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Taranaki To Play Critical Role In A Zero-Carbon Gas Future For New Zealand
Monday, 29 March 2021, 6:07 am | Venture Taranaki
Taranaki Regional Development Agency Venture Taranaki welcomes Firstgas Group’s findings from their recent Hydrogen Trial report, commending the very substantive piece of work they have completed. "It is evident Taranaki will continue to ... More >>
Taranaki Is Back On Top As Number 1 For GDP Per Capita
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 5:41 pm | Venture Taranaki
Comments attributed to Justine Gilliland, Venture Taranaki CE. Stats NZ have released Regional GDP data today. The data relates to YE March 2020 (i.e. pre COVID-19). Taranaki is back on top as number 1 for GDP per capita with a good growth rate of 5.1 percent ... More >>
Venture Taranaki Hosting Regional Business Partner Network Conference
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 2:19 pm | Venture Taranaki
This week, more than 100 delegates from around the country will be in Taranaki for the Regional Business Partner (RBP) Network conference. The RBP Network is a nationwide programme, of which Venture Taranaki is a part of, that connects and supports New ... More >>
Brekonomics Discussion To Identify Areas Of Opportunity For Taranaki Despite Ongoing Uncertainty
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 6:00 pm | Venture Taranaki
After a challenging 2020 and recent alert level changes, Venture Taranaki will kick-start 2021 with Brekonomics, where industry experts Brad Olsen, Senior Economist from Infometrics, and Justine Gilliland, Chief Executive of Venture Taranaki, will provide insights ... More >>
Venture Taranaki’s Branching Out Initiative Explores Avocado
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 4:43 pm | Venture Taranaki
The Venture Taranaki initiative Branching Out is a collaborative exercise to investigate, explore, package, and potentially pilot new commercial opportunities that could add sustainable value to Taranaki’s economy and help the region’s food and fibre ... More >>
Collaborative Taranaki Partnership Takes Len Lye’s Big Blade To Auckland Art Fair
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 4:15 pm | Venture Taranaki
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre - photo credit Patrick Reynolds The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre have teamed up with the Auckland Art Fair 2021 as its exclusive Museum Partner, forging a stronger connection between ... More >>
R&D Experience Grant Is A Two-way Success For Taranaki Enterprises And University Students
Friday, 29 January 2021, 2:28 pm | Venture Taranaki
Venture Taranaki’s partnership with Callaghan Innovation has resulted in funding for 35 university students to undertake a 10-week internship over their summer break. During Summer 2020/21, the students have been working across a variety of Taranaki ... More >>
Taranaki’s Seven New Curious Minds Projects Announced
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 9:12 am | Venture Taranaki
Venture Taranaki has announced seven new Curious Minds community science projects, bringing the total number of projects in the region to 57 since 2015, with $970,000 in overall funding to help school and community groups test their ideas and observations ... More >>
Venture Taranaki Seeking Entrepreneurs To Join PowerUp Ideas Competition
Monday, 14 December 2020, 5:31 pm | Venture Taranaki
Venture Taranaki is calling for individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset, a great business or enterprise idea, or a with an existing start-up wanting to take it to the next level, to submit their application to take part in the PowerUp Ideas Competition ... More >>
Venture Taranaki Report Shows 207,000 Hectares Of Taranaki Land Suitable For Horticulture
Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 9:35 am | Venture Taranaki
Venture Taranaki has released an assessment on Taranaki’s land and climate, which provides an overview of our region’s growing capability, and the opportunity to help meet long-term goals of building diversity, value, sustainability, and market ... More >>
Venture Taranaki Launch “PowerUp” To Support Entrepreneurship Within The Region
Thursday, 19 November 2020, 12:30 pm | Venture Taranaki
In a fitting part of Global Entrepreneurship week, Venture Taranaki have launched PowerUp, a range of support services and activity focused on fostering and nurturing entrepreneurship in Taranaki. PowerUp is driven by three key initiatives, Grow, Tell ... More >>
Venture Taranaki Announce New Zealand Offshore Wind Forum
Friday, 13 November 2020, 9:55 am | Venture Taranaki
Venture Taranaki, together with sponsors Ara Ake and WITT, are presenting a New Zealand Offshore Wind Forum this December. Consisting of a pre-cursor online webinar and an in-person event, the forum will bring together speakers and perspectives from ... More >>
Stats NZ Release Unemployment Rates For The September 2020 Quarter
Thursday, 5 November 2020, 1:52 pm | Venture Taranaki
Stats NZ have released the unemployment rates for the September 2020 quarter. The figures show the number of unemployed people in New Zealand rose to 37,000 to reach 151,000. This brings unemployment to 5.3% due to COVID-19. Although nationally unemployment ... More >>
Latest Taranaki Trends Released – Summer 2020
Friday, 23 October 2020, 12:54 pm | Venture Taranaki
The 2020 Summer edition of Taranaki Trends, produced by Venture Taranaki, is now available. The data set and metrics presented in this edition are the first to come through since the COVID-19 pandemic first reached New Zealand, making this edition ... More >>
Venture Taranaki Launch ‘Taranaki – Just Around The Corner’ Domestic Tourism Campaign
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 5:48 pm | Venture Taranaki
This week, Venture Taranaki launched its domestic campaign, designed to attract visitation to the region. The digital campaign ‘Taranaki – Just around the corner’ is set to encourage out-of-town visitation to support the region’s COVID-19 recovery ... More >>
Major Milestone Reached For Taranaki 2050 Roadmap
Friday, 4 September 2020, 11:32 am | Venture Taranaki
Venture Taranaki have published the final Transition Pathway Action Plans (TPAPs) as part of the Taranaki 2050 Roadmap, completing the action planning stage of the programme and adding momentum to the work already underway with implementation. The ... More >>
New Report Projects COVID-19 Impacts On Taranaki Economy
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 1:45 pm | Venture Taranaki
A new forecast for Taranaki’s regional economy for the next 12 months finds the economic impacts of COVID-19 will create the greatest economic shock in living memory, and could have a significant impact on the region. The report, commissioned by Venture ... More >>
Taranaki Businesses See Big Impact From COVID-19
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 4:33 pm | Venture Taranaki
A Venture Taranaki survey of the Taranaki region’s enterprises has found that more than 70% are concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on their business activity, and 80% have accessed government support packages. Common themes that emerged from ... More >>
Venture Taranaki to continue to grow Curious Minds
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 9:13 am | Venture Taranaki
The Curious Minds Participatory Science Platform has supported 39 community science projects throughout Taranaki, across 16 science and technology disciplines. That number is set to increase with an extension to the programme announced this week. ... More >>
Venture Taranaki welcomes appointment of two new directors
Friday, 18 October 2019, 2:21 pm | Venture Taranaki
Venture Taranaki Trust (VTT) has welcomed Dr Joanna Breare and Gillian Cagney to the regional promotion and development agency’s governance team. Joanna is the Chief Executive of Todd Energy and Gillian is the Chief Executive of Worley New Zealand. More >>
