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AgriSea NZ: Harnessing Seaweed to Reimagine Agriculture
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AgriSea NZ: Harnessing Seaweed to Reimagine Agriculture

For most of us, seaweed might conjure images of kelp-strewn beaches or exotic sushi wraps. But for AgriSea, founded in Paeroa 28 years ago, it’s the key to reinventing farming for the next generation. Led by husband-and-wife team Clare Bradley and Tane Bradley, this family-run enterprise has evolved from a humble fermentation process into a global pioneer—unlocking seaweed’s potential for everything from bio-stimulants to high-tech electronics components.

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Reactory: Aging Spirits in Days Instead of Decades
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Reactory: Aging Spirits in Days Instead of Decades

In the world of whiskey, rum, and fine brandy, time has always been the main ingredient—oak barrels sitting in warehouses for up to half a century. Reactory aims to upend that tradition. Founded by Dr. Mark Eltom, Reactory’s technology ages spirits in mere days, delivering award-worthy complexity without the decades-long wait. It sounds like alchemy, but Mark prefers to call it deep tech.

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The Pure Food Co: Nourishing the World’s Seniors
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The Pure Food Co: Nourishing the World’s Seniors

For many older adults, mealtime can be a dreaded routine—soggy scrambled eggs day after day. Yet at The Pure Food Co, co-founders Sam Bridgewater and Maia Royal had a radically different vision: provide delicious, clinically robust meals to seniors so they can enjoy their food, not just endure it. If that means rethinking everything from ingredient sourcing to nutrient science, so be it

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Enpot: Turning Aluminum Green
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Enpot: Turning Aluminum Green

A modest workshop in Southland started their operation by crafting wood burners, supplying fireplaces across New Zealand. Over forty years, that family business—Yunca Holdings— continued to grow their export business and quietly expanded to become a key engineering partner for Rio Tinto via the New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS). Then came EnPot, an innovation aimed at slashing the carbon footprint of aluminium production worldwide. If it feels like an unlikely leap, CEO Karyna Young insists it was just a natural progression.

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It's time to hit fast forward

It's time to hit fast forward

Spark and NZIER unveil a study showing that a 20% increase in advanced digital technology adoption could boost industry output by up to $26 billion over ten years.

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