Hawkes Bay Today21 Jun, 2026 06:00 PM3 mins to readHawke's Bay's manufacturing heart is what makes its workers so productive, Xero says. Photo / Getty ImagesHawke's Bay's manufacturing heart is what makes its workers so productive, Xero says. Photo / Getty ImagesA new report has ranked Hawke’s Bay small businesses as the most productive in the country.Accounting software giant Xero last week released a small business productivity report for the first time.
It calculates the hourly output in a dollar amount per worker in a small business, with a breakdown
