ISSUE 3 JULY 2009
Toi-EDA has a new chairman - Jeremy Gardiner, who has been a trustee of the Eastern Bay of Plenty Economic Development Agency since 2007.
Appointed to the position in June, Mr Gardiner is currently chief executive of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa, an iwi authority representing around 15,000 descendants of Ngāti Awa.
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The Eastern Bay of Plenty has bucked national trends to record better economic growth than the national figure for the March 2009 year.
At +0.3, the growth rate beat the New Zealand figure of -0.9 percent and compared favourably with the full Bay of Plenty region’s rating of +0.5 percent.
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Short-term opportunities to establish a logistics and distribution hub at Kawerau are highly uncertain and dependent on key players' commercial needs, a preliminary investigation has found. More...
The Eastern Bay of Plenty Tourism Strategy has been released and has been presented to tourism operators from throughout the region. The strategy focuses on building operator capability in marketing and operations to improve their financial sustainability, as well as developing new products and experiences that will appeal to niche markets and provide visitors with more reasons to visit, stay longer and spend more in the Eastern Bay. More...
The effectiveness of networking at the first Eastern Bay of Plenty Tourism Forum held in Whakatane in May was boosted considerably by the adoption of a "speed dating" type format.
More than 40 tourism operators from Opotiki, Whakatane, Kawerau, Murupara and Ruatahuna were each given just three minutes to meet and market their businesses.
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The Eastern Bay of Plenty added a welcome touch of sunshine to the national Fieldays at Mystery Creek, Hamilton, last month. Toi-EDA staff manned a colourful stand at the event, promoting the Eastern Bay of Plenty as a visitor and lifestyle destination. Capitalising on massive national publicity about Whakatane's sunshine hours, the stand had a "golden sunshine" theme designed by artist staff member Adrienne Ranson, and it certainly drew plenty of attention. More...
A Bay of Plenty food and beverage sector strategy that builds on the competitive advantages of the region's food sector will be released shortly.
Involving the three Bay of Plenty regional economic development agencies, working in partnership with Food Bay of Plenty Inc, the strategy is designed to build on the competitive advantages of the region’s food sector.
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The six YES teams from Whakatane High School, Opotiki College, Edgecumbe College and Trident High School presented their oral business plans to a panel of judges last month.
The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) is a business course based on hands-on experience, requiring students to set up and run their own enterprise for the school year.
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