Carrfields would manufacture wool and hemp products through its majority ownership of NZ Natural Fibres. The merger proposal was the result of year-long talks between Carrfields, Primary Wool Cooperative and Wools of New Zealand, which collectively held 37 per cent of the country’s wool clip, Wools of New Zealand chairman James Parsons said.
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Big Save Furniture to pay more for for wool. “Together, we can deliver the vision and scale required to make a real difference to New Zealand’s struggling wool industry.” Wool prices have dropped to all-time lows this year, with a kilogram of strong wool costing less than $2.
Hastings business Chem-Dry partners with Flooring Xtra
11 Apr, 2021 10:27 PM
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With 78 franchises across New Zealand, Hastings man Peter Snow knew he was on to something when he brought the first Chem-Dry carpet cleaning products into the country. Photo / Paul Taylor
With 78 franchises across New Zealand, Hastings man Peter Snow knew he was on to something when he brought the first Chem-Dry carpet cleaning products into the country. Photo / Paul Taylor
By Gianina Schwanecke
It was a chance encounter that had the first Chem-Dry carpet cleaning franchise launch from Hawke s Bay into the rest of the world.
It was 1985, and Peter Snow was showing a group of American tourists around Napier when he met the father of the man who invented Chem-Dry s products, Robert Harris, who was based in California.
Evie Kemp and Woven Earth introduced a wealth of colour and fun to this converted garage playroom at the Te Whānau Rangimarie women s refuge in Auckland. Video by Show and Tell
Designer Evie Kemp recently helped complete an interior makeover with a difference – she was contacted by the charity Woven Earth and asked to help transform a very plain double garage at the Te Whānau Rangimarie women’s refuge safe house in Auckland. The garage is used as a playroom-second living area at the house, which can accommodate up to 19 women and children who have escaped domestic violence. But it was in desperate need of a little love and attention.
New vet hospital set to be best in the north
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The purpose-built clinic will act as a regional veterinary hub as the local population grows.
Six years of planning and investment come to fruition this month with the opening of Warkworth Vets’ new 465 square metre veterinary hospital in Hudson Road.
The state-of-the-art clinic is at least twice the size of the old Neville Street premises, with four consulting rooms, two theatres, four anaesthetic and prep areas, large recovery rooms, a digital imagery area, dental suite, laboratory, pharmacy and isolation room. There are also observation areas and viewing panels for better monitoring of recovering animals. Outside, there are pens for sheep, goats and alpacas, plus a fenced off dog walking area and a large car park.