Matt Martel

The geodesic stills were built in Scotland. (Images: Supplied) Mark Izzard is an acclaimed surgeon. Ro Parker is a serial entrepreneur. Ricky Evatt is a beekeeper.Together, they are Waiheke’s largest electricity users. Within five years, they want their Waiheke Whisky distillery to be selling $15m-$20m of whisky.

When we rolled out our subscriber survey, I thought it would take a few weeks to reach 500 respondents. It took barely two days. Congratulations to director Bridget Coates, who is the winner of our random participant prize draw for a ticket to the 2026 BusinessDesk CEO Index. These results are a boost for our newsroom, so I wanted to let subscribers know what great company you are in. BusinessDesk subscribers would more than fill the new One NZ Stadium in Christchurch.

Split Enz, Spark Arena, Saturday, May 9 Split Enz’s Stuff and Nonsense is among my favourite songs. But it is the song of a young man, a 27-year-old Tim Finn. “I can give you the present, I don’t know ‘bout the future. That’s all stuff and nonsense.” The lyrics reveal a man uncertain of himself and of what will happen next. It is a song of nervousness about where things will end up. Listening to the song now on Spotify, and you hear the fear in Tim Finn’s vocals.