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The Lost Larder: Celebrating New Zealand’s forgotten foods
Millie McFadzien is not your regular business owner, she’s 18 and currently in her final year of high school at St Peter’s College in Gore. Millie developed her business idea as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme, a nationwide entrepreneur competition for year 12 and 13 students.
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Are you ready for Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Unique Device Identification (UDI) requirements?
Does your business manufacture medical devices for supply in Australia? Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is implementing Unique Device Identification (UDI) regulations to strengthen patient safety and improve medical device traceability.
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GS1’s growing role in trusted data supported with new leadership
To support GS1's growing role in trusted data, GS1 New Zealand has welcomed two experienced leaders to the Senior Leadership Team: Alison Crosbie as General Manager, Growth and Leanne Milligan as General Manager, Business Services.
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Over 500,000 products moved into improved MyGS1 Member Portal!
Over the past year, we’ve been making improvements to how our services are delivered digitally with a simple aim in mind - make our services more intuitive and seamless to use.
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Celebrating 25 years of the NZ Building Industry Federation
This year, the Building Industry Federation of New Zealand (BIF NZ) celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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What mānuka honey teaches us about export success
New Zealand exporters are being asked to provide more information about their products than ever before: customers, retailers and regulators increasingly want to see detailed proof of where a product came from, what is in it, and how it was produced to determine whether the claims made about it can be trusted.
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Fresh produce takes next step towards GS1 2D Barcodes at checkout
New global implementation guidance gives fresh produce growers, packers and retailers a practical pathway to using GS1 2D Barcodes on produce price look-up stickers.
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Digital labelling: Government responds to industry calls for change
The New Zealand Government has taken a significant step towards enabling digital labelling, responding to key requests from GS1 New Zealand and industry through its product labelling regulatory review.
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GS1 New Zealand welcomes move to enable digital labelling in New Zealand
Adopting international standards for digital labelling will be critical to delivering benefits for consumers and businesses in New Zealand.
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GS1 New Zealand appoints new leadership as trusted data becomes the next frontier for Kiwi businesses
GS1 New Zealand has appointed experienced technology and commercial leader Alison Crosbie as General Manager, Growth.
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Sustainability in fashion – Sri Lanka apparel and textile pilot
This pilot aimed to test the global digital exchange of Environmental, social and governance data using GS1 standards (specifically QR codes with Digital Link).
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Richard Manaton, Chief Operating Officer retires after long-standing service
In June the team at GS1 New Zealand bid farewell to long-standing staff member and previous board member Richard Manaton.
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