It’s what is often called the ‘three B’s mentality’ – the boat, bach and the beemer.
Westpac’s Grow New Zealand report has found more companies with an annual turnover of between $250,000 and $5 million are doing better than four years ago.
The report says that 30 percent of businesses are growing, up from 12 percent. Many are up-skilling their staff but fewer are looking to invest to develop new products, increase sales or hire staff.
Aerial view, the Three Sisters volcanoes in Oregon, from the south looking north. Left to right — South Sister, Middle Sister, and North Sister. USGS Photograph taken in September 1985 by Lyn Topinka.
The Three Sisters appear as the “Three Sisters” on Preston’s map of Oregon of 1856. The name was probably originally applied by members of the Methodist Mission in Salem in the early 1840’s, and the individual peaks were given the names “Mount Faith“, “Mount Hope“, and “Mount Charity“, beginning from the north to south.
Three Sisters is one of three potentially active volcanic centers that lie close to rapidly growing communities and resort areas in Central Oregon. Two types of volcanoes exist in the Three Sisters region and each poses distinct hazards to people and property. South Sister, Middle Sister, and Broken Top, major composite volcanoes clustered near the center of the region, have erupted repeatedly over tens of thousands of years and may erupt explosively in the future. In contrast, mafic volcanoes, which range from to large shield volcanoes like North Sister and Belknap Crater, are typically short-lived (weeks to centuries) and erupt less explosively than do composite volcanoes. Hundreds of mafic volcanoes scattered through the Three Sisters region are part of a much longer zone along the High Cascades of Oregon in which birth of new mafic volcanoes is possible.
