1. From the ’40s

    Being in a hurry vid

    • Set the tone with "I'm In a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" by Alabama
  2. Kiwibank customer Paul Glamuzina of NorWest Industrial Estate (centre) with North Shore business managers Rob Greenwood and Debo

    Kiwibank supports 30,000 businesses

    Growth in Kiwibank now sees it service almost 30,000 SME businesses and run its own finance company.
    Kiwibank gm of business banking Peter Meggison says that in six years of operation, even during recession times, growth has been steady.

    Meggison says many plumbers and electricians have taken up Kiwibank services and infrastructure and construction contractors also have business accounts.

    Personal service and attention are important.

  1. Christchurch High Street from the polytechnic, Hotel Grand Chancellor in background

    Christchurch quake

    Late November 2011 in Christchurch

  2. House stood firm

    Tornado slideshow

    The tornadoes in Birkenhead and Albany show how strong our homes are as well as the force of nature.

    A macrocarpa hit a home with force, a fir filled a pool, the roots of a gum threw aside concrete paving—and the media fed their faces from 5am on Wednesday, 4 May 2011.

  3. Classy work from the Sunday Times

    $225,000 fine near HSE maximum

    A major newspaper report on the death of a Fletcher Concrete employee has raised public awareness of management responsiveness and the price of serious breaches.
    Esera Visesio, known as “Ezra”, died at Stresscrete’s South Auckland yard when a wire rope on a gantry crane snapped, dropping the 5800kg precast concrete panel it was lifting, the Sunday Times reported in its 2300 word feature “Death of a working man” on July 8, 2007.

  4. Technical experts come from among us

    What does a technical expert do?

    Answer:
    A technical expert offers an opinion, which is given to the best of his ability. However, in days when lawyers and accountants have so much force, the expert is careful to give a disclaimer.
    One such expert is Laurie Barker, the founder of the company now known as Altherm or First Aluminium.

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