Love
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 1:56 pm | Grow Wellington
Tasting just like your nana’s homemade jam is what makes Te Horo Foods jam so unique - it actually is homemade, 100% natural jam. More >>
Bill English to Open Animfxnz
Friday, 9 November 2012, 4:38 pm | Grow Wellington
Deputy Prime Minister Bill English will open AnimfxNZ, New Zealand’s premiere animation, games and visual effects conference next week in Wellington. The conference brings together leading entrepreneurs, creatives and technicians in digital entertainment ... More >>
Breathing New Life into Event Ticketing
Friday, 9 November 2012, 1:21 pm | Grow Wellington
In 2008, budding entrepreneurs and Victoria University students, Nick Schembri and Chris Smith were managing Orientation Week parties and university social events, when they had the idea that would have them paving the way forward for entertainment ... More >>
Wellington’s strength in biomedical innovation recognised
Friday, 2 November 2012, 4:55 pm | Grow Wellington
________________________________________ Grow Wellington today announces that the Lead Innovation of the 2012 Innovating for Health Challenge is Dr. Kathryn McGrath, the Director of the MacDiarmid Institute , and her Research Assistant Natasha Munro, ... More >>
New Chief Executive For Grow Wellington
Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 9:17 am | Grow Wellington
Paul Mersi, Chair of Grow Wellington, has announced the appointment of Gerard Quinn as its new Chief Executive. More >>
Life-Saving Technology From Wellington to the World
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 1:06 pm | Grow Wellington
Mātakina has developed advanced image-processing software – called Volpara. The software is flexible enough to be used with any existing breast imaging system, but its key point of difference is that it measures breast density. More >>
Wellington Set to Inspire
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 1:16 pm | Grow Wellington
Wellington will become a super charged think tank on 29 May at a World Class New Zealand forum organised by Grow Wellington. More >>
Wellington’s biomedical sector geared up to meet demand
Thursday, 12 April 2012, 12:11 pm | Grow Wellington
The future of the Wellington region’s biomedical sector is looking bright judging by Grow Wellington’s Innovating for Health Challenge, which closed with 40 submissions last week. More >>
Submissions closing for Health Challenge
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 2:06 pm | Grow Wellington
There are just eight days left to make a submission to Grow Wellington’s Innovating for Health Challenge. More >>
Innovating for the good of our health
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 3:05 pm | Grow Wellington
In a bid to unlock the potential of Wellington’s biomedical sector, Grow Wellington is staging an Innovating for Health Challenge. The aim of the Challenge is to connect innovations emerging from research and clinical practice across the biomedical sector ... More >>
Chinese Film Delegation Visit NZa to Explore Business
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 4:03 pm | Grow Wellington
At the invitation of Sir Richard Taylor’s children’s entertainment company, Pukeko Pictures, a delegation of nine senior executives from China’s Guandong Zhujiang Film and Media Corporation, SASA Cinema, Guangzhou Exchange Services Group, Asian ... More >>
Wellington Region Performs Well In High Growth Sectors
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 11:29 am | Grow Wellington
An Annual Economic Profile report commissioned by Grow Wellington shows GDP for the Wellington region grew 0.8% for the year to March 2011. Against the New Zealand average however, the Infometrics report indicates our GDP growth hasn’t been as strong ... More >>
The right mix for a green future
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 5:37 pm | Grow Wellington
The sight of old school buses belching out black smoke may soon become a thing of the past thanks to Alternative Petroleum Technology, an American company who has partnered up with New Zealand based company, Blended Fuel Solutions and recently ... More >>