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RNZ News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
The Panel with Kathryn Graham and Tim Wilson Part 1
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Kathryn Graham and Tim Wilson. Starting off, the Panel hears from one of the first jewllers to work with Michael Hill in his first store in Whangarei. They also talk to Jules, a pensioner who is living in her car for the first time after being made homeless and they discuss how Christopher Luxon was booed at a netball game: is it ever OK to boo a politician? To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
3 days ago
- Business
- RNZ News
Jeweller Sir Michael Hill dies aged 86
The company founded by Sir Michael Hill says the country has lost a special New Zealander. He died this morning aged 86, after becoming ill with cancer. Michael Hill Jeweller had humble beginnings in Whangarei, but grew to become a multi-national brand with almost 300 stores. Kim Baker Wilson reports. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Jewellery tycoon dies aged 86
Sir Michael Hill, owner of the multimillion-dollar jewellery chain of the same name, has died aged 86. The millionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist was born in New Zealand in 1938, mere months before the outbreak of the Second World War. According to a memoriam statement posted by Michael Hill International Limited, Sir Michael's first love was music. 'As a young man, he dreamt of becoming a concert violinist, however – at just 17 – he was told he had started too late to reach the pinnacle of his craft,' a spokesman wrote. Sir Michael was raised in Whangarei, on New Zealand's North Island, where he attended Whangarei Boys' High School until he was 16, at which point he elected to drop out. 'Forced to reconsider his future, he pivoted into the world of jewellery, joining his uncle's family-owned store in New Zealand.' Shortly after founding his own business alongside his wife Christine in 1979, Sir Michael decided they should expand into the Australian market. 'What began as a job soon became a passion. Sir Michael had a natural gift for storytelling, a keen eye for visual merchandising and an instinct for attracting customers and a gift for selling,' the spokesman said. 'He won international awards for his window displays and revolutionised the store's advertising with bold, unconventional campaigns.' Michael Hill Chairman Rob Fyfe said Michael brought a 'deep sense of purpose' and an 'enduring curiosity, open-mindedness and creativity' to everything he did. Sir Michael is survived by his wife, Lady Christine and their two children. More to come.
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Globally renowned jewellery tycoon dies aged 86
Sir Michael Hill, owner of the multimillion-dollar jewellery chain of the same name, has died aged 86. The millionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist was born in New Zealand in 1938, mere months before the outbreak of World War II. According to a memoriam statement posted by Michael Hill International Limited, Sir Michael's first love was music. 'As a young man, he dreamt of becoming a concert violinist, however – at just 17 – he was told he had started too late to reach the pinnacle of his craft,' a spokesman wrote. Sir Michael was raised in Whangarei, on New Zealand's North Island, where he attended Whangarei Boys' High School until he was 16, at which point he elected to drop out. 'Forced to reconsider his future, he pivoted into the world of jewellery, joining his uncle's family-owned store in New Zealand.' Shortly after founding his own business alongside his wife Christine in 1979, Sir Michael decided they should expand into the Australian market. 'What began as a job soon became a passion. Sir Michael had a natural gift for storytelling, a keen eye for visual merchandising and an instinct for attracting customers and a gift for selling,' the spokesman said. 'He won international awards for his window displays and revolutionised the store's advertising with bold, unconventional campaigns.' Michael Hill Chairman Rob Fyfe said Michael brought a 'deep sense of purpose' and an 'enduring curiosity, open-mindedness and creativity' to everything he did. Sir Michael is survived by his wife, Lady Christine and their two children.
RNZ News
10-07-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
Domestic cement manufacturing to be fuelled by plastic waste
Fletcher Building is using hard-to-recycle plastics as fuel for its Golden Bay cement factory, in Whangarei. Operating since 1913 it is the country's only domestic cement manufacturer. Previously run on coal the company has spent $200 million since the early 2000s to convert to other fuel sources - and is now 60 percent powered through waste streams such as wood and construction. old car tyres, and at one stage expired RAT tests, face masks and PPE following the outbreak of Covid-19. It aims to increase that proportion to 80 percent with the introduction of hard-to recycle plastics, which Fletcher Building says is a win for the "here and now" problem of such plastics that have no end of life option other than the landfill. Ben Marsh is general manager of Golden Bay Cement. Photo: Supplied by Fletcher Building
