A programme to accelerate opportunities for a stronger and more prosperous Manawatū-Whanganui region by 2025 by connecting people, business and our environment
Manawatu-Wanganui Region
Joined November 2015
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The Talent Connect app was developed by Whanganui & Partners to successfuly pair up business owners with skilled workers, and is exclusive to Whanganui professionals. dlvr.it/SJZ7PP
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Whanganui River tribes draw global focus to indigenous knowledge, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chr…
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‘Drive the highway’ at Woodville Library nzta.govt.nz/mr/27128
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The PGF is providing funding to help rejuvenate the Horowhenua town of Foxton.
The Foxton Regeneration project will be used to make the well-known holiday town even more attractive for visitors and create employment opportunities in the region.
READ: nzfirst.org.nz/funding_for_f…
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The COVID19 situation is rapidly evolving; if you own or manage a business in the Manawatu-Whanganui region we would really appreciate if you could complete our survey. mailchi.mp/ceda/second-busin… @AgResearchNEWS @MyFarm_ @UCOLNZ @plantandfood @Accelerate_25 @HorizonsRC @ToyotaNZ
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Farmers in Vinegar Hill are partnering with @Manawatu_DC and @HorizonsRC to set up a new community water storage scheme! We're proud to put forward $90k to help this local project get underway 💧 More here: bit.ly/vinegarhillPGF
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Experienced economist and CEDA board member @SEaqub shares his thoughts on New Zealand and Manawatū’s current economic environment ▶️ bit.ly/33SIsLf
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A wrap up of funding we’ve announced today for #ManawatuWhanganui to future proof the region’s economy:
✅ $200,000 for @Accelerate_25’s economic growth plan
✅ $380,000 for NZ Bio Forestry research
✅ @RangitikeiDC Tutaenui community water scheme
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We’re putting $380,000 towards NZ Bio Forestry’s research to explore using timber waste as a core ingredient in plastics like single use cups, creating:
👷🏽♂️jobs in the regions
🌏biodegradeable products
🌲more value in NZ’s wood processing sector
@MasseyUni @Accelerate_25
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It's all happening in Manawatū as we work towards our goal of being one of the top three agrifood hubs in the world: newshub.co.nz/home/rural/201… @sproutagritech @NewshubNZ @TheFactory_NZ @ruralinnovate @FoodHQNZ @LSinNZ @suefoleyNZ @MasseyUni @AgResearchNEWS @plantandfood @Fonterra
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Today the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern alongside the visiting Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte announced the strategic partnership between
New Zealand’s FoodHQ and Foodvalley: bit.ly/2IyknRV @FoodHQNZ
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Other support from the @Accelerate_25 programme with @HorizonsRC also helped us progress this digital connectiviy project.
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A happy day for #Whanganui locals celebrating the 💯 birthday of @SarjeantGallery and a $12 million #PGF boost to make it a world-class attraction 🌎🎉
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The #PGF-supported @ruralinnovate is in #Parliament today to announce four innovative projects that will help solve burning issues facing the #rural sector 🌳🍃
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“Collaboration gets us a long way further than trying to do things on their own. When they talk with their neighbours or friends it opens up new ways”: Minister of Agriculture @DamienOConnorMP on collaboration in the rural sector. #ruralinnovation
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Positive news for our regions – including Manawatū-Whanganui where unemployment has fallen from 6.5% to 4.5% @Accelerate_25
The number of people out of work has unexpectedly fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade as more jobs were created, sending the the New Zealand dollar sharply higher. rnz.co.nz/news/business/3960…
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#UPDATE Over 500 licences have been delivered in schools by the National Driver Training Centre at @ManfeildPark after #PGF investment late last year. ⏩ Michael Barbour talks about their progress so far #Manfeild #Manawatu #RegionalEconomicDevelopment
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Read up on our plans in the @Accelerate_25 newsletter: accelerate25.co.nz/growing-o…
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We're investing $400,000 towards a Rural Innovation Lab based in Palmerston North. Read more about it here: bit.ly/2WyRVDM #ManawatuWhanganui #PalmerstonNorth #PGF #RegionalEconomicDevelopment @MasseyUni @ruralinnovate
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Our region is experiencing significant economic growth - more than $3 billion worth of public and private sector investment in the next 10 years - read @PNCityCouncil Chief Executive Heather Shotter's take on the growth bit.ly/2KLDXvY @TheNBR @Manawatu_DC @Accelerate_25