For short notice hotel bookings.
Wine industry resources portal
Provided especially for New Zealand's wine industry people. (Remember to refresh this page in your browser, as the information may have been updated since your last visit)
WHAT'S NEW - new map feature -
travel guide to enable you to get from a to b - www.maporama.com.
All sorts of things, some useful, some amusing. This started off as a collection of websites we used ourselves; then thought it could also be helpful to wine industry people. Obviously it's fairly generic, so you may prefer to keep using your own choices. If you want to suggest a site feel free - we may add it. This page will be regularly updated. And, let us know what you think.
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The Sections are...
- "At Home" - Information to help you with business in New Zealand
- "Travelling/International" - for overseas travels or business
- "At your Desk" - administration help, office tools
- "In the Winery/Vineyard" - technical and compliance stuff.
- "Industry Publications/Press" - the main ones that we use - more info coming.
- "After Work" - handy sites for use in personal time - access these from home.....
- "Selected Supplier Directory" - will be added soon. Few commercial sites are featured at this time.
"At Home" - Information to help around NZ (general info)
Advertise a new wine job directly online at www.winejobsonline.com or send an email to us with your advertisement as a word document to reach thousands working in wine.
Wine Employment information provided by Battersby & Associates especially for wine industry people. Keep up to date with employment news that could help you in your job or if you employ others.
Airline/Airport Info, NZ - Air New Zealand online schedules and reservations page. Qantas site - bookings, flight info.
Auckland airport flight arrivals and departures - and airport information ; Wellington airport flight info ; Christchurch Airport Info ; Dunedin airport flight infoBar codes
BNZ Site - foreign exchange rates
Business services help
www.biz.org.nz - free Government funded information and referral service for all business questions. Chamber of Commerce
Export Information
Gateway to International Trade (from Auckland Chamber of Commerce) ; Export Institute and Market New Zealand (NZTE service)
Government, legal, etc
ACC ; Companies Office ; Customs Service ; Department of Labour ; Immigration website - helpful for your overseas vintage or seasonal workers. Inland Revenue Department - GST, PAYE, forms, information ; Legislation - various things ;NZ Trade & Enterprise ; Statistics NZ;
Hotel bookings
www.wotif.com - short notice NZ and International bookings. Wotif.com offers great rates and the broadest range of accommodation in New Zealand and Australia. Its easy to use website provides instant confirmation of bookings, and an award winning Customer Service Centre is available 24/7. They were also a supporting sponsor to winejobsonline.com for the Young Viticulturist of the Year Awards, 2007. Thanks guys!!
Need it now.com - Last minute deals for NZ (and Australian) accommodation. Also Jasons Guide to NZ hotel, motel accommodation.
Human Resources consultancy - Battersby & Associates (Paddy and Heather Battersby who run winejobsonline.com) - Phone 09 838 1455 for a chat - they can supply all employment documentation that you need; help you avoid fines and do everything right for employees at your place.
Immigration - the official New Zealand site. More handy info coming later to help your overseas employees.
Intellectual Property
New Zealand's IPONZ site ; US Patent and Trademark Office ; Australia ; UK ; Canada ; EU ; Japan
Maps
the reliable Wises maps - all over the country, and the brand new SMAPS provided by TradeMe - find an exact address, it's very cool.
News - General
TV1 ; NZ Herald ; Christchurch Press ; Dominion Post ; Otago Daily Times ; Marlborough Express
News - Wine
see below: Industry Publications ; and RSS newsfeeds at top right of website from TiZwine.com (NZ).
- NZ Postal rates - Post office site gives rates for posting in NZ and overseas and
- Postcode finder - all the new New Zealand postcodes.
- New Zealand Stock Exchange
NZ Wine Competition results (Royal Easter Show Wine Awards, Liquorland Top 100, New Zealand International Wine Show, Bragato Wine Awards, Air NZ Wine Awards, International Chardonnay Challenge, Hawkes Bay A & P Show Wine Awards, New World Wine Awards)
International Wine Challenge; International Wine & Spirit Competition; San Francisco International Wine Competition ;
Weather - New Zealand regional weather service (Met Service) and there are also handy 3 and 7 day forecasts (MetVUW)
Whitepages- Phone numbers for all over New Zealand – or when you just can't find your local directory.
Yellowpages - Find international numbers here as well.
Wine Events -International ; New Zealand (NZ Winegrowers' list) ;
Wine trade diary - via winejobsonline.com - coming soon....
Wine information - www.TiZwine.com - New Zealand's leading wine portal - keep up to date with all the latest industry news, winery information, tasting notes, awards and products. Click here for your free subscription.
Website Development - Smart website development is essential for promoting your business. maffey.com offer a complete website design and development service for all sizes of business and budget.
These are the guys that maintain the winejobsonline.com website for us - thanks Chris!! 
Travelling/international information
Airline/Airport Info, NZ - Air New Zealand online schedules and reservations page. Qantas site - bookings, flight info.
Auckland airport flight arrivals and departures - and airport information ; Wellington airport flight info ; Christchurch Airport Info ; Dunedin airport flight info
Airport code finder - all airports all over the world
Auckland airport flight arrivals and departures - and airport information
Track the status of any flight arriving or departing the United States or Canada. Updates on flight arrival and delay times, departure time, aircraft type, current altitude, and current groundspeed, plus forecasted weather conditions for your selected destination.
Currency Converter - Handy if you’re going to travel, or just buy stuff online. Be aware that prices quoted are often in US dollars even when you think they could be NZ or Oz – check it out. Also BNZ Site Currency rates or Create a currency conversion sheet to take with you on your trip
Electrical currency adaptors and international voltages (the other sort of currency!!)
Embassies of New Zealand to the World, and other countries in NZ
Hotel bookings – www.wotif.com - short notice NZ and international bookings ; Need it now.com - Last minute deals for Australia and NZ accommodation
International Domain Name Country Codes
International Maps - Mapquest ; online maps to anywhere (includes map of London underground) and, travel guide to enable you to get from a to b: www.maporama.com.
New Zealand Driving Distances - North Island ; South Island
Postal - Zip codes and postal codes of the world ; Australia postcodes ; International postal rates
Telephone Search Engine. - It's one of a kind. An engine based on placing international calls from international locations, not just from the United States as most telephone search engines are programed to do. It gives you the calling code instructions from each of the world's nations to any other nation. This engine also allows you to search every on-line telephone directory in the world. (Over 700 directories) Another telephone service site - International codes for long distance phone calls
Weather - UK Time and Weather ; More countries instantly available – World wide weather (and some news)
World Clock - There are loads of these sites but we quite like this one because you can actually see a world map and their current zones and times. (handy for those of us who didn't pay attention in Geography class) and this is another good time finder site. (www.timeanddate.com)
World newspapers - This site is good ; or another source
USA legal - USA State Taxation requirements ;
US legislation – Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
At your desk - admin/office stuff (see also "At Home" section for other admin sites)
Advertise a new wine job vacancy
BrainyBetty - Thousands of free powerpoint templates, images, fonts etc.… American but some useful and different stuff here.
Dictionaries - Dictionary.com - Great site – dictionary, thesaurus, language translator, encyclopedia, crosswords etc…
yourdictionary.com for misspelled words. Word of the Day - Another part of the dictionary site. Impress your colleagues with your knowledge – you can even receive a daily word of the day email.
Heather's Handy Hints (added to progressively) - Handy keyboard shortcuts for Word ; Excel Excellence - save yourself some time; Office Templates; Browser tips for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox
Holidays - List of NZ School and Public Holidays ; Schedule of Public Holidays for Australia, Canada, US and UK. ;
Public Holidays in other countries.
Metric/Imperial Measurement Conversions Litre to Gallon / Quart / Pint / Cup Conversion Engine
Kilogram < > Pound Conversion Engine
Miles < > Kilometers Conversion Engine
Square Meters to Square Feet < > Conversion Engine
Square Miles to Square Kilometers < > Conversion Engine
Temperature Conversion: Fahrenheit < > Centigrade
Metric Converter for Length, Weight, Volume, and Pressure
Quotations - Something for nearly every occasion or topic
References, facts, news….. - Heaps of stuff you didn't know you needed to know.. tho it can be a bit overwhelming. Have a look; it has everything!! A US focus.
Website search engines - there's a google search bar on the left of this page, near the top under the navigation tabs or try this groovy little number - we've only just discovered it. Dogpile.com - it combines Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask Jeeves in one handy search tool.
Wikipedia - The world's free encyclopedia – for most things you don't know much about.
In the Winery/Vineyard (mostly technical and compliance stuff)
ACVM database of currently registered Plant Compounds. Useful when clearing spray diaries to see what a particular product is.
Good for Merck Safety Data Sheets - www.merck.co.nz
More Quality management info - www.standards.co.nz
Bar codes - all you need to know
NZ Winegrowers research and reports
Occupational Safety and Health
Register to receive Wine Act updates - www.nzfsa.govt.nz
Sonoma County Library - reference materials including citations, abstracts and links to articles in the technical, academic, trade and consumer wine magazines and journals.
Tertiary (winemaking) courses - the recognised ones in NZ and Australia.
The Focus Vineyard programme - a three-year project funded by the MAF Sustainable Farming Fund and the New Zealand wine industry.
The Interwinery Analysis Group
The New Zealand Code of Practice for Irrigation Evaluation sets guidelines for measurement and analysis of irrigation systems and their management.
Training - www.nzoq.org.nz
Overview of Wine Act 2003 and other winemaking legislation - viewable as part of a pdf by BellGully, NZ wine solicitors. (Fair Trading Act, Consumer Guarantees Act etc.) P34 onwards in particular.
Wine industry stats - from NZ Winegrowers site
Industry publications/press
Wine News Try - TiZwine.com news for starters (you can sign up to receive news daily or weekly directly to your inbox) ; also Wine Spectator news and headlines ; and Decanter news. Also Benson Marketing and Wine Science News
Wine and liquor magazines/publications/websites - just some of the more popular ones we and NZ wine people use.. obviously not all that's out there.
Wine media - writers - the key New Zealand ones
and Selected Suppliers Directory (Where do I go for....?) TO COME..
After Work (note, we are not suggesting you use these sites in work time or when the boss is away...)
Cuisine website - handy recipes or quick finds - What's for dinner? or find out how the judges rate that wine you just heard about.
Old Friends - find people from your old schools or workplaces.
Classic on-line computer games in 30 minutes or less.
Colouring in pages - by special request (think this is the right place to put this!!)
Crosswords - NZ Herald daily one, or UK Cryptic - do them online or print them out and fill them in with a pen (probably ok for the work lunch room...)
Puzzles - all sorts here to keep you amused.
Soduku from the NZ Herald
Trade Me - who doesn't use or know about this site?? You can buy stuff you didn't know you needed!!
Virtual Rugby - beat your mates or colleagues - Super 14, Air NZ Cup.... come on, be in, it's our national game!!!
123 Greeting cards - for when you remember you forgot to post that important card. Gets you out of hot water!
SUGGESTIONS - If you wish to suggest a site that other wine people may find useful, please email us.
Disclaimer!
The winejobsonline.com web site and all its content, including the reference materials and links to websites from this page, are provided on an informational basis without any warranties or guarantees of any kind. The list of sites provided as reference here is by no means definitive and you may have your own favourites. We make no recommendations about what is the best source; these are sites we use ourselves and find helpful; they are not recommendations and we do not guarantee accuracy of any information obtained from any of these sources.
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