The humble table, a seemingly ordinary object often taken for granted, has been a source of endless fascination and inspiration for artist Ilya Volykhine. In “Table of Contents,” he explores the multi-faceted significance of this ubiquitous piece of furniture that brings people together and is woven into the fabric of human connection.

Volykhine’s paintings and works on paper are a reflection of his deep contemplation of the table and its significance in our lives. He views the table as far more than just a piece of furniture – it represents a symbol of connection, community, and tradition. It’s a space where people gather to share meals, conversations, laughter, and even moments of vulnerability. The table, in Volykhine’s view, is where our lives are woven together with others, where we can truly be ourselves and find a sense of belonging.

The ‘Table of Contents’ exhibition promises to be a captivating journey into the heart of the artist’s exploration, offering viewers an opportunity to reflect on the pivotal role the table plays in our lives. Ilya Volykhine’s works beckon us to reevaluate the overlooked beauty and significance of the ordinary, making the mundane extraordinary through his artistic vision.

We cordially invite you to join us at the opening reception of ‘Table of Contents’ and explore Ilya Volykhine’s thought-provoking art. It is an event not to be missed for art enthusiasts, collectors, and anyone who appreciates the power of art to illuminate the profound in the everyday.

Please RSVP to reserve your place at this exclusive event by emailing Ron Epskamp at ron@exhibitionsgallery.co.nz.

Event Details
Opening Date: Thursday, November 2nd
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Exhibitions Gallery of Fine Art, 20 Brandon Street, Wellington Central

Media Release 27 October 2023.

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Continuous Improvement Systems (CIS), primarily associated with fields like IT and manufacturing, involves a systematic, iterative approach to process enhancement. By formally implementing CIS, SmartWay Builders has brought about transformative change in their operations and service delivery.

“CIS has been a game-changer for us,” says Howard Woolston, Managing Director of SmartWay Builders. “By focusing on constant, incremental improvements, we’ve been able to enhance our efficiency, minimize waste, and deliver high-quality results that surpass customer expectations.”

The application of CIS has enabled SmartWay Builders to elevate the customer experience significantly. The company now leverages CIS to understand the customer journey better, identify potential pain points, and create highly personalized renovation experiences, fostering stronger client relationships and enhancing brand loyalty.

SmartWay Builders’ CIS-driven approach also aids in risk mitigation. The company has developed predictive models to anticipate potential challenges, leading to fewer project delays, potential budget overruns, and an improved project success rate.

“By predicting and proactively addressing potential renovation challenges, we’ve drastically reduced unpleasant surprises for our customers which can be common in house renovation particularly when the original plans are not available,” adds Howard. “This results in smoother projects and happier clients.”

Additionally, CIS has equipped SmartWay Builders to be a future-ready organization. With the increasing demand for smart home integrations, sustainable solutions, and innovative designs, the company’s CIS framework allows them to stay ahead of trends and meet evolving customer needs.

In closing, Howard says, “Our adoption of CIS has revolutionized the way we operate, making us more efficient, customer-focused, and forward-looking. It’s an exciting time for the home renovation industry, and we’re proud to be at the forefront of this change.”

Media Release 15 August 2023.

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With a nod to nature and perfectly positioned on a ridge leading to a nature reserve, Design Builders’ latest show home is a show stopper. The Harbour View two-storey home was officially open for viewing in April, with visitors welcomed to see what Mark Davidge and the expert team from Design Builders Wellington had created.

The stunning show home features light and dark timber accents to tie in with the natural surroundings, along with clever use of glazing to take advantage of the spectacular views. This unique home was also designed with exceptional indoor-outdoor flow and a spacious layout.

According to Design Builders Wellington Managing Director Mark Davidge, 2 Viewmont Drive makes the most of its natural setting, yet offers a short commute to the city.

“Even though this Harbour View property is surrounded by nature, it’s mere minutes from city conveniences. You wouldn’t know it when you get to enjoy views of a native reserve and have a beautiful park on your doorstep. If you appreciate New Zealand’s natural beauty, you’re going to love this show home.”

This outstanding show home is open for the general public to view on Sundays from 11 am until 2 pm or by appointment. For more information, contact Mark on 027 426 7220 or email mark.davidge@designbuilders.co.nz.

About Design Builders
Design Builders is a multi-award-winning company with over a quarter of a century of expertise in the designing and building of homes in New Zealand. The experienced team prides itself on designing and building homes that are as unique as their owners. From the initial sketch to the handing over of the keys, you can rely on Design Builders to offer the full package to the highest of standards.

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Media Release – May 2021

Media Contact
Mark Davidge, Design Builders
Email: mark.davidge@designbuilders.co.nz
Phone: 0800 456 456
Website: https://designbuilders.co.nz/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv7qfNrL-3E

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Web Infinity NZ is pleased to announce we are now offering affordable, fixed priced website marketing packages for builders, electricians, plumbers, roofers and all other tradies.

These packages include;
1) A website that converts visitors into customers
2) A Google marketing campaign to launch your site to the 1st page of Google

Find out more by visiting https://webinfinity.nz/tradies-website-marketing-specialists/

Web Infinity are based in Wellington but are available to help tradies all over New Zealand.

For tradies that have a website but it isn’t generating enough customers, Web Infinity now offers a free audit on your website to help you work out why.

Media Release on 8 April 2021

Media Contact
Sales Team, Web Infinity NZ
Email: hello@webinfinity.nz
Phone: 0800 112 192
Website: https://webinfinity.nz/tradies-website-marketing-specialists/

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Small business owners who are disabled can get help growing their digital capacity, thanks to a new pilot initiative operated by Workbridge and funded by the Department of Internal Affairs.

Grow Digital works with disabled people running a small to medium enterprise (SME) to develop a plan specific to their business to encourage digital growth.

Grow Digital can also assist businesses who are not owned by disabled people but who employ a majority of disabled staff.

Workbridge’s Chief Executive, Jonathan Mosen, says working for oneself is an option many disabled people think about, and that’s even more the case in a tougher labour market.

“As a disabled person who has run my own business in the past, I know the many benefits of doing so. We can work at a pace and in a manner that works for our individual needs, and there are fewer attitudinal barriers to overcome,” he says.

“Some disabled people need assistive technology to help with their digital presence, for example if they can’t see the screen or use a keyboard,” says Mosen. “Choosing the right technology can feel daunting, and that’s one of the ways we can help”.

“Others may need assistance finding resources to get set up to sell their products online, find a business mentor, or even gain cost-effective access to a computer or Internet connection. Grow Digital is here to facilitate the success of disability-driven small businesses with tailored advice offered through a disability lens. It’s a ground-breaking initiative and we’re proud to have been selected by DIA to deliver the service.

“Working to close digital inclusion gaps, like digital skills, needs really good partners. Workbridge can really make a difference in this community, and we are excited to see what Grow Digital can do.” says Dianne Patrick, Programme Lead for Digital Inclusion at DIA.

The service is free to access. Small business owners who are disabled or who have a majority of disabled staff can learn more and apply by visiting http://GrowDigital.co.nz

The announcement comes on the UN-declared International Day of Disabled Persons, the theme of which this year is “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World”.

Media Release on 3 December 2020

Media Contact
Jonathan Mosen, Workbridge Inc
Email: jonathanm@workbridge.co.nz
Phone: 021466736
Website: http://GrowDigital.co.nz

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Parapet provides a dedicated service and strategic solutions that help companies create a risk-aware culture to mitigate risk at the highest levels proactively. Parapet enables a systematic and structured risk management approach based on industry-specific frameworks, methodologies and best practices. All their services are designed to provide configurable and unique capabilities for their clients.

Integrated Risk Management (IRM) is a strategic process to identify, analyze, and mitigate risk. The intention behind IRM is to help provide high-level decision-makers with a more formalized approach to managing risk. Through this more formalized process, companies can identify risk early and often, allowing for a more controlled response in how they choose to address associated risks. Today, however, traditional risk management is not enough to manage the risks that permeate organizations. These increasingly more complex and nuanced risks with the proliferation and explosive growth of technology warrant a new way to target and minimize a company’s risk. At Parapet, they are addressing modern risk head-on and providing customers with a customized approach to mitigating risk.

Enterprise risk management is quickly becoming a necessity for businesses of every size. It is an excellent plan-based strategy for businesses to proactively identify and prepare for various hazards, dangers, and other issues that could jeopardize a business’s objectives and interrupt their operations. Since automation and digitization are becoming much more prevalent, numerous companies are relying on enterprise risk management software to modernize their offerings and mitigate risks.

A top management source has this to say, “At Parapet, we provide well-structured software to actively assess and mitigate your business’s risks on a daily basis. Our software can also help identify lucrative opportunities and maintain your company’s reputation by alerting you to threats long before they impact your operations.” Enterprise risk management is a must for the long-term life and health of every business.

Enterprise Risk Management software helps clients identify and set controls over the multitude of risks such organization faces each day. These risks include physical damage caused by environmental factors; cybercrime; system failure and blackouts; economic stressors; industry, sector and marketplace disruptions; compliance and governance challenges, and more

Parapet tailors its compliance management to meet the needs of clients’ enterprises. It incorporates all of the policies, procedures, and regulations with the national and international standards that oversee such industry and jurisdiction, including ISO, NIST, COBIT, NZISM, and more. Parapet will configure the software to meet the demands of each client’s enterprise. They do these by-

• Generating a data-based record of compliance activities and obligations.
• Coordinating internal and external regulations, risks, controls, policies, and procedures into a single overarching structure.
• Enabling compliance maturity throughout the enterprise by bringing all corporate elements up to the same, uniform standard.
• Automation and notification of tasks, remediation, and assurance, which will increase productivity.
• Eliminating duplicate efforts by unifying the varying compliance controls that apply across the client’s business.

Media Release on 2 September 2020

Media Contact
Hiren Desai, Parapet
Email: info@parapet.com
Website: https://parapet.com

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The Annual Government Digital Transformation NZ Summit returns this year to the Sky Stadium in Wellington from 19-21 May. International speakers are renowned at this premier event, but in 2020, amongst a line up of 60 leading speakers, welcomes INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE and FIRST TIME VISITING NEW ZEALAND John Millons, Head of Policy & Co-Founder, The Canadian Digital Service.

The Canadian Digital Service was established in 2017 to help kick-start the Government of Canada’s adoption of modern delivery methods and technology in serving over 37 million Canadians. For the FIRST TIME, Mr Millon will be sharing lessons with the New Zealand public sector in his keynote address ‘The Art of the Possible – Building the Foundation to Scale Modern Delivery in Canada’ which will cover the journey of Canada’s federal government setting up its first digital services team, their successes and challenges, and how they have built the foundations for scale; from policy to delivery and everything in between.

More than 250 digital, data, IT, technology and service delivery leaders from across all levels of New Zealand’s public services will attend this summit with the aim to better enable digital public services and engagement.

Part of Techweek NZ’s 2020 program of events, the summit features 60 speakers representing 40 Government organisations; making it the biggest, most comprehensive government digital transformation summit to take place in New Zealand in 2020.

As part of the stellar speaker line up is RECENTLY APPOINTED, Deputy Government Chief Digital Officer & Deputy Chief Executive Digital Public Service, The Department of Internal Affairs, Ann-Marie Cavanagh. Ms Cavanagh leads the creation of the strategy for a Digital Public Service, delivery of the government’s digital strategy, developing and managing IT capability across government and will be speaking on the digital public service agenda.
Lisa Casagranda, Director, Better For Business at the Ministry Of Business, Innovation And Employment (MBIE) will also present along with Philippa Day, Director, Business Connect at MBIE. The Better for Business program is one of the MOST SIGNIFICANT CROSS-AGENCY INITIATIVES underway which identifies and develops easier and smarter ways for business and government to interact.
With AI and Automation also high on the NZ government agenda, Jevon McSkimming, Assistant Commissioner: Service at New Zealand Police will be showcasing unique and WORLD LEADING ADOPTION of AI technologies how they are putting a human face on AI, which will better enable officers, optimise service delivery and significantly improve public engagement.

With the growing importance of data strategy and usage within Government, in addition to the focus on digital enablement, the summit includes a full day dedicated to data innovations. Sessions from Ministry of Social Development, Stats NZ, Auckland Council Te Mana Raraunga, The Maori Data Sovereignty Network, NZ Transport Agency Payments NZ, InternetNZ and more will explore the new approaches to optimising the management of complex data landscapes, improving data insights, plus open data, open platforms, data sharing, and API’s from every angle. Brad Court, Project Director at Aventedge says “It’s time to think differently about Government digital ecosystem strategy in an increasingly open and integrated environment. The summit has been designed for showcasing how Government organisations are using open APIs as a facilitator of digital transformation and looking at how shared data is helping enable more personalised citizen engagement and improved inter-agency collaboration on digitally-enabled product and service innovation.”

Leading innovators Optic Digital (formerly Comsmart), Mimecast, Storagecraft, Theta, Engage Squared, Squiz, NSL, Qrious, ActiveVision, Stellar, Digital Island, Olympic Software, Desktop Imaging AND MORE will be onsite at the summit showcasing latest technologies and solutions.

The 4th annual Government Digital Transformation NZ Summit is hosted by Aventedge. 19-21 May 2020, Sky Stadium, Wellington. We facilitate opportunity through designing and bringing to life community-focused events to inspire positive change.

For more information and press passes, contact:
Louisa.Nightingale@Aventedge.com
www.dtnz-aventedge.com

Media Release 14 February 2020.

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FLF Product Design, a new customer-centric innovation studio is now part of the Regional Business Partner (RBP) Network in New Zealand.

Once approved, it will offer two of its six services through the RBP Network. The Capability Voucher Funding helps business owners to access business training and coaching services by providing them with up to a 50% subsidy towards the registered service cost.

The funding is one of the services available through the Regional Business Partner (RBP) Network who employ Growth Advisors to support business owners looking to grow and innovate.

Media Release on 4 February 2020

Media Contact
Fayssal Loussaief, FLF Product Design
Email: hi@flf.design
Phone: 021997459
http://flf.design/flf/rbp#more-1
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