Business View Oceania | Volume 3, Issue 12

71 72 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 12 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 12 In supporting social and economic sustainability, Ecopod partner with New Zealand suppliers and source from neighbouring Pacific countries such as Australia to stimulate Oceania’s localised economy. The company has developed ongoing relationships with community housing providers to create small developments of affordable housing with a lower environmental impact. Staff are committed to continuously developing Ecopod’s core offering to optimise for consumers in performance and aesthetics. A strong set of core values underpins everything the team does: skill, balance, sustainability, development, quality, accountability, efficiency, and opportunity. Mr. Dyson shares, “We’re focussed on creating an environment of learning and improvement. That creates a culture of engagement, enthusiasm, and care through which our people grow and learn supportive environment towards shared goals. It’s great for builders to get to go to the same place every day, keep their tools in one place, and work in a covered space so they can build in all weather, where the plans and client relationships are developed for them, and they can focus on simply building something great.” Ecopod looks to the future with expansion and continued development in mind. The company plans to expand further into accompanying areas of the residential market, including From foundation to fence line, we’ll get it sorted. TAKANINI Get the whole job done with Mitre 10. We supply and deliver to site, sort out any special orders, and help make the whole job go as smoothly as possible. We might even sort the coffee too. mitre10.co.nz/trade ECOPOD CONCEPTS PREFERRED VENDORS/PARTNERS n Stärke Group Ltd www.starke.co.nz | sales@starke.co.nz Stärke is one of the only end-to-end joinery system suppliers in New Zealand, with in-house design, product suites, supply chain, fabrication, and installation. Stärke has found a strong niche in the offsite supply chain, with a range of standard window sizes being utilised for manufacturing efficiencies and cost reductions. n Mitre10 mitre10.co.nz/trade urban infill housing and community housing, external accommodation, minor dwellings, and rural development accommodation. Mr. Dyson explains, “Now that cities have become so expensive to live in, there’s a real resurgence people wanting to reconnect with, live, and work on the land in rural and regional communities. Housing has become unaffordable for the majority of New Zealanders, and many are struggling to come to grips with our critical housing shortage. We are especially seeing this amongst Maori indigenous peoples. We see our ecopods as a potential solution to that because we’re building high-quality, long life, well insulated, affordable dwellings with an ecological and sustainable overlay. So that’s something we plan on being a big part of moving forward.” Ecopod are proud to provide discerning customers across New Zealand with affordable, customisable, sustainable, and high-quality transportable building solutions to suit a variety of purposes and requirements. The team will continue to develop their offering to New Zealand consumers as the market grows and expect to see significant innovation in the transportable building sphere in the coming years- innovation they plan to be at the forefront of. Watch this space!