https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/rss NZME HP Business Class – Season 2 of the international award-winning podcast series with Heather du Plessis-Allan. New Zealand has enjoyed an incredible level Mon, 25 May 2026 17:57:20 Z en https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-survey/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-survey/ Fill out my Wufoo form! Thu, 02 Jun 2022 04:13:58 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-jeremy-moon-from-icebreaker/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-jeremy-moon-from-icebreaker/ When wannabe-entrepreneur Jeremy Moon first came across merino fabric, he felt like it was meant to be.  Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:34:48 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-nathalie-whitaker-from-givealittle/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-nathalie-whitaker-from-givealittle/ Anyone who’s 30 or older will remember how fundraising used to go. Someone needing money might collect cash on a street corner, or painstakingly colour in a fundraising thermometer to measure progress. Wed, 26 May 2021 06:45:58 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-peter-cullinane-from-lewis-road-creamery/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-peter-cullinane-from-lewis-road-creamery/ If you’re marketing a new product, you couldn’t hope for a better response than Lewis Road Creamery got to its chocolate milk in 2014.  It was impossible to miss the drink’s launch, with stock shortages leading to queues at the dairy fridge, fights at supermarket checkouts and even a chocolate milk black market.  Wed, 12 May 2021 06:43:45 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-pic-picot-from-pics-peanut-butter/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-pic-picot-from-pics-peanut-butter/ Pic Picot is a Kiwi legend, and proof you’re never too old to hit on the winning business formula. Wed, 28 Apr 2021 06:30:38 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-cecilia-robinson-from-my-food-bag-and-tend/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-cecilia-robinson-from-my-food-bag-and-tend/ Making time to see the doctor, and even getting an appointment in the first place, can make getting your healthcare sorted really difficult. That could all be about to change, thanks to one of New Zealand’s best-known entrepreneurs, Cecilia Robinson. She’s just launched a new business, Tend, taking doctors’ visits online. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 07:05:53 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-paul-serville-from-servilles/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-paul-serville-from-servilles/ Anyone who’s had a good haircut can attest it’ll make you feel great. But in 1968, 15-year old Paul Serville got a $2 haircut that really changed his life. Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:30:36 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-brooke-and-leighton-roberts-from-sharesies/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-brooke-and-leighton-roberts-from-sharesies/ If you’ve ever thought investing was for people older and richer than you, there’s an innovative Kiwi start-up with exactly you in mind. Only 20% of Kiwis have shares, and they’re most likely to be white men over 60. Wed, 03 Mar 2021 05:30:12 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-john-anderson-from-contiki/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-john-anderson-from-contiki/ Contiki buses usually don’t attract much attention from people in their 80s. But every time John Anderson sees one, he smiles. That’s because Contiki was his brainchild, way back in 1962. Wed, 17 Feb 2021 05:30:08 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-lewis-gradon-from-fisher-paykel-healthcare/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-lewis-gradon-from-fisher-paykel-healthcare/ In January, while most of the world was just keeping a watching eye on the COVID situation in Wuhan, a Kiwi company was kicking into action. Wed, 09 Dec 2020 05:51:42 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-tim-brown-from-allbirds/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-tim-brown-from-allbirds/ Footwear brand Allbirds launched in 2016 and was worth $US1.4 billion dollars within a couple of years. Two years to make more than a billion dollars sounds like a pretty good annual return. Wed, 25 Nov 2020 05:48:16 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-ian-taylor-from-animation-research-ltd/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-ian-taylor-from-animation-research-ltd/ When the America’s Cup was first televised, it was virtually impossible to tell what was going on.   Wed, 11 Nov 2020 05:45:10 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-rod-drury-from-xero/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-rod-drury-from-xero/ Rod Drury might not have started Xero until he was 40, but the idea behind his cloud-based accounting software has been simmering away since he was in high school. Wed, 22 Apr 2020 07:03:09 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-philip-burdon-from-meadow-mushrooms/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-philip-burdon-from-meadow-mushrooms/ When Philip Burdon started growing mushrooms in Christchurch the 1970s, it wasn’t just mushrooms he had to grow. He had to grow a Kiwi appetite for the fungi too. Wed, 08 Apr 2020 06:57:38 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-john-hynds-from-hynds-pipe-systems/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-john-hynds-from-hynds-pipe-systems/ After 47 years in business, John Hynds knows many people in his position might be ready to put up their feet. Wed, 25 Mar 2020 06:11:55 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-alan-bougen-from-comvita/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-alan-bougen-from-comvita/ With the risk of recession growing by the day, many businesses are looking at how to survive the coming months. One businessman who knows all about growth through adversity is Comvita co-founder Alan Bougen. Wed, 11 Mar 2020 05:45:34 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-trelise-cooper/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-trelise-cooper/ She's one of the darlings of Kiwi fashion at the heart of the industry for almost her whole life. Wed, 26 Feb 2020 05:51:06 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-kate-bezar-and-rebecca-percasky/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-kate-bezar-and-rebecca-percasky/ If you’re wanting to do your bit for the environment, you’re probably using a Keep Cup, separating your recyclables, and committing to a few more meat-free meals. But have you considered the impact of your online shopping habit? Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:40:01 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-the-tragedy-that-inspired-sir-michael-hill/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-the-tragedy-that-inspired-sir-michael-hill/ Until he was 40, Michael Hill was far from the jewellery juggernaut we know him as today. He was a self-described ‘Mr Cautious’. After struggling at school, and failing in his attempt to become a concert violinist, he started working for his uncle’s jewellery business in his teens. Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:46:08 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-les-and-phillip-mills/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-les-and-phillip-mills/ If there’s anyone who knows about the best ways to keep motivated at the gym, it’s the father and son behind Les Mills International. The fitness brand was launched by former Olympian Les Mills in 1968, and when his son Phillip took over the company in the late 70s, he set about creating group fitness classes. Wed, 18 Dec 2019 06:06:44 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-kathyrn-wilson/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-kathyrn-wilson/ When Kathryn Wilson launched her shoe business, she was just 22 years old. Today, it’s a global brand, selling in over 100 local boutiques, and her own three stores. But the whole operation was almost unravelled by New Zealand customs.  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 05:28:46 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-malcolm-and-melanie-rands-from-ecostore/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-malcolm-and-melanie-rands-from-ecostore/ Not long ago, no-one had heard of a Keep Cup, we were drinking everything through a plastic straw, and electric cars were reserved for the Jetsons. Wed, 20 Nov 2019 06:03:45 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-sir-stephen-tindall-from-the-warehouse-group/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-sir-stephen-tindall-from-the-warehouse-group/ There are few Kiwi brands more iconic than the Warehouse. It’s famous for being the place where everyone gets a bargain, and a money back guarantee. It’s one of our great business success stories. But its founder, Sir Stephen Tindall, is now thinking hard about how that business success has impacted on the environment.  Wed, 06 Nov 2019 05:57:53 Z https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-peter-beck-from-rocket-lab/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/hp-business-class/hp-business-class-peter-beck-from-rocket-lab/ Peter Beck is the man behind one of the most exciting businesses to ever come out of New Zealand, Rocket Lab. So far, they’ve successfully launched 40 satellites into space from Mahia Peninsula, allowing Beck to live his childhood dream. But he’s revealed that if his high school guidance counsellor had their way, he would have gone into something a bit more mundane. “They believed my aspirations were not reasonable or rational. I would be much better suited to a trades career at the local aluminium smelter. That was a more realistic aspiration to have”.  Wed, 23 Oct 2019 05:56:52 Z