Natures Therapeutics – Q&A
February 16, 2023
When was it started your business and why? Kia ora my name is Gordon. I’m the Founder and CEO of Natures Therapeutics. Our operations commenced August 2020. Based in Whangarei New Zealand, we manufacture a range of health and personal products. Each product contains at least 1 plant extract traditionally used by Māori. Our health . . .
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Tides Out Maps: Mapping out artistic success
February 16, 2023
While taking a year off from his engineering job, Matt Peacock’s passion for art, coupled with a friend who kept telling him to turn it into a business, led him to found Tides Out Maps. The business sells handcrafted wooden depth maps based on the waterways of New Zealand. Peacock has found his entrepreneurial fulfilling . . .
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Drying to be the best
February 16, 2023
Drying Solutions was born out of a struggle to find a device that could dry macadamia nuts. Sensing an opportunity, co-owners Robert and Paulette set their sights on the nut growing industry, and when that venture proved unsuccessful, they turned their sights to the pet food industry. From there, the business, which provides drying solutions . . .
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Pasta Vera: A taste of Italy in New Zealand
February 16, 2023
Phil Bennett found his passion for food as a teenager through his friends, who were bakers and chefs. They introduced him to the idea of getting involved in the food industry himself, and with a fondness for Italian cuisine, he teamed up with co-owner Linda Murphy to make high quality, fresh pasta. The owners’ skills . . .
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No pain, no gain for innovative desk start-up
February 16, 2023
Qualified physio Bart de Vries felt he was doing meaningful work, until he realised he was sending people back to the environments that had injured them in the first place. Disheartened, he decided to give up his career to create “the world’s healthiest desks” back in 2015. “I was sick of seeing people return to . . .
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Authentic Aleppo soap at its finest
February 16, 2023
In 2017, while thinking of business ideas, Hasan Chahoud’s son asked him: “Baba, why don’t you start the saboon business?” With aleppo soap being a part of Chahoud’s family business in Syria, and soap making being a long-standing part of his family, he jumped at the opportunity. Hasan Aleppo Soap’s roots come from a rich . . .
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