by Lesley Webb | Jul 3, 2024 | 30 Stories for 30 Years
At his family home on Great Barrier Island, surrounded by birdsong and some of the country’s last unspoiled landscapes, a young Brendan Judd knew more had to be done to protect the country’s spectacular natural world. “I’m optimistic about New Zealand’s ability to...
by Lesley Webb | Jun 26, 2024 | 30 Stories for 30 Years
For as long as he can remember, Blair Rutherford has felt an intrinsic connection to the outdoors, a feeling he has nurtured his entire young life through elite sports and outdoor hobbies. “New Zealand’s property and construction sector is so diverse,...
by Lesley Webb | Jun 17, 2024 | 30 Stories for 30 Years
When Rowan Fraser left his boyhood home of Havelock North for university in Auckland, he struggled to navigate his way around the city. Now he knows his way around the world, which has indeed become his career oyster. “I think that success, for me, is trying to...
by Lesley Webb | Jun 10, 2024 | 30 Stories for 30 Years
This is a story about putting the cart before the horse. Richard Smales was fresh out of high school. He was a true newbie: an inaugural recipient of a Graeme Bringans Property Education Trust (GBPET) award. And he had determined to study surveying at the University...
by Lesley Webb | Jun 5, 2024 | 30 Stories for 30 Years
Changing career lanes takes guts, but as Keystone Trust alumni and 2019 Study Award recipient Kamal McEntee-Amziane discovered, magic happens when you lean on your network and take a risk. “I continue to be so grateful for my place in the network because if it wasn’t...