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Create A Small Business Website Easily with Dazzly – made for NZ SME’s

Dazzly has already saved small businesses tens of thousands of dollars in website creation and online advertising fees. Founded by Kiwis Marcus Feeney and Lewis Anderson to make high-quality websites accessible to all New Zealand businesses at a low monthly cost with no commitments.Creating and editing your website is as simple as typing in text or providing photos from your computer or phone. You can see the website design updating before your eyes.This is the fastest and cheapest way to launch...

KiwiCorp Products Limited: Health Products Packed with Nutrition

From their factory in Ashburton, health company KiwiCorp Products Limited provides a range of skin and health care goods, including a variety of nutritive supplementary food powders.For Director Paul Huang, who has been involved in the company since late 2019, supplementary foods tend to be in pretty high demand, whether the economy is in good shape or bad, and it’s important that customers get the best out of what KiwiCorp has to offer.“[We go] down to the basics, make sure we do the right ...

Selke NZ: Great Hats You’ll Wear for the Rest of Your Life

After having to sell his previous business to move south with his family, Warrick Kemp began to look for businesses in his new home of Ashburton. When Kemp saw Selke NZ, a headwear manufacturing business, it caught his attention.Even though the business offered very novel challenges to Kemp, such as manufacturing the products rather than buying and selling them, Kemp was really interested in the company, to the point where he chose to buy it.Kemp places quality as the most important part of all ...

Four Peaks Leather: Top Leather and Wool Goods, Made with Local Hands

When Four Peaks Leather, a leather and wool goods business, came up for sale in 2019, Sally Houston pounced on the opportunity. She had been purchasing calfskin from there for a while to make furniture and other bits and pieces, and with her motivation for crafting and the large supply of calf skins, she decided to buy the business.Houston says the former owner, Eve Wallace, was trying to sell the business locally to keep it in New Zealand. Being personally invested in making local products, Hou...

Anihana: Putting Affordable and Sustainable Soap on the Market

When Sophie Cooper learnt her boss was going to sell a soap factory, the eight-months-pregnant florist went home and talked to her husband about buying it. A few months later, Cooper had given birth to a child, and she and her husband had a brand new business to work from.Cooper set about making a self care company selling hair and body products. Her goal was to offer goods which were accessible and sustainable for people to enjoy.“I wanted to create products that were affordable that other pe...

Strongbarn Woodshop Ltd : Rustic Solid Wood Furniture & Bespoke Carpentry

Fed up with the lack of quality, affordable wooden outdoor furniture, this maestro of craftsmanship decided to ditch the disappointment and build his own. Armed with over 36 years of experience as a master builder, passion and a penchant for perfection, Col's not just crafting furniture; he's creating pieces that'll outlast your grandpa's stories. When it comes to timber, he knows his stuff and is a Licenced Building Practitioner. Quality is at the heart of every piece he creates....

Your Decal Shop

It’s the impact on spaces and people's lives that make it all worthwhile for Hastings-based Your Decal Shop. We ask co-founder Antony Clark what it takes to thrive:When was the business started and why?Your Decal Shop was founded in 2012, and specialises in creating high-quality wall decals, murals, and decorative items. Known for our unique, New Zealand-oriented designs featuring native plants and birds, we have established ourselves as leaders in healthcare wall decor and large commercial pr...

Metalbird: A bird art business helping with conservation

After watching and admiring his then-wife’s photography and exhibitions, commercial designer Phil Walters was looking for an art project of his own—and Metalbird was soon born.Walters decided to create some simple metal birds, and put them up around the neighbourhood. There was immediate interest from people, as friends and others all wanted to buy some.After setting up a website to sell the birds on Shopify, it wasn’t long before Walters was selling fantails, kererū, and tūī, and the b...

Wettie: Spearfishing and wetsuits from those who know it best

From beginnings in a rumpus room in 2007, Wettie, an Auckland-based business selling wetsuits and spearfishing gear, has expanded and built itself up to the point where it now covers both national and international markets.The company is very family-orientated, with Jackson Shields, a worker at Wettie, pointing to the long-standing family pastime of spearfishing being a strong component of the company, which is currently New Zealand’s leading brand for spearfishing equipment and wetsuits.Insid...

Elite Silk: Authentic Silk Products from Our Own Backyard

With a serious bout of acne, Elena Styles was trying to find ways of keeping her skin and hair in good condition. The problem was she couldn’t find anything that worked, to the point where she was prescribed Accutane, a drug which lowers the production of oil by your oil glands.After struggling for a while, she decided to try out a fully silk pillowcase, and noticed the benefits almost straight away. Her hair and skin improved dramatically, and with little supply available, the idea for her bu...

Black & Co. Quality Leather NZ: High Grade Leather for all Conditions

Since purchasing Black & Co. Quality Leather NZ from its original owner, Mr. Black, seven years ago, married couple Leon and Melissa have continued to provide customers with a wide variety of leather goods. These goods range from a variety of belts for farmers, plumbers, and builders, to custom projects like knife sheaths, straps, and more.Black & Co. has been a long-standing business in Otaki, having been established in 1972, and when Leon and Melissa returned home after leaving for aro...

MELROSE WHEELCHAIRS: ROLLING out chairs for over 30 years

Christchurch wheelchair business Melrose Wheelchairs provides clients with a wide range of bespoke, manual options, from everyday wheelchairs for kids and adults to sports chairs for games like rugby, basketball, tennis, and badminton.Manager Annette Melrose says the business has developed from three people building wheelchairs in a garage to a company manufacturing 10 chairs a week in a factory 31 years later, now armed with around 45 staff members.She says the sports chair industry, which is q...

Ultimate Feeds Ltd: Quality Dry Dog Food

A desire to feed their own working dogs top-quality pet food brought about the formation of Ultimate Feeds Ltd, which today supplies premium New Zealand-made dog food under the Ultra brand to discerning pet owners throughout the country....

35 years of BA Pumps & Sprayers

In this story, we find out what's next for the iconic Kiwi business - including the launch of its new LM Series Linkage Sprayer and M Boom.What are you most proud of after all this time in business?We are proud to be a Kiwi-owned family business operating for 35 years. During that time we have been at the forefront of agricultural sprayers designing sprayers by Kiwis for Kiwis.What does the business make?We design and manufacture spraying equipment for a range of industries including agriculture...

HempDepo: Handcrafted garments perfect for a sunny day

In their search for clothes that offered both comfort and protection in the sun, Clay Matthews and Hayley Moyle sourced and tested fabrics from around the world to find materials for a natural, durable, and UV-protective clothing range.Since being founded by the couple in 2021, clothing business HempDepo now offers a wide variety of sustainable, 100% hemp clothes for both men and women, including pants, hoodies, shirts, and tops. All garments are designed and hand sewn at HempDepo’s shop in Ta...

MWF Manufacturing: The best in the joinery production business

With a wide range of commercial, education, hospitality, and residential services on offer, MWF Manufacturing has become a go-to for any project outside the norm. “We are brave and bold to venture into areas where a lot of other businesses don’t,” says Managing Director Gary Altenburg.MWF Manufacturing is mainly focused on the joinery aspect of construction, including sealing panels, acoustics, residential kitchens, and certain specialized product lines like My Little Pub, a range of ...

Chanui Biscuits: All-NZ snacks for any occasion

From their base in Christchurch, Chanui produce and supply a range of biscuits to supermarkets and New Zealanders, offering options like shortbread, gingernuts, and Anzac biscuits.Doug Hastie, the founder of Chanui, said that Chanui had had a lot of success selling tea, and when people were thinking of ideas for more products, his mind went back to the biscuits his mother or grandmother made when he was a kid, and he thought that some of the biscuits in supermarkets today weren't particularly go...

MONTREUX FURNITURE: DECORATING HOMES WITH TIMELESS FURNITURE

Running as a family business since the mid 1980s, Christchurch-based Montreux Furniture provides New Zealand made furniture with a massive focus on quality and long-lasting products. The business offers a large range of goods like sofas, chairs, dining furniture and outdoor furniture.Andrew Hopping, who works in Sales & Marketing, says that manufacturing high grade, timeless products is an essential standard for the business. He adds that having a local base gives him the flexibility he need...

Peter & Son: Personalizing your outdoor furniture

After experiencing a change of circumstances coming out of the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown, Tony Hubscher saw a market opportunity and decided to use his love of carpentry to launch Peter & Son, a business specialising in handmade wooden outdoor furniture delivered across the North Island.Hubscher’s range includes custom-made tables, chairs, sheds, benches, and playhouses, all of which are specifically customised to suit each client. Hubscher is passionate about providing high grade products to...

Romotow NZ: A Camping Experience Unlike Anything Else. . .

Stuart Winterbourn and Matt Wilke run an architecture and engineering business, designing buildings and homes on a day-to-day basis. One day, the idea to design a caravan came up. A sketch was quickly drawn, and the two men went on to co-found Romotow NZ, where that vision has been realised.Winterbourn and Wilke, who are both Founding Directors of the business, wanted to focus on the fundamental principles and experiences of camping in their design.The invention has many features, including a ra...

Phi Cosmeceutical: Simplifying Skincare

After working at KM Surgical and noting how confusing skincare ranges were becoming for consumers, Julia Heywood and Adele Harrison decided to create a simple and effective skincare range of their own, co-founding Phi Cosmeceutical.Heywood and Harrison want to help people with skin issues across New Zealand and stop it from negatively affecting their health and confidence. They’re careful about the ingredients in their products, ensuring that people of all skin types can get the best out of P...

Pure Oil New Zealand: Bringing locally grown oils to the market

From its establishment in 2012, Christchurch-based Pure Oil New Zealand has grown into a large oilseed business that keeps everything local and NZ made, from extra virgin oils to RBD oils and equestrian products.Marketing Manager Andy O’Malley-Mora says that Pure Oil New Zealand has created a good community with farmers by sharing benefits together, working alongside them, and creating a platform for people to speak and have their input valued.“Everyone has a chance to be heard. Everyone has...

On Cue: Getting the 8-ball rolling on NZ made pool tables

Christchurch-based pool, snooker, and darts business On Cue produce all their pool and snooker tables from scratch here in New Zealand, using mostly NZ made resources--unlike most tables in today's market. Alongside this, On Cue offers a lifetime guarantee on all workmanship, with custom made options readily available for everyone.Since leaving school early and following his passion for woodworking, founder and Managing Director Darryl Chambers has provided a range of NZ made pool and snooker ta...

Pollett Furniture: The Family Business for All Your Furniture Needs

Pollett Furniture is a family-run company that has been producing a wide selection of furniture solutions for over 40 years, beginning with coffin manufacturing before branching out into seating, office furniture, domestic furniture, and more.Rebecca Pollett, daughter of Mike and Wendy Pollett (the owner operators), likes that the business is kept local and family-based, with everyone in her family getting enjoyment out of working alongside each other as they attempt to provide the best goods an...

NZ Natural Bedding: The Natural Choice

When Kathryn and Tom Ryan took over NZ Natural Bedding five years ago, they took on the role of co-ownership with the goal of promoting NZ made products and the usage of natural products and fibres.Although they have a couple of brands with different uses, the main mission of the business is to provide products to customers that match what consumers are looking for, helping to manage the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders while promoting the choice to use natural, environmentally-friendly be...