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APRIL 2021
BUSINESS FEATURE
Stirling
Sports
FREE EVENT
School
Holidays in
the Square
is back!
President’s
Report
P. 2
Give it a Whirl with
Magazine Designer
Clothing
P. 3
News from
the PBA
P. 4
10 Years
with Kendyl
P. 7
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
I hope so....
some things have not changed. Kiwis and other stakeholders together and
still prefer to work with and support focused like this. Please continue to
other Kiwis. Kiwis like supporting local engage with the process and maximise
business. this opportunity.
I was reading a survey on consumer This month of April, many will be
behaviour in NZ. It looked at 11 variables celebrating the Easter story. At its most
that drive consumer choices including
brand, ingredients, recyclable, carbon
neutral etc. The top 3 attributes were
price, NZ owned and Made in NZ.
Creative place settings
A quote from the summary “Recent
draw people in and
research has shown that New Zealanders encourage them to
are experiencing a new sense of
national pride stemming from the spend more time and
success of our COVID-19 response
In a former life, I was a manager for
a kiwi pie business. I was always measures and many are pledging their then, more money.
surprised how much kiwis loved the support for New Zealand businesses
brand and adopted it as their own. in the future.” What is more, 70% of
consumers said their new buying habits basic level, it is a story of hope. Also,
I was part of the opening team; we would last for years or be permanent. this month we have the Small Business
would go to a location 2 months before Day, where shoppers can win $200,000
opening and begin recruiting and Soon we will be starting the trial with by supporting local business.
training staff. There was a buzz in each Panuku to improve the environment for
shoppers in Pukekohe. This will open the There is much to be hopeful about and
community and the local support was
doors to ongoing design and resources hope can be contagious. The opposite
always surprising.
to improve our community. This is a is also true. I know which I would prefer
I know this was last millennium and huge opportunity for us to shape our for our community.
much has changed, who could have local future and put Pukekohe on the Have the best April.
predicted the internet and changes map. Normally it could take decades
technology would bring. However, to get ATEED, NZTA, Auckland Council Here’s to your business success
Rupert
Administration
Manager Promotions Administration
Kendyl Sullivan Co-ordinator Co-ordinator
(Maternity leave) Chenay Douglas Shawna Coleman
Committee
President Committee Member Committee Member
Rupert Ross Brandon Botting Francesca Mills
09 238 1951 09 238 3678 09 238 6352
Vibra Train ITM Pukekohe David Mills Ltd
Vice President Committee Member Committee Member
Marie Peters Darren Singh Melissa van den Brink
09 973 0979 09 239 2194 0800 002 760
Quinovic Pukekohe Creo Fitness Pukekohe Smith & Sons Renovations
& Extensions Franklin
Treasurer Committee Member Local Board
Philippa O’Mara Erin Pellow Representative
09 238 5939 09 238 4163 Alan Cole
Engine Room Pellow Bros Franklin Local Board
Chartered Accountants
09 910 0137 Follow us on
pukekohe.org.nz Facebook & Instagram
info@pukekohe.org.nz @pukekoheba
Disclaimer: Whilst every effort has been made to provide valuable, useful information in this publication, the Business Association accepts no responsibility or any form of liability
from reliance upon or use of its contents. Any suggestions should be considered carefully within your own particular circumstances, as they are intended as general information only.
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GIVE IT A WHIRL
Magazine Designer
Clothing
This month we became stylists for a day at
Magazine Designer Clothing.
The Magazine Designer Clothing our mannequins from head to toe
experience is about helping customers and exploring the beautiful range of
find their perfect style, no matter accessories to complete each look.
their size, age or the occasion they’re
Having not shopped at Magazine
shopping for. They stock a stunning
Designer Clothing before, we enjoyed
range of flattering and feminine,
discovering the range of styles that
contemporary looks in sizes 10 – 26.
the store has to offer. From weddings
We were given the opportunity to to workwear, to weekend wardrobe
style a Mother of the Bride outfit as essentials, there is an outfit for every
well as a ‘Saturday night’ party outfit. occasion.
Once we decided on the look we were not limited to) Cashews, Chocolat, Obi,
Sarah and Rochelle explained that
going for, we had a lot of fun styling Euphoria, Chalet, White Label NOBA and
Magazine’s complimentary in store styling
experience is bespoke to each customer their own exclusive label, ‘Magazine’. Pop
and their needs. Whether you already in any time to visit Lorraine, Sarah and
know your own style and simply want Rochelle - they would love to see you.
advice putting together the latest looks
and trends, or if you are unsure of what Magazine Designer Clothing
suits you and want to know how to create 74 King Street, Pukekohe,
your own unique style, they can help. 09 239 2696
Their designer labels include (but are www.magazineclothing.co.nz
LOCAL
ACHIEVEMENTS
PARENTS HEALTH BIN INN PUKEKOHE SENIOR SERGEANT
HAVEN Happy 7th Birthday to Bin Inn WAYNE PAXTON
Pukekohe! Congratulations to Senior
Congratulations to the team They celebrated by giving Sergeant Wayne Paxton, who
at Parents Health Haven for away prizes and having
opening their new boutique recently celebrated 20 years
tastings and samples of their with the Police. Wayne is an
gym studio, AKTIBO. products in store. integral part of the Pukekohe
Check them out at 7b Paerata Rd, Check them out at 4a Harris Street
Police team and we are so
Pukekohe, @ParentsHealthHaven grateful for the support he
Pukekohe, @BinInnPukekohe
provides our community.
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NEWS FROM THE PBA
It’s hard to believe it’s already April! This month we begin our 2021 Shop Local Voucher
Booklet promotion and our School Holidays in the Square event is back!
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS IN THE HAVE YOU SEEN OUR BEST IN BUSINESS AWARDS
SQUARE IS BACK! HEALTH AND BEAUTY Due to uncertainty caused by
VIDEO? COVID-19 and the ever-present
We are excited to announce that our
School Holidays in the Square event is Health and Beauty gets the spotlight potential for an alert level rise, we have
back for 2021. decided to postpone our 2021 Best in
this month in the 4th installment of our
Business Awards for another year.
There will be lots of FREE activities in the ‘Love Pukekohe’ series.
Town Square from 10am- 2pm, Tuesday There is a lot of planning, time and
Whether you need to pamper yourself, money that goes in to this event, making
27th - Friday 30th March. improve your fitness, or look after your a late cancellation quite costly.
We have a rock climbing wall, Kids Pirate health, Pukekohe has it all.
Ship, Giant Inflatable Rainbow Slide, Instead, we are planning an end of
Check out our video promoting the year event for businesses to celebrate
Teacups, face painting, plus much much Health and Beauty sector on our
more! with their team, so stay tuned for more
Facebook page, @pukekoheba and details.
We are anticipating a large influx of please feel free to share!
visitors into the Town Square over the
course of the week. This is a good DRURY AND PAERATA TRAIN
opportunity for those businesses who STATIONS UPDATE
operate nearby to leverage off this
event! KiwiRail, the Supporting Growth Alliance
- Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi -
Keep an eye on our Facebook page are seeking community feedback on the
@pukekoheba for updates. development of three new train stations
for southern Auckland.
The proposed locations are: BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENTS
• Drury Central- between Flanagan
and Great South Roads Have you or a member of your team
celebrated a business achievement,
• Drury West- near the intersection of
SH22 / Karaka Road and Jesmond industry win or milestone recently?
Road We want to celebrate your success in
• Paerata- adjacent to the planned upcoming Loop publications. Whether
eastern extent of the Paerata Rise the success is big or small as sometimes
development these achievements go unnoticed.
Visit supportinggrowth.govt.nz to
to have your say on these proposed To be featured in an upcoming Loop,
locations. email info@pukekohe.org.nz.
SHOP LOCAL VOUCHER BOOKLET 2021
The 2021 Shop Local Voucher booklet is out now and it is
full of awesome deals from 48 local businesses.
You’ll find great discounts on Entertainment & Hospitality,
Food & Dining, Health & Beauty, Professional Services and
Retail.
Buy one game of Tenpin Bowling and get one free at the
Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club, receive 20% off your meal at
Poco Loco and save 25% off all books at Paper Plus. These
are just some of the fantastic deals inside the booklet!
Pick up a copy from the PBA office or redeem online at
www.shoplocalpukekohe.co.nz. Fill out your details on the
back of every voucher you redeem to be in to win $500!
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DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS APRIL 9TH - SHOP SMALL
CONTINUITY PLAN? BUSINESS DAY
INNOVATING It is now more important than ever to New Zealand’s small business owners are
STREETS have a business continuity plan. the backbone of our country, but this past
year hasn’t been easy. So we’re saying
Continuity and contingency planning is
INSTALLATION THIS MONTH about being prepared for all types of
thanks by getting behind Small Business
Day on Friday 9th of April!
The Innovating Streets trial will get under disruptions and quickly getting back on
way this month, with temporary changes your feet after events such as: Small Business owners are being asked
to lower King Street, Devon Lane and • World wide pandemic such as to put their business name on the map at
COVID-19 www.smallbusinessday.co.nz. Customers
Roulston Street. Follow @PanukuAKL for
who shop with registered businesses on
updates on this project. • Broken equipment
April 9th and snap a photo of their receipt,
Lower King Street will trial a one way • Losing a supplier will go in the draw to win up to $200,000
system from Hall Street down, exiting at • Earthquake or flood worth of prizes just for supporting their
the Manukau Rd roundabout. We have local small business.
Business.govt.nz have a great step-by-
been told there will be a carpark loss of step guide to get your continuity and Five small businesses that put their
2 spaces. contingency plan sorted. business on the map will also go into the
Devon Lane will also become one way draw to win $10,000 cash.
Planning greatly improves the likelihood
entering at Edinburgh Street and Exiting that your business will recover after a Get all the details on the big day,
at Queen Street enabling a safer place crisis — so it should be on your must-do including how to list your business, at
for pedestirans. list. www.smallbusinessday.co.nz
Roulston Street, Roulston Lane, Town
Square Roulston Street will become
one way exiting onto Massey Ave and
the Town Square will become the home
of the Saturday markets during this trial
period.
NEW
MEMBERS
THE PUKEKOHE BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION WELCOMES
OUR NEW MEMBERS
LASER STRIKE AND THE
HIDDEN CAFE
Laser Strike is a mission-based outdoor
laser tag game play. Combine your Laser
Strike experience with a coffee and lunch
at The Hidden Cafe.
994C Paerata Road, Pukekohe
0274 872 460
@laserstrikenz
9 TO 5 HR
9 to 5 HR provides straightforward,
relevant, useful, cost-effective HR solutions
that are practical and easy to implement.
9tofivehr.co.nz
0274 486 202
@9-to-five-HR
Email us at
info@pukekohe.org.nz to find
out about becoming a member.
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Interview with
Maree Trow
WHAT INSPIRED YOU
TO START OR BUY
YOUR OWN BUSINESS?
I love to chat, I love sport, health and
fitness and the idea of being able to
do both all day was so appealing! I
was at stage in my life that I wanted
to make a change and I had always
wanted to own my own business.
Stirling Sports ticked off so many
items on my wish list for the perfect
job and so here we are!
WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE
PART OF YOUR JOB?
It’s always a buzz sorting out a
workout outfit for someone who’s
starting a bootcamp or has just
finished one. Helping someone
BUSINESS FEATURE choose an awesome pair of shoes
Stirling Sports
for their weekend adventures, a
sports game, a run in the Hunuas
or something from our Street shoe
range for their Saturday night
Stirling Sports has been big brands come to play”. This enables adventures.
Stirling Sports to supply customers with
servicing the Pukekohe brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Champion
area from its home at 101 and Mitchell and Ness clothing. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU
King Street for well over 30 GIVE YOUR YOUNGER SELF?
years.
“I’ve come from Don’t be so conservative! Live a
little and take some risks earlier in
As a locally owned business, Stirling a background of life – open your mind up to lots of
Sports like to support the local
community by providing a welcoming always going above opportunities and don’t listen to the
service to anyone who walks through and beyond for negatives around you.
their door.
customers”
They pride themselves on providing HOW DO YOU DEFINE
the best customer service possible by Supplying these popular brands has SUCCESS?
ensuring that staff are engaged and meant that Stirling Sports has faced a
helpful, while always being informed I think success is having financial
number of security challenges. As a
and up to date with information on the stability, having respect and being
result, Maree regularly works closely with
products being sold. Maree and the respected by your peers and being
the Pukekohe Police and is very grateful
team also like to support local sports for their ongoing support. able to contribute to your community
clubs by providing them with required in a positive way. More than anything
equipment, sponsorship to assist the The team at Stirling Sports Pukekohe being able to get out of bed
teams and add on accessories for would love to see you, and will do their everyday and be happy and positive
players. best to help you with what you need.
about the day ahead!
Stirling Sports Pukekohe provide a range Stirling Sports Pukekohe
of sporting accessories, training gear, WHAT DO LOVE ABOUT
101 King Street, Pukekohe
as well as a range of popular brands and
casual wear. When Maree first bought
09 238 7689 PUKEKOHE?
stirlingsports.co.nz
the business, there was a wide range of @stirlingsportspukekohe One of things I love about Pukekohe
accessories and fewer casual options. is the selection of gyms/ crossfit
Over the last 5 years the business has
venues/Metfit workouts/ Pilates and
evolved, using the motto “where the
Yoga facilities we have available.
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CELEBRATING KENDYL
10 Years with
Kendyl at the helm
This month marks Kendyl’s 10 year work
anniversary with the Pukekohe Business
Association
In 2012 a fresh faced Law graduate joined the newly formed Pukekohe Business
Association to assist local businesses in the transition to become a Business
Improvement District.
Since then, Kendyl has grown the Association to what it is today with 2 long serving, full-
time staff members who are both just as passionate about local business as she is.
Some of Kendyl’s proudest moments include advocating for Franklin businesses on a
number of key business issues. This included lowering the business differential when it was first
implemented, and in 2016 she successfully advocated on behalf of Hospitality businesses for
the outdoor dining levy to be differed.
Kendyl also implemented many initiatives, promotions and events celebrating, encouraging and supporting local
business; such as the Shop Local Voucher Booklet, Business Subsidies and the Best in Business Awards.
Overall, Kendyl feels that working passionately in the best interests of businesses in Pukekohe, alongside some conscientious, loyal,
long-serving team members, makes her job so enjoyable.
We will welcome Kendyl back from maternity leave in August. Until then, Shawna and Chenay are keeping things running smoothly in
the Pukekohe Business Association office.
BUSINESS SUPPORT
What can the MSD do for your
business?
Over the coming months we Once an employer has decided on a Support once your employee starts
candidate, they may be able to get work
will be highlighting a range of extra training and financial support from Once your new staff member starts
Business support services that MSD. work, we can offer ongoing post-
are available to you and your Flexi-wage expansion
placement support and advice to help
business. you manage any challenges that come
Flexi-wage is an employment
up.
programme that helps job seekers get
This month the Ministry of a job and the skills needed to do that Mainstream programmes
Social Development outlines job. As well as a contribution to wages, If you support one of our disabled
their support programme. Flexi-wage can include training and candidates into work through a
in-work support. The job must pay at Mainstream programme, we may be
least the adult minimum wage and be able to help with wage subsidies, other
ongoing, continuing after the Flexi- funding and on-the-job support.
In Supporting employment, MSD wage has finished. Modification Grant
has a suite of products available to Funding may be available for
Apprenticeship Boost
job seekers and employers, which modifications or equipment for
Employers can get monthly payments
compliments MSD’s free recruitment employees who have a disability or
to help keep or take on new
service. So, if you’re an employer who’s health condition.
apprentices, and there’s an incentive
looking for workers, found a candidate for the apprentice too.
to hire, or hired someone who needs
some extra support or training, MSD Mana in Mahi - For employers
may be able to help. If you hire one of our participants, we To discuss any of the above
can help with funding and on-the-job programmes further, please
“Our dedicated team of MSD Work
Brokers meets with employers to
support. contact Work Services Manager,
understand the role and workplace Skills for Industry Neil Lauagiagi on 029 223-5735,
culture and help them prepare a If candidates need industry specific Neil.Lauagiagi004@msd.govt.nz
recruitment plan, so they find the right skills for a job, we may be able to
people,” says Lynda Smardon, Regional offer funding and support to help with
Commissioner for South Auckland. short-term pre-employment or in-work
training.
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Shop Local Voucher Booklet 2021 Fill in your details on the back of each voucher you redeem, to be in to win $500!* www.pukekohe.org.nz *T’s & C’s apply - see website for details
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