Category: archives

25 countries… and counting — Exporter Magazine

Tracing the history of Neudorf Vineyards, its journey to overseas markets, and some of the lessons learnt along the way.In 1978 two adventurous spirits decided to opt out of the mainstream and be amongst...

School Report — Exporter Magazine

The New Zealand School of Export is celebrating five years of operation, which prompted Exporter magazine to catch up with the School’s director and founder Romuald Rudzki.E: The five year milestone is a good opportunity...

Xtreme exporter: Tony Woods — Exporter Magazine

In what could never be described as a typical export scenario, Tony Woods is applying his renewable energy expertise in some of the world’s most dangerous environments. Now he’s powering up Afghanistan from Timaru.Timaru...

Safe Passage — Exporter Magazine

The recent grounding of the container ship Rena has highlighted the importance of having a watertight marine cargo insurance policy. There are associated lessons for everyone involved in the seafreight insurance industry. Onion exporter...

What’s mine is not yours — Exporter Magazine

A useful guide for exporters daunted by the intellectual property minefield. The business world is littered with tales of stolen ideas and brilliant designs dropped because they were too futuristic to attract support.If their...

Dishing up export possibilities — Exporter Magazine

New Zealand food and beverage manufacturers can now utilise the FoodBowl – a purpose-built, state-of-the-art plant designed for short-run, pilot scale processing of products for in-market testing. For exporters, it could be just what...

Healthy hedging — Exporter Magazine

  Hedging is a common way for export companies to iron out any fluctuations in the foreign currencies they trade in.  Yoke Har Lee has more. Exporters thinking about beating the foreign exchange market...

Where West still meets East — Exporter Magazine

July 1, 2012 marks the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong becoming a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. So how is the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ concept playing out in the...