Hawke s Bay secondary school players get 10-week ban for abusive remarks
12 Feb, 2021 08:08 PM
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Hawkes Bay Today
Two Hawke s Bay players at the centre of a complaint that alleged racist, homophobic and sexist comments were made in a secondary school cricket match have been banned for the season.
The players are sons of Hawke s Bay Cricket chief executive Craig Findlay and Mike Pawson, Napier Tech s club manager.
The ban takes into account that the players have been stood down for three weeks already, and totals 10 weeks.
The two players had turned out for a Napier Technical Old Boys Year 11 to 13 side against a Western Districts Auckland Blue XI in a Twenty20 game on January 21.
Hawke s Bay tech start-up changing real estate
25 Jan, 2021 02:27 AM
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Hawke s Bay men Matt Finlayson and Nathaniel Wright have launched BidList. Photo / Paul Taylor
Two Hawke s Bay men have created a start-up changing up the real estate industry, allowing sellers to compare multiple offers from real estate agents online. With the aim of easing the process for vendors and giving real estate agents the option to bid for sales which they may not have otherwise seen, Hawke s Bay men Nathaniel Wright and Matt Finlayson launched BidList.
The two friends and business partners came up with the idea when Wright was buying a house and Finlayson selling.
World s first pure collagen water created in Hawke s Bay. Is it tasty?
10 Dec, 2020 09:42 PM
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Parkers Beverage Company managing director Doug Speedy and Adashiko Collagen CEO Luci Firth trying the new Adashiko Refresh collagen water they have collaborated on. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Shannon Johnstone
Two Hawke s Bay companies have created the world s first pure collagen and pure water without preservatives, flavouring, colours or other additives. Collagen is the protein found in skin and connective tissues and collagen supplements claim to help improve skin, hair and nails and increase joint mobility.
Hawke s Bay s Adashiko Collagen and Parkers Beverage Company s new product Adashiko Refresh, which comes in still and sparkling varieties, has been on the market for about two weeks and the companies are looking to introduce larger bottles to hospitality venues soon.