Archive for February 2026
Nigel Bowen — The Face of the Timaru District
We sat down with Nigel Bowen, the mayor of the Timaru district, to unpack what makes South Canterbury an exceptional place to live, work and build a business. Nigel’s journey—rooted in hospitality, shaped by hard-won business lessons, and driven by a clear focus on infrastructure—gives us a useful window into how local leadership and community…
Read MoreVidya Kethireddy & Juice Products New Zealand – the Carrot Capital of NZ
We met Vidya Kethireddy sitting in a carrot field — a fitting place to talk about a career built around one of the world’s most-loved vegetables. Vidya is the Technical and Quality Manager at Juice Products New Zealand. Her story moves from a small town in India to laboratories in the US, a PhD in…
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