HPSS Pollinator

08/11/2016

Great day with the lads from Hobsonville Point Secondary School. We have been reworking formulations of cooling sprays and insect repellents from last week, setting cost structures and project timelines for their bussiness initiative.

Real world learning, business meets eduction in a functional manner watch this space. Native Rituals is having a ball working with the future of cosmetic scientists.

06/09/2016

Woohoo - congratulations to HPSS Pollinator team members Thought-Wired who are finalists in two categories for the NZ Innovators Awards. How lucky are our staff and students to have you based on site?!

New Zealand Innovators Awards

18/08/2016

'Focused attention' is the technical term for achieving tasks through the power of thought.

07/04/2016

The Hobsonville Point Secondary school Pollinator business incubator would love to share with you some of the exciting businesses that have been developed as part of the schools business Pollinator program. With Native Rituals, we have Hobsonville Points very own Skincare and Fragrance company.

To find out more check out the attached website. Use the code hpss16 to get a 5% discount and give 15% of every sale back to Hobsonville Point Secondary School. Free Shipping on all orders over $30.00

Over the next few months, we will be doing more stories and profiles on some of the talented innovators the young men and women of Hobsonville Point Secondary School get work to with.

One Destiny is described as a light, very modern and distinguished inspired by the fresh sea, warm sun and the richness of the earth. Key notes of feijoa, citru

30/11/2015

Sustainability Expo this Wed 11am - 12pm - come and see what our students have been doing in Big Projects - it would be great for them to get an authentic audience and some awesome feedback.. all welcome! PS - come to the school show too. Matinee full, so get tickets for the evening shows.

20/11/2015

Over the past week Kiwi Connect have been profiling young NZ entrepreneurs who are transforming the face of business. The final instalment featured HPSS Pollinator's Dmitry Selitskiy, who discusses his experiences of entrepreneurship and doing business for social good. Also features some photos of our 'cool' drawings :)

Dmitry Selitskiy is a man on a mission to transform the way that severely disabled people communicate with the world around them. Building software to turn relatively cheap brain sensing hardware into communication tools, Dmitry and his team at Thought-Wired are providing pathways for people to comm…

15/11/2015

As a part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Kiwi Connect will be profiling 5 young NZ entrepreneurs who are transforming the face of business. Check them out! Dmitry from HPSS Pollinator is one of them!! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2pembiA_FE&a=&feature=youtu.be

09/11/2015

Come to a documentary screening session of "To. Be. Me", the story of Be. Accessible: an organisation that is transforming NZ into the most accessible and inclusive country on our planet.
The screening will be this Friday 13th November from 4-5.30pm.

The Thought-Wired crew will be hosting a screening of "To.Be.Me", the story so far on the Be.Accessible journey, which started four years ago with the vision of developing NZ as a truly accessible and inclusive country for all people, regardless of their differences. The screening will be next Frida…

07/10/2015

Introducing the HPSS Pollinator!
http://hpsspollinator.blogspot.co.nz/2015/09/introducing-hpss-pollinator.html?m=1

07/10/2015

Awesome article written by one of our HPSS Pollinator crew Sarvnaz Taherian from Thought-Wired about the awesome learning going on at HPSS. http://attitudelive.com/blog/sarvnaz-taherian/opinion-exploring-disabilities-gain-empathy

...within three-four weeks, the students managed to establish beautiful partnerships.