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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 >>
Buying .sucks domains a ridiculous exercise in futility
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 9:30 am | Iron Road Ltd
Buying up new domain names like .sucks to protect your name or brand is about as useful as buying up snowflakes to stop it snowing. The .sucks domain is one of the over 600 new domains created since 2012 in a broad expansion of the Internet naming ... 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 >>
Government punctures tyre solution.
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 3:32 pm | Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association
Government punctures tyre solution. The Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association (IMVIA) is extremely disappointed by the announcement today that the government has decided to not proceed with the declaration of tyres as a Priority Product under ... 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 >>
Vehicle importers group welcomes new mandatory safety tech
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 4:12 pm | Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association
The peak body for New Zealand’s used import industry – responsible for half of the vehicles currently entering the New Zealand fleet – has welcomed draft plans to make Electronic Stability Control mandatory for both new and used cars entering ... More >>
Bosses must communicate when employees insecure
Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:48 pm | Iron Road Ltd
During these times of staff insecurity the capacity of small business owners to overcome their typical Kiwi reticence toward open and frank communication with staff could well be the difference between survival, growth and stagnation. 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 >>