Kiwis in Business

In today's episode, Linda has a cup of 'Anxietea' with serial entrepreneur Tamarin Howse, founder of the Better Tea Company.

Having suffered stress and anxiety during a former job, Tamarin realised how comforting a cup of tea could be for both her and her colleagues. They they joked about taking their 'anxietea' time - this triggered a business idea for the Aucklander. So she started researching herbal teas and how they can help anxiety and that prompted her to develop her unique tea blend.

With organic ingredients, blended in NZ, the caffeine-free tea is a popular drink for many Kiwis! The Better Tea Co donates 5% of its profits to the NZ Mental Health Foundation.

Tamarin shares her business startup journey on Kiwis in Business.

For more information visit www.bettertea.co

Plastic Free Pets launched in 2020 to offer New Zealanders locally designed products that will fit into your home and lifestyle, and are good for the planet - and that pets love!

In this episode, the e-commerce store founder Steph Kernot shares her business journey and drive to live more sustainably,  helping animal lovers do the same. 

The aim is to reduce each pet's plastic footprint all while giving animals fun, safe, educational and attractive toys, bowls and accessories to use and play with. 

For more information visit www.plasticfreepets.net

In this final episode of Kiwis in Business - Season 2, we speak to founder of Accountabill, Haylee Wrenn.

Napier-based Haylee discusses why it's so important for Kiwi businesses to have a good accountant/bookkeeper, now more than ever!

Having recently been crowned NZ's Bookkeeper of the Year, Haylee provides a wealth of knowledge for keeping businesses financials on track, and gives tips for New Zealand business owners as we wind down the year and move towards 2021.

For more information, visit https://www.accountabill.co.nz. 

This week on Kiwis In Business we have Wellington-based, Stephanie Love. She runs Stephanie Love Consulting, a business and personal coaching consultancy which has developed a new framework called People First Index.

Stephanie supports business owners in measuring the extent of which their organisation puts its people first. She has over a decade of experience in Human Resources. In this podcast, Stephanie tells us how she has developed and implemented strategic HR framework for global companies and is now helping Kiwi businesses put people before profit.

For more information, visit www.stephanielove.com

In this episode of Kiwis in Business, Linda is joined by Wendy King from Wynyard Estate Saffron. She opens us up to the world of Saffron plant. The exotic plant has many benefits, including providing support for healthy eyes.

Wendy and her husband, Graham, started growing Saffron in Central Otago in 2012 and are now premium grade Saffron producers. 

They also offer free Saffron and garden tours all year round so people can learn all about the benefits of Saffron for cooking and growing. 

For more information, visit https://www.wynyardestatesaffron.com.

This week we speak to event organiser, Natasha Thomas, about her newly founded event Battle of the BBQs. 

After launching the successful Tauranga Food, Wine and Music Festival in November 2019, Natasha decided to fill a gap in the market by creating a barbeque event, taking place in January 2021.

The family friendly festival welcomes teams from all over New Zealand to battle it out for Master of the Grill Tauranga.

For more information, visit: https://www.battleofthebbqs.co.nz.

In this week's episode, Shontal Ritchie, owner and founder of Joyzie Boutique, shares with us how she turned her passion of craft and sewing into a business.

After Shontal had her first child decided to turn her passion for sewing into making baby bibs and burp cloths.

In this episode the first-time business owner discusses her startup journey and her career change from working in the travel and tourism industry to the children's accessory field.

For more information, visit www.joyzie-boutique.com

In this episode we speak to Bay of Plenty resident and founder and director of Parking Services Limited, Jake.

Jake explains how his Parking Services app works and how it's helping small and large businesses protect their carparks.

The family-owned business issues an enforceable infringement notice to those who are caught illegally parking in carparks, saving both the carpark owner time and money.

Listen to Jake explain the process and the inspiration behind his business in this short interview.

For more information, visit https://www.parkingservices.co.nz.

Madeline Croft has a background in sport, recreation and business marketing and fell into the world of website design while on maternity leave. Just a few months ago, she quit her job in retail category and product management to fulfil her dream of being her own boss and being more present for her on year old.

Now, Maddy, who lives in a tiny house in north Auckland, with her family, is making a living out of creating websites for businesses around New Zealand. Here she shares her journey and explains why she has no regrets about swapping the 8-5 for freedom as a freelancer.

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This week on the Kiwis in Business podcast we have Kate Blundell, founder and director of Collective Concepts.

Kate founded Collective Concepts in the Northland in 2008. Now based in Christchurch it focuses on professional event management and delivery, experiential and digital brand engagement, and wedding planning and coordination.

Kate discusses learnings from her 13 years of running a business, combined with her former career in hotel management and says strong client and supplier relationships are the number one key to success. These helped her navigate challenging times for events and wedding industry resulting from the COVID pandemic.

She shares her progression with Collective Concepts with us in this latest episode of Kiwis in Business. For more information visit https://www.collectiveconcepts.co.nz.