Case Studies

1. 

   From Watchmaker to Dream Maker

   This is a story of a young boy who at the age of 12 dreamed of being a watchmaker, and like all good stories, this has a very happy ending.

2. 

   Westpac Young Fashion Designer Award – Jess Britten

   This time next year Jess Britten, the winner of the Westpac Young Fashion Designer Award, hopes to be enrolled at London’s Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design, a school that has produced some of the world’s most well known fashion designers.

3. 

   It must be something in the water…

   Inspired by his travels around Europe and the culinary delights he experienced there, Roger Belton saw the potential New Zealand’s abundance of great shellfish held as a sought after delicacy around the globe.

4. 

   Turning trash to treasure – and transforming lives

   The idea is simple: you take something that has been discarded, perhaps forgotten, and turn it into something extraordinary. You let it fulfil its potential.

5. 

   Sailing on success

   Take a luxury 53 foot catamaran and the beautiful fresh waters of Rotorua’s Lake Rotoiti, add a selection of New Zealand’s best food and wine, plus a splash of true commitment to eco-tourism, and you’ve got Pure Cruise.

6. 

   Carving out an impressive career

   Arekatera Maihi is, quite literally, carving out an impressive career.

7. 

   Natural Beauty – Linden leaves

   Christchurch based Linden Leaves has an ambitious goal for 2011: To be the best loved, best selling, best known skin care range in New Zealand.

8. 

   From Pastime to Passion

   In the mid-1970s, Ivan and Chris Donaldson did something that hadn’t been done in Christchurch for decades: they started a vineyard.

9. 

   Capes Medical Supplies Ltd – David Capes

   David Capes is a Director of Capes Medical Supplies Ltd.