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Women in The High
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In this issue we are excited to share photographer Carmen’s visit to a high tech
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From standout trinkets to staple pieces, rugs, lamps, cushions, vases and artwork! You name it, it can be found somewhere near you. with you one of our favourite features - home in Merivale. Page 08.
Women in Business, (WIB). We always
Our herb enthusiast and horticulturist,
look forward to putting this feature
Minette Tonoli’s advice about weather
together because it’s our opportunity to
proofing and the winter garden is
promote the amazing business women
invaluable.
of North Canterbury.
“Mark the positions of perennials that
The Fabric of Society’s great space is a showcase Their wisdom, enthusiasm and positive die back completely in winter, such as
for their wide selection of fabric off the roll, attitudes are so inspirational. We have lovage and sweet cicely so that you don’t
Chalk Paint®, homewares and occasional been privileged to celebrate the success of inadvertently dig them up as you cultivate
furniture, both old and new. A meeting place many WIB over the past 18+ years and we soil through winter”.
love learning about what makes different
for those seeking décor inspiration, their textile Lovage/sweet cicely? Who? What? I’m quite
business women tick. Obviously I’m also a
collection encompasses an eclectic mix of styles, a keen gardener but clearly I have a lot
WIB and I’ve been lucky to work with such
colours and patterns in beautiful natural and STORE WIDE capable, intelligent and motivating women
to learn about edible/medicinal plants.
Minette’s column is on page 10
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Love Rangiora Front Cover: Women in Business 2021
man-made fibres to suit every home. that have all contributed to the magazine Business owner pictured: Sandy Turner
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Hurricanes in ‘woman’ that you have to be careful
interesting Sunken Chocolate, Apple &
around sometimes! Home owners Kim
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Rutter and David Roche don’t call her
by name preferring to use ‘her’ on some Have a great month - Dorothy
occasions. Check out our writer Pattie and
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1st and Christmas day so if you launch to market in the
very first week of September you would, on average, be
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moving at the end of November all going to plan. This With all of the recent legislation
From standout trinkets to staple pieces, rugs, lamps, cushions, vases and artwork! You name it, it can be found somewhere near you. would mean your preparation for the market will be changes that have come into effect The
happening in August when most sellers are still in their I thought it timely to host another content
Village Green
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In our professional opinion there are two ways of
The Residential Tenancies events
Claire and Stuart Morris gaining a competitive advantage when working out the
timing of your upcoming sale:
Amendments Act 2020 is, to say the will be the
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Is it Worth Waiting to Sell
Your House in Spring??
1. Go to market in winter when you have less
competition; or
least confusing and even after 15 years
working in the property management
industry, I must admit it is hard work to
same at each venue so if you cannot
make it to one please feel free to
register and attend another instead.
2. Launch to market in spring, but in actual spring, ie start keep on top of and ensure all those very We will cover all of the new legislation,
As we hit the winter months we hear clients often preparing now over the winter months and get a head important boxes are ticked. as well as the deadlines for Healthy
Art Deco 1/2 discussing their intentions to sell in spring. What start on the market rush which only dilutes your buyer
does this actually mean and is it worth waiting for pool as a seller. Naturally, I am extremely passionate Homes, and we will have a guest
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this time of year or is it all a market myth? about investment property ownership. accountant to provide some tips and
When exactly is Spring when you are talking real estate? Not only will it assist a lot of landlords information on the financial side. We
In many seller’s minds the spring sale works to a to achieve a more comfortable will also arm you with some resources
wonderful timeline where they breeze out of winter and retirement, it also ensures that we to refer back to as you navigate this new
are sold, moved and nestled in their new home before can keep our many wonderful tenants legislation.
Christmas even starts to come on the radar. The reality is in quality, affordable homes. We feel
Status Anxiety Bag a spring launch turns into an October-ish launch and a We would love you to join us. All you
education is the key and we want to need to do is register via email at
December or even January settlement. make owning investment property morrispm.nz@raywhite.com
Let’s break it down: easier for you. or phone 03 331 6755.
Cast Iron Roof We generally advise sellers to factor in a twelve week Our Property Management division
Finial. process from start to finish. Working on the current operates from three offices so we will
median days to sell you are looking at an average of five be hosting this event in those areas:
Very similar to the Fiddle Leaf Fig If we were buying a house in North Canterbury we would
weeks actively on the market. buy it in winter. Our summer is lovely but our winters
one on the • Saturday 26th June from 10.00am
Selection of Kaiapoi Rose • Factor in the lead-in-time including interviewing are pretty average through to awful so you know what
– 11.30am in our Papanui office, in
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documents, preparing your home for photos and you own a villa with double height ceilings and not so Winston Avenue.
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how organised you are and how ready your home is. well showcased during the colder months. The main
advantage here too, there are fewer homes on the market • Saturday 3rd July 10.00am – Katrina Green
• Unless you Auction, once you are under offer it is
so less competition. You may just find your time on the 11.30am at ENC House, 143 Williams Operations Manager
highly likely the due diligence period will be another Property Management
two weeks.
market for a winter sale is a little longer, going on earlier Street, Kaiapoi (North Canterbury)
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The House
The house itself is a rebuild of the couple’s 1957 home.
The original was destroyed in the quakes but they loved
it so much that rather than opt for a new build they
recreated it with its high ceilings, unusual angles and
external beams.
Outside visitors are greeted by grey concrete block
“The gadgets
begin at the
front door....
“
walls, grey pebbles and minimalist architectural
planting. The gadgets start at the door, press the
glowing blue button and the Ring video doorbell alerts
Visitors are greeted by a full wall
David on his smartphone and he can see and speak to
mural of Tretchikoff’s Lady from any visitors from wherever he may be. On this occasion
Orient in the entrance hall. he happens to be in the house, which is handy, as he The quirky wall of eclectic objects
opens the front door. with its lifesize Trump cut out figure.
The Interior his morning news to him (via an Echo – that’s the “The audio visual stuff is hard-wired,” explains David,
hardware, Alexa is the executive assistant trapped in the “But most of the stuff we have here is modular and we’ve
Inside it’s a stark contrast with the grey of the driveway. little black speaker); the purple fridge allows them to added to it as we go along.”
A mural depicting Russian artist Vladimir Tretchikoff’s add items to a digital shopping list that syncs with their
iconic painting ‘Lady Of The Orient’ covers the wall in
the entrance. Floor to ceiling wrought iron gates lead
phones. He even waters the outdoor plants via an app on What are the challenges?
his phone.
to the lounge where there’s a sunburst mirror on blue It seems to run so smoothly. But it’s not always like this
wallpaper; an orange Eames style lounge chair; a blue Kim is an equally enthusiastic user of all these apps, says Kim candidly. There are frustrating moments when it
and gold floor lamp. she reads all her books on a Kindle and deftly navigates all goes wrong. And you do have to be careful sometimes
The colourful mid-century style formal lounge with sunburst
around the home entertainment system via Alexa. But not to call Alexa by name if you don’t want her to do
The kitchen and dining area is sleek glossy white with she also brings a more stylish perspective. “I don’t care
mirror, yellow bubble chair and orange Eames style recliner. something, they use ‘her’ instead on these occasions.
splashes of purple in the bar stools and cabinetry and how good they are if they’re ugly,” she says of the various
The
fridge. gadgets. And what about power cuts? “Well, honestly, we rarely
have power cuts here,” says David. “And if we do, it just
The technology The majority of the technology here is controlled through
one smart home system and an i-pad and many of the
means a reboot of things around the house. And we do
have a guy who comes now and again and helps us with
The technology feels like a good fit in this home with its gadgets have been added on. And whilst David does
High Tech
digital housekeeping once or twice a year.”
strong streak of quirky and futuristic vibe. have a sort of ‘control centre’ cabinet in his home office,
it debunks the idea that to have a high-tech home you When you look at home technology the possibilities
“I’m definitely a gadget person,” says David. He’s not really do seem endless. And in this home they’ve utterly
kidding – the coffee machine is on a timer; Alexa reads need to start at the new build phase.
embraced them. It’s very appealing.
Home
words: Pattie Pegler images: Carmen Peter Photography
“Alexa, Savannah sunset,” says Kim Rutter as we stand in the informal
lounge area of the Merivale home she shares with David Roche.
A slow, warm orange light creeps across the room – it does indeed feel like
you might imagine a Savannah sunset.
“Alexa, Arctic Aurora,” says Kim. And the room is turned a cool, pale blue
and the transformation is gradual and soothing. It’s all rather lovely.
These are the Hue lightbulbs at work explains David, all voice-controlled
via the ubiquitous Alexa.
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Sowing and planting
What to grow this Winter The Canterbury region is rather large, with quite a few different climate zones
scattered about – even the microclimate in your own garden can make a differ-
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or seedling labels for more information specific to your exact growing conditions.
Veggies
Minette Tonoli Sow Seeds or plant out very young seedlings:
Broad beans, corn salad, lettuce, mesclun and mizuna, mustard, onions, (in seed
trays, under cover), pak choi, peas, perpetual spinach, radish, shallots, silverbeet,
Minette Tonoli is a herb enthusiast and spinach, strawberries, plant garlic
horticulturist, a true Earth Mother, who gets
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excited about sharing her love for the plethora Broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale Feature Harriet Leonard Feature Megan Burridge Feature Jan McCormick Feature Vera Setz Feature Gina McKenzie
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uses at her home acre in Waikuku. Herbs, Flowers and Fruit
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The talk of the town is the Canterbury deluge - what a weather event! germination to take place – can
be planted now, e.g., sweet
In my own garden, luckily not under sweeping floods, I saw the amazing cicely, echinacea, anise hyssop,
difference that building good soil has made – the beds where I had scabiosa, rudbeckia and
concentrated my efforts in creating a living soil, and that had a lovely thick soapwort. Dormant fruit trees to
layer of mulch, drained away much faster than the newer garden beds where be planted toward the end of this
I’m yet to make all the amendments. Weather-proofing our gardens for these month.
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headaches and colds.
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Garden tasks this month Thyme (Thymus vulgaris): tea is helpful in treating
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We always love putting together our Women in Business issue and over the So dive in and discover the amazing contribution women are making to our local
We stock a good range of house plants and years it has become quite a fixture. But every time we discover more economy and business landscape. From go-getter real estate agents to young
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Women of all ages and walks of life are turning their great ideas into reality right delighted to be able to highlight some of the ideas, opinions and achievements of
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As well as stocking an
incredible and colourful
array of high quality
materials and tools for
knitting, crochet, sewing,
quilting, hand embroidery,
and machine embroidery,
including Brother machines
and accessories,
Handzon has become
a hub of learning and business for an Arab company. She and her Kiwi husband
connection for crafters. then moved their family to New Zealand, where after a
There are regular meet ups for social
stint as the manager of knitting yarn company, Crucci, “I don’t think it matters if you are male
process and the actual build
Stitch and Chat sessions, and numerous structured or
she and her husband ended up purchasing its Main North
itself,” says Bubs. “We just love
or female,” says Sue. “If you are good at
Road store and Handzon was born.
unstructured learning events and classes, including the variety of our jobs and the your job and open to new ideas nothing
WOMEN
children’s classes. Riana moved the business to Rangiora in 2019, and is
thrilled to be part of the local business community, with its
people we deal with from tradies is a challenge.”
Excellent service is the most valuable commodity Riana to clients.”
“bouquet” of fabulous shops, including three thriving craft For young women wanting to enter the building business,
BUILDING IT UP
and her team of five part time staff provide, she says. “We shops. And while the construction industry might still be largely Bubs and Sue are clear – it’s a great time to be involved in
really believe in building relationships with our customers, male dominated, Jennian Homes Canterbury is really this dynamic and varied industry. And the opportunities
“We have become a buzzing destination town with ‘crafty’
and taking the time to find out about their projects and tipping the balance with over half their team of 16 being are excellent in terms of a career and job satisfaction.
customers coming from all over to make a day of it and
HANDZON
how we can help them. Each of us has our own areas women, including two female construction project
visit the different stores. We love this little town with its Sue Prendergast and Bub Jenkins are two of the “Work hard and stay focused,” advises Bubs. “And you’ll
of passion and expertise, and together we offer a well- managers. “It is still unusual to have female project
great feel, and character.” business partners and key leaders behind - Jennian find each day will bring new experiences and learning
rounded service.” managers, even in this day and age,” says Sue.
your happy place
Homes Canterbury. The business specialises in opportunities which will only help you grow in your
Originally from South Africa, Riana has had a varied designing, planning and building quality homes at Both Bubs and Sue believe that women do bring a profession.”
and colourful career as a journalist and publisher, with affordable prices throughout the region. different element to the building business, and that
Crafting is so much more than a hobby – it is also good her former magazines Threads and Crafts and Creative they see things differently to their male counterparts in
With several years’ experience heading up Jennian
for the soul, says Riana Auret, the owner of Handzon, a Reflections, distributed in South Africa, Australia, the USA terms of design, quality control and those vital business 212 Main South Road,
Homes Canterbury, Sue and Bubs both still love the
Rangiora store known as the ‘happy place’ for crafters. and Canada. relationships where people skills really matter – dealing Sockburn,
3 Durham Street, Rangiora home building business and all the aspects of helping
“I believe that crafting is therapeutic and also contributes Her first foray into retail was in Dubai where she set up with tradies and suppliers and clients. However, they
03 595 2641 people into their dream homes. “Our roles cover right 03 741 1436
to mental wellbeing. It is not something people have to and managed a huge arts and crafts retail and distribution believe also it’s about choosing the best person for the
from the point of sale through to design and the consent www.jennian.co.nz
do, they do it because they want to.”
“ www.handzon.co.nz job, regardless of gender.
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Teamwork is
essential for It’s never too late to
achieving business goals. Gina McKenzie Jan McCormick learn a new skill.
Licensed Real Estate Agent for Bayleys
Director of
Vera Setz Real Communications What is your business focus?
Residential and Lifestyle sales.
Director/Audiologist of Vera Setz Hearing
What is your business focus?
Communications and Public Relations
What influenced your career choice?
A keen interest in property, a genuine love of working
Kelly Jane
with people, extensive marketing experience and
How do you engage with the local business flexibility .
What is your business focus?
community?
Owner & Apprentice at
To provide high quality Audiological Services What is unique about your business?
to the Hearing Impaired in a caring and safe How important is the local business community
Real Communications provides communications and marketing services I offer a very personalised service. Having been in Woodend Hair Design
environment. to you? for Regional Business Partners/MBIE, which means businesses may marketing for 25 years I enjoy helping my clients present their properties to the market
The impact of Covid 19 has truly highlighted the be eligible for funding of up to 50 per cent towards our marketing and in such a way that will ensure they receive maximum return. What is your business focus?
What influenced your career choice? communications workshops. We are also a registered business service To make everyone feel special as everyone deserves to
I always wanted to work in health and after need to support local businesses for survival. Best advice you have received?
partner with Enterprise North Canterbury. feel special.
completing a Psychology degree, the field of How do you engage with the local business Treat other people’s business interests as you would wish your own to be treated.
Audiology was a good fit. community? We enjoy working with start ups and local businesses on formulating Your greatest work accomplishment is? What influenced your career choice?
By supporting local events, joining networking strategic communications plans that help new and existing businesses to Top performing new sales person for 2016/2017. I had always love doing braids, so decided to make a career out of it.
What is unique about your business?
The role of helping people hear well again with groups, and advertising locally. connect with their target audience and boost business growth. What is unique about your business?
What are some of your goals and aspirations for the future?
modern technology is very satisfying. What has the emphasis on ‘supporting local’ Real Communications has run various networking events for the local Achieving a work life balance. We are a family friendly salon with a relaxing environment with professional standards.
Valuable learning experiences? meant for you as a business owner this year? business community over the past five years and I also host a monthly
How important is the local business community to you? Best advice you have received?
There are a lot of opportunities in Audiology to This has been very important for my business, radio show called Thrive – Inspiring Women on Plains FM where I interview
I meet people almost on a daily basis who can add value to my clients from handy It’s never too late to become an apprentice and learn a new trade and skill.
attend conferences/seminars to keep up to date being a small, independent entity. Canterbury women who are making a positive impact upon the world
men through to home declutters. It is great to be able to ‘keep it local’. How important is the local business community to you?
with new research. How important have your team been to you around them.
What has the emphasis on ‘supporting local’ meant for you as a business owner Local business is definitely a huge thing for myself. In our wee block of shops we have
Best advice you have received? in achieving business goals? Since March 2020, we have created a series of complimentary business
Over the past year, I have increased my team from
this year? great support from other shops. All our clients coffees come from the Grub Hub next door.
Be kind to yourself, be kind to others. profiles for North Canterbury businesses who are thinking outside the box Now more than ever I think it is vital to look after the people in our patch. To this end
two to four! Teamwork is essential for achieving What has the emphasis on ‘supporting local’ meant for you as a business owner this
Your greatest accomplishment is? to thrive in a post-Covid world. These articles have been published in a we are running the Cans for a Cause Campaign again in conjunction with Community
business goals. year?
Gaining a Masters of Audiology. wide range of media both locally and throughout New Zealand. Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust and the generous support of the local community.
What have you learnt about managing people Making myself known around Woodend and helping out when I can to support the
What are some of the challenges you have had What are some of your goals and aspirations for the future? How important have your team been to you in achieving business goals? woodend community.
during your time as a business person?
to overcome? Every team member brings varying degrees of
Becoming a chartered member of the Institute of Directors (IoD) and I could not do my job without the support of our admin team at Bayleys. Without a What is one thing people may not know about you?
Work/home life balance, managing Staff. experience and expertise to the business. It is making a positive contribution to a diverse range of boards. I would also doubt they are the best support team I have ever worked with. I am a 3rd year apprentice, I have 16 and 14 year old kids and if i’m not at the salon I would
very important that everyone is on the same like to write a book on the amazing women I have interviewed on my Thrive What have you learnt about managing people during your time as a business be near a softball diamond.
Do you have a role model or someone who
inspires you? page. radio show and use the profits to help entrepreneurial women achieve their person? Top three things on your bucket list are?
George Clooney. He uses his fame and wealth to business goals. Communication and gratitude are key.
What is one thing people may not know about Sit my finals within the next year.
help those in need. you? What is one thing people may not know about you? What is one thing people may not know about you? Travel to see the Empire State Building in person.
What are some of your goals and aspirations for I am over 6 foot in height. I appeared on several television shows and commercials when I lived in At school I used to sing in an Acapella choir. To redecorate the salon.
the future? Top three things on your bucket list are?
Seoul, South Korea, including a special on making kimchi. Unfortunately, Top three things on your bucket list are? What makes you smile the most?
To live a quiet life near the beach. To travel again. Volunteer work, travel with family, get an E bike. they didn’t have a New Zealand flag so the producers More overseas travel, to do the Paris to Dakar rally and eventually buy a Seeing my clients leaving the salon happy. Watching my kids play softball.
To enjoy my family and friends. decided I could be from “Belarus” instead! home by the sea.
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When Harriet Leonard “Then when I started painting it just clicked.” Fast-forward to 2021 and Brooke, Despite having a degree
first graduated from From that uncertain start she went on to receive a mother of two, has just opened in Criminal Justice she
art college, she an award for achievement; become one of the the second branch of her boutique decided to pursue her
knew she needed to winners of the Gordon Harris prize for painting agency, Lime Real Estate. She real estate career in
start earning some and sell out all her work in 15 minutes at the end has fast built a reputation as a New Zealand for 8 years
money so she took a of year Art School exhibition. friendly, approachable boutique before setting up Lime
job at a commercial Harriet’s works are bright and bold and vibrant. agency in North Canterbury - no Real Estate.
greenhouse. It was “They make me feel happy. Emotion is kind of small achievement in such a highly “I just got to the stage
an insight into the looked over in the art world,” she says. competitive industry where I thought I don’t
challenges many art in a year that has seen see the point in doing
graduates face. “But the power to make people lockdowns and flooding. this for other people,
Harriet would work from 6am till feel happy… that’s huge.” It’s one thing to have a when I know I could
mid-afternoon and then planned to go home, dream but another to turn do it for myself,” she
But on graduating the reality of trying to earn
get changed and get in the mindset to paint. She that dream into a reality. explains. She also plans
a living painting made her try a new venture -
soon realized there were flaws in the plan. So, what drives Brooke? to ensure that the culture of her business will be one that
Studio Dexterity, which opened last year. It’s a
BUILDING BOUTIQUE
“I was really naïve to think that I could go from social enterprise that gives recent arts graduates “To be honest, I come supports and motivates rather than a harshly competitive
working a pretty physical job then turn on my a place to display and sell their work. While most from a really colourful and environment.
creativity and create artworks at a good rate,” she
says candidly. “So I started to think where am I
galleries take a large commission Studio Dexterity
only takes 10% commission from sales in order REAL ESTATE challenging childhood
and I think growing up in
Outside of work her daughters are a huge part of her life.
So how would she like them to think of her? She pauses to
going with this?” to keep the shop running. The emphasis is on a lifestyle where you don’t think and her partner chips in in the background, “You’re a
helping artists make a living from their craft. And Brooke Wallis has overcome early challenges in her have a lot of opportunity go getter,” he says.
From an early age Harriet had always been
Harriet has been on a new learning curve, this life to become the co-founder of Lime Real Estate. A and you see people doing
artistic, “I wasn’t painting Picasso replicas at two Brooke laughs. “I think I’d like them to see me…as a
time getting to grips with business, marketing and highly experienced real estate agent and an extremely things that you wish that
MAKING ART
or anything like that but I always had a creative hard worker. Someone with a strong work ethic, who
spirit,” she says. That desire to be creative was finances. skilled negotiator she puts her clients first and is truly you could do, I think that’s my biggest driving factor. has achieved something big and who is respected in the
what attracted her to studying art and she dedicated to getting great results.
“My dream is to help graduate artists be I remember, at a really young age, thinking I community, someone who they are proud of”.
Earn A Living graduated from Otago Polytechnic Art School
in 2019 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts. It wasn’t
successful,” says Harriet. At 21 years old Brooke Wallis was working in a real estate
office in Brisbane and dreaming of owning her own agency.
want to do something, to make something
of myself.”
all plain sailing though and there were, she But she was doubtful she could ever make it happen.
Harriet Leonard is the founder of Studio Dexterity, a 170b Williams Street, Kaiapoi | 03 928 1062
says, moments when she wondered if she had 1429 Main North Road, Waikuku “I remember thinking that feels so far away and I don’t It was this go-getter attitude and desire to build a life of
social enterprise in Waikuku’s Old School Collective, 99 High Street, Rangiora | 03 975 5546
that displays and sells art works from recent graduates.
made the right choice – after studying sculpture, art@raka.co.nz. think I’ll ever get there,” she says. her own that saw Brooke move to New Zealand in 2012. www.limerealestate.co.nz
textiles, ceramics she was doubting her abilities. www.osc.nz/studiodexterity
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I get to meet the most I very rarely have to go outside of
amazing people
Morag North Canterbury
along the way.
Macpherson Sandy Turner for a solution.
Salon Owner at Shine Hair
Keta Ferrari Dentist at North Canterbury
Real Estate Salesperson
Dental Care
What is your business focus?
To provide the highest quality of hairdressing in a
beautiful environment.
Lisa Dooling
for Ray White Morris & Co What is your business focus?
My business focus is to provide dental treatment and care for the What influenced your career choice? Director of Sought
What is your business focus? Kaiapoi community. I have always been artistic and had a love for
Very simply, I assist people to buy and sell property. the fashion industry. Ever since my first salon What is your business focus?
However, there are many, many facets to my job, all of which I love, but the best part of all is that What is unique about your business? experience I knew this was the industry for me. Bespoke Estate Management Solutions.
I get to meet the most amazing people along the way. We have been providing supportive dental care for the community for many
What is unique about your business? What influenced your career choice?
years and I personally have been involved in the practice since I arrived in
What is unique about your business? We pride ourselves in being qualified and one step ahead with ongoing industry I love helping people, solving problems, and organising things. Listening to family
New Zealand from the UK in 2007.
I find the role that I fulfil is so varied and all encompassing, from developing a close relationship leading training and personal development. and friends I came to realise that one of the most stressful times of one’s life can be
with people, to using a unique skill set such as negotiating a sale or assisting at an auction. The Do I have a role model? downsizing or sorting out the contents of a loved one’s home – this is something I can
Indeed – I am very fortunate to have spent time working alongside Dr. Valuable learning experiences?
majority of the properties I have sold have been through Auction. I am a massive believer in help people with and have the skills to do.
Alastair Blackie who has recently been awarded the Queen’s Service Medal To put Kaiapoi on the map as a multiple category finalist at the 2020 NZ
this method of sale and have seen some life changing results for clients! In the current market What is unique about your business?
for services to Dentistry and the Community. Hairdressing industry awards against other top salons. Mixing, networking and
especially, it is important that you are being offered the right tools to get the best result! And for I have developed an app that allows me to photograph all items in a home which then
sharing with NZ’s best.
buyers too, it offers complete transparency and control. You are not trying to guess what other What better example could I have! generates a report for the client to go through and decide (either with or without family)
offers might be on the table or worry you might have paid too much. Best advice you have received? what they would like to happen with each item – be it donating, gifting to a friend/
Best advice I have ever received?
Believe in yourself. relative, selling, discarding or storing until the timing is right to go through and make
How do you engage with the local community? I was fortunate to have good advice when training.
Being active in my community is extremely important to me. I have hosted many free family What have you learnt about managing people during your time as a business decisions. The beauty of this is that I am able to do this whether a family member/
What particularly seemed most important to me then and still now is to be
events in Rangiora from my Easter Hunt to my Santa Cruise. It gives me great pleasure to host person? executor is in the same town/country or not. Once the decisions have been made I can
an active listener and to treat others as I would like to be treated.
these events and bring families together. I have also been involved in supporting tournaments To always keep lines of communication open and be approachable and fair. then project manage the whole process.
at the Mandeville Bowling Club. What makes me smile the most?
How do you engage with the local business community? Valuable learning experiences?
As a dentist what makes me smile the most is helping other people achieve
What has the emphasis on ‘supporting local’ meant for you as a business owner this year? I am a member of the KPA and through facebook and investing in advertising. Lots of house moves – both local and international, and career roles throughout my
a smile!
I have a huge number of local clients who support me and a large proportion of my work comes lifetime that have focussed on organisation/planning and systems.
What has the emphasis on ‘supporting local’ meant for you as a business owner
from their referrals. One thing people may not know about me.
this year? Your greatest accomplishment is?
When I’m not at work I spend a lot of my time playing my cello in local
What have you learnt about people during your time as a business person? Whenever possible I make conscious decisions to frequent local businesses for both Still to come….
groups.
People love to be kept in the loop and know what is happening at all times throughout the my business and my family. How important is the local business community to you?
process. I am big on communicating regularly with my clients. Regular phone calls and updates How important has my team been to me in achieving business goals?
How important have your team been to you in achieving business goals? Huge – I am employed locally, my marketing communication and materials are all
throughout the process of selling or buying a property can be vital when it comes to someone The team are essential with their local contacts and knowledge and great
Invaluable! Not only to the culture we have created as a team but testament to the created here, and my mentors are here. I very rarely have to go outside of North
making the right decision for their circumstances at the end of it all. work ethic. They make a wonderful, supportive group and have allowed my
strong and loyal client base we have created. Canterbury for a solution.
area of the business to grow.
What is one thing people may not know about you?
What makes you smile the most? Top three things on your bucket list are?
My husband Jamie and I operate a Car Yard in Christchurch - Chevron Quality Cars. We have Anyone walking through the door will always get a warm welcome.
The moments when I can take a breath and be so grateful for all the positive More travel, attend a yoga/wellness retreat and write a book.
been operating this business for 3 years now. Goals and aspirations for the future? influences in my life both friends and family who have helped shape me to What makes you smile the most?
What makes you smile the most? I would like to continue to treat and support the Kaiapoi community become the woman I am today.
and see the practice flourish. Beauty in people and nature.
Watching my son play basketball and my daughter dance.
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