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Articles by Julie Bennett Iannuzzi

The finalists are a great line up of six local businesses from a creamery selling goats milk, to a water taxi venture. Now it's over to you to decide which wins.

A judging panel will decide on which businesses win one of four $20,000 advertising packages.

The Shop Local campaign encourages consumers to support local business and gives five packages to businesses: four decided by a judging panel, one by Stuff readers.

“I started thinking that surely there was an easier way to help people, so they could just get on with their day,” she says. Waddleton joined forces with business partner Elena Soanes and together they did their research to see if their idea had potential. More than a year down the track, Farmbase is gaining considerable traction and is the Canterbury winner in our 2021 Shop Local campaign. In the last two years, our Shop Local campaigns have run in seven regions (from Auckland to North...

Louise Mackenzie says winning the Shop Local competition for her possum fur dog toy business will be a gamechanger that will take her to the next level.

They thought the ‘grey nomads’ in campervans would want a gentle train ride, but found older Kiwis were keen on cave rafting and thrills. Now they've won a Shop Local award.

Just like me, thousands of small business owners across the country were feeling a level of distress as they were confronted with their own uncertain future. In my attempt to ensure my small business came out the other side, I launched the Chooice Facebook Group to provide a platform for Kiwi small businesses to promote their products and services. I didn’t anticipate the number of small businesses that were in the same predicament as me. Word spread fast and Chooice instantly took on a l...

2degrees Business to create our Shop Local campaign . It is about reminding us all of the need to shop locally and support local business. But it’s also about supporting business in a practical way. In the last two years, our Shop Local campaigns have run in seven regions (from Auckland to North Canterbury), had more than 1000 businesses enter and put eight amazing businesses in the spotlight. This year, we’re focusing on the South Island with competitions running in Southland, Otago, t...

OPINION: That's why we're putting up prize packages of $20,000 advertising each for five South Island businesses to put them in the spotlight.