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Venison strips for Honey win Taranaki region young enterprise award

This idea is certainly not the dog's breakfast but it could be if it's hungry.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Youth Enterprise Scheme finals will have strong Northland contingent

No region will be better represented at the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) national awards in Wellington on December 6 than Northland.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Spice of success for young Matamata inventor

A Waikato secondary school student and serial entrepreneur who invented a kitchen spice rack took home top honours at the Waikato – King Country Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme Awards last night.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Villa Maria team’s healthy crackers win Young Enterprise

Too Good Foods proved too good for the competition last night, taking out the supreme award in the Canterbury Region Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) held at Ara.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Two awards for entrepreneurial Wairoa YES company

A Wairoa young enterprise company that formed at the Hawke’s Bay School Trades Academy @EIT has won two awards at the regional Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme finals.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Alternative fruit sticker wins top Hawke's Bay Young Enterprise Scheme award

A water-soluble, environmentally friendly fruit sticker that will reduce waste and encourage consumers to wash their fruit has made its creators award winners.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Young Enterprise Scheme – Canterbury finals Wednesday 31st

The eight Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) teams who will compete at the Canterbury regional final on 31 October have shown a professionalism beyond their years, according to organisers.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Massey to support next generations of entrepreneurs in Taranaki

Taranaki’s young, budding entrepreneurs went head-to-head on Tuesday, as part of the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme’s Taranaki Region Awards Night.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

MakerBox Wins Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme

On Tuesday morning the regional finals for the the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme were held in Southland. Congratulations to Makerbox from James Hargest College who took out the title of Regional Champions!

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Student entrepreneurs venture into a social-commercial enterprise

Four Year-13 students of Freyberg High School in Palmerston North are on a mission to make their social-commercial enterprise a mega success in New Zealand.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Te reo cards a winning hand

Giving back to the community and educating more people in basic Te Reo was the goal of the winners of Otago's Young Enterprise Scheme awards this year - and they have won the competition for an idea which seems brilliant in its simplicity.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Enterprising students vying for top prize at Waikato awards

More than 200 enterprising Waikato secondary school students are vying for success at the Waikato Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Annual Awards this month.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Southland students take out top spot and Young Enterprise Scheme awards

Five James Hargest College students have been awarded for their invention aimed at unleashing children's creative side instead of staring at a screen.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Best CEO award caps YES success

Gisborne Girls’ High School student Nitha Vashti was the big winner at the YES awards final when, in a surprise announcement, she was named the national Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) CEO of the year.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

‘YES’ tonight to the company of the year winner

Four teams in the Gisborne region will compete for the first time to be this year’s YES company of the year.

5.10.2021

5.11.2018

Young Ideas, Real Businesses

The future is looking bright as this year’s talented high school business students from throughout Southland prepare for The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Regional Final.

5.10.2021

11.10.2018

Children's book combines Northland teen's love of the ocean and te reo

A Kerikeri teen has combined her concerns about the environment and the need to preserve te reo Māori in a bilingual children's book about plastic pollution of the oceans.

5.10.2021

5.10.2018

Shipping container provides school with after-school programme

Three students from Cornerstone Christian School couldn't contain their grand idea when they wanted to start an after-school programme out of a shipping container.

5.10.2021

3.10.2018

What's Happening in the Ecosystem

Find out what's happening in the eco-system this week:

5.10.2021

2.10.2018

Young Māori into the dragons' den at Whanganui City College as part of business challenge

More than 70 Māori students from Whanganui and Palmerston North schools made presentations to a panel of judges on the third and final day of the event on Thursday.

5.10.2021

26.9.2018

BP announces Innovation Scholarships for Young Enterprise students

BP has today introduced a new scholarship programme for Year 12 and 13 students planning to begin tertiary education the following year in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

5.10.2021

24.9.2018

'Savvy entrepreneurs' almond butter selling out

Seven Columba College pupils created "Savvy Seven Almond Butter'' to enter in a nationwide programme, in which high school pupils set up and run a business.

5.10.2021

24.9.2018

Panguru teen wins top award for mussel-saving project

A teenager from an isolated settlement in North Hokianga has won the Far North's top youth award for his efforts to save Mitimiti's famous mussels from a devastating marine pest.

5.10.2021

20.9.2018

Latest Mural Represents Gisborne Region

Gisborne artist Leah McCann is grateful to people who stopped to talk and give her feedback as she painted.

5.10.2021

19.9.2018

What's Happening This Week 19 September - 26 September

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5.10.2021

19.9.2018

Student beach clean project prompts community-wide action on rubbish

Katie Sinclair, 17, of Opunake High School combined her passion for the environment with a Young Enterprise Scheme school project when she set up Healthy Oceanz and began organising public beach cleans in June.

5.10.2021

12.9.2018

What's Happening This Week 12 September - 19 September

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5.10.2021

5.9.2018

What's Happening This Week 5 September - 12 September

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5.10.2021

3.9.2018

William's 5 Top Tips for Young Enterprise Students After the San Francisco Trip

William’s 5 Top Tips for Young Enterprise Students After the San Francisco Trip:

5.10.2021

30.8.2018

Latest mural to add colour to library carpark

Bright colours and the theme of new growth preside in artist Leah McCann’s mural on the side of the former Kings Theatre building. Seen from the library carpark, the mural is a work in progress.

5.10.2021

30.8.2018

Fertiliser made from sea squirts shows student ingenuity

More than 30 student businesses from 11 high schools around Northland competed in this year's Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) trade fair at the Old Packhouse Market in Kerikeri, and market patrons found plenty to attract their interest.

5.10.2021

29.8.2018

What's Happening This Week 29 August - 5 September

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5.10.2021

23.8.2018

Thank you for investing in our futures | Liam McLeavey

The Young Enterprise Business Leadership Tour to Brisbane was an great experience, and I feel truly privileged to have been selected to attend from the Manawatu-Whanganui region.

5.10.2021

22.8.2018

Don’t tap on the door, knock it down | Jascia Renau

The Young Enterprise Business leaders trip to Brisbane was an overall great experience to be a part of.

5.10.2021

22.8.2018

It's okay to not know what you want to do | Kamla Phal

A common theme from the business leaders that spoke to us such as Jethro Gilbert, Lauren James, Stuart Kerr and Dhawal Nayak is that it's okay to not know what you want to do for the rest of your life straight out of high school.

5.10.2021

22.8.2018

No followers | Alen Yeritsyan

On the final day I saw many changes in myself with how I present myself to the group and to the presenters as I have more confidence.

5.10.2021

22.8.2018

Businesses should be unique | Daniel Hu

Talking to all the different leaders in their respective businesses, all of them brought up something that struck my mind - they were unique in each of their own ways.

5.10.2021

22.8.2018

Be apart of something bigger than yourself | Lucy Johnson

The Young Enterprise Business leaders trip to Brisbane was truly the opportunity of a lifetime.

5.10.2021

22.8.2018

It completely exceeded my expectations | Alex Edwards

The business leadership trip to business was not what I had anticipated it to be.

5.10.2021

14.8.2018

The Food Dudes take the hassle out of school lunches

The Food Dudes NZ is a business created by five enterprising 17 year olds to create customised lunches for primary school students.

5.10.2021

13.8.2018

Young Hawke's Bay students and prisoners team up for woodwork project

"We were trying to find a problem in the community that we could help solve," Mr Van Onselen told The Project."

5.10.2021

9.8.2018

Hastings students create low-cost flood warning device

A low-cost rain and flood warning device called "George", created by a group of Hastings students, has potential to save lives and properties, Hawke's Bay Civil Defence says.

5.10.2021

9.8.2018

Hastings students create innovative flood warning device

It may be made out of PVC pipes and resemble something from outer space, yet the unassuming piece of equipment is highly effective and will be used to save lives in more ways than one.

5.10.2021

8.8.2018

What's Happening This Week 8 - 15 August

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5.10.2021

2.8.2018

Social enterprise approach sees Hawke's Bay College awarded on the national stage

An unlikely partnership between students from St John's College and youth prisoners at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison earned both organisations a string of accolades.

5.10.2021

30.7.2018

New Zealand's finest enter Business Hall of Fame

Forty years ago Bill Buckley could have never imagined having the success that he has.

5.10.2021

30.7.2018

Real life business booming at Otumoetai College

Business is booming at Otumoetai College this year, with five groups of students enjoying success with their real-life businesses under the Young Enterprise Scheme.

5.10.2021

30.7.2018

New Zealand's finest enter Business Hall of Fame

Now the man behind Buckley Systems Limited — the world's leading supplier of precision electromagnets — sits in the Business Hall of Fame after being inducted last night.

5.10.2021

26.7.2018

Student wins scholarship and trip to Columbia in business competition

James Hargest College student Ben McIntyre is one of 24 New Zealand students who will travel to South America for business studies.

5.10.2021

26.7.2018

Freyberg High School students bring Pio the Whio to life

A group of Freyberg High School students has created a book to educate children about the environment.

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All news articles

Venison strips for Honey win Taranaki region young enterprise award

Youth Enterprise Scheme finals will have strong Northland contingent

Spice of success for young Matamata inventor

Villa Maria team’s healthy crackers win Young Enterprise

Two awards for entrepreneurial Wairoa YES company

Alternative fruit sticker wins top Hawke's Bay Young Enterprise Scheme award

Young Enterprise Scheme – Canterbury finals Wednesday 31st

Massey to support next generations of entrepreneurs in Taranaki

MakerBox Wins Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme

Student entrepreneurs venture into a social-commercial enterprise

Te reo cards a winning hand

Enterprising students vying for top prize at Waikato awards

Southland students take out top spot and Young Enterprise Scheme awards

Best CEO award caps YES success

‘YES’ tonight to the company of the year winner

Young Ideas, Real Businesses

Children's book combines Northland teen's love of the ocean and te reo

Shipping container provides school with after-school programme

What's Happening in the Ecosystem

Young Māori into the dragons' den at Whanganui City College as part of business challenge

BP announces Innovation Scholarships for Young Enterprise students

'Savvy entrepreneurs' almond butter selling out

Panguru teen wins top award for mussel-saving project

Latest Mural Represents Gisborne Region

What's Happening This Week 19 September - 26 September

Student beach clean project prompts community-wide action on rubbish

What's Happening This Week 12 September - 19 September

What's Happening This Week 5 September - 12 September

William's 5 Top Tips for Young Enterprise Students After the San Francisco Trip

Latest mural to add colour to library carpark

Fertiliser made from sea squirts shows student ingenuity

What's Happening This Week 29 August - 5 September

Thank you for investing in our futures | Liam McLeavey

Don’t tap on the door, knock it down | Jascia Renau

It's okay to not know what you want to do | Kamla Phal

No followers | Alen Yeritsyan

Businesses should be unique | Daniel Hu

Be apart of something bigger than yourself | Lucy Johnson

It completely exceeded my expectations | Alex Edwards

The Food Dudes take the hassle out of school lunches

Young Hawke's Bay students and prisoners team up for woodwork project

Hastings students create low-cost flood warning device

Hastings students create innovative flood warning device

What's Happening This Week 8 - 15 August

Social enterprise approach sees Hawke's Bay College awarded on the national stage

New Zealand's finest enter Business Hall of Fame

Real life business booming at Otumoetai College

New Zealand's finest enter Business Hall of Fame

Student wins scholarship and trip to Columbia in business competition

Freyberg High School students bring Pio the Whio to life

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