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Henare Tuhoho, Farm Assistant, Lewis Farms - Case Study

He’s been with them since February 2022 and is loving his new role. He’s not originally from Horowhenua but moved here from Wellington in his teens to live with his grandparents. Henare had done a bit of labouring and farm work before and was looking for some work locally. However, most of the work that was available was out in the ‘wop-wops’, too far to travel or was seasonal mahi. Life also hadn’t been without its struggles, and he was finding the whole process of finding employment...

Horowhenua Health and Wellbeing Hub planning is underway

Horowhenua District Council has agreed to sell Council-owned property 15-23 Durham Street (Levin) to The Horowhenua Company Limited. The terms of the agreement stipulate that the land be used to develop a primary healthcare facility for Horowhenua, a vision Council has been culminating for several years. Horowhenua New Zealand Trust (HNZT) Chair Antony Young says “Our joint vision is to build a modern and multi-purpose health and wellbeing hub that meets the health needs of our communit...

Trust links Horowhenua with U.S. Ambassador

The visit saw the Ambassador visit The Horowhenua Business Park and meet anchor tenant, Thermosash, before meeting directly with the business community.Chair of the Horowhenua New Zealand Trust, Antony Young, says that the visit was particularly well timed to explore the potential of the U.S. - NZ relationship moving forward.“Horowhenua is growing, and we have national and international companies choosing to do business here. The link with the U.S. is an important one for our business communit...

National Library and other government services to move to Horowhenua

The National Library of New Zealand, Archives New Zealand and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision are moving to Levin into the new purpose built Horowhenua Business Park, Internal Affairs announced today.Seeing government facilities return to the area, Horowhenua Developments Limited have been successful in their bid to make the business park the new home of a purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility of national significance.The first step towards a new home for the facility was announced today by th...

Bouncing back from COVID-19

For a Levin manufacturing company, lockdown saw all of their clients temporarily close their doors. So, what do you do when you can't do business as usual? Check out the video below to hear how the team at Concrete Pumping Equipment NZ used open communication and future planning to mitigate the economic effects of the COVID-19 lockdown....

Rising to the challenge: How The Baked Dane used lockdown to reach new markets

Especially when a majority of your business relies on retail sales and local markets. The team at The Baked Dane, took lockdown in their stride. Check out the video below to hear founder, Lisa Brink, share how her team turned the lockdown period into an opportunity to expand their delivery service and inspire some baking creativity during a nationwide yeast shortage....