InHouse Marketing + Sustainability

07/09/2026

Grateful to have some amazing people in our sphere, including clients who invite me (Jodi) to bring my spade and my time to their tree planting days.

As soon as an invite like this comes along, no matter how "busy" the to-do lists might look, I'm booking it in the diary, baby!

Sooo good for the soul.

Big thanks to Pete & Suzanne of Tourere Station (and Douglas - Outdoor & Textile Innovation / the Sunshade Group) for having me, and for the amazing work they do in managing this historic farm and investing farm money into regenerative local projects. There is a reason they won Farm Forester of the Year last year, and it was cool to learn more about what they're doing outside of the normal work we do together.

The 1000-odd plants were all native to the CHB area - some I had not heard of before - and Goldsmith Contracting really helped us learn and pay attention to the detail around getting the right plants in the right places, to help them take off and get to work building habitats and keeping waterways clean.

This day was a real highlight of my year so far, and is an outstanding example of local small business doing more than is necessarily expected.

Plus they fed us, AND gave us a hair-raising ride-along in the ATV while the dogs (and occasionally Pete) moved some sheep and cows about the paddocks.

A quiet plug if you can - do support their business if you're in for some outdoor living or canvas work this spring - I can vouch!

03/07/2026

Anyone else love that feeling when you unbox something you've bought, and the packaging is completely plastic free?

It just feels different, doesn't it? And a wholesome experience for the senses -

sight,
smell,
touch...

And our mental load of what to do with it next? Relieved.

And our feelings toward the business that sent it? Respect.

If your business is still finding it hard to get over the plastic packaging hurdle, keep the faith, and keep going. It's definitely possible now.

Imagine the feeling you will be giving to your customers when they unbox your offering. So worth it.

This is the intersection of marketing + sustainability, and we couldn't be more here for it.

Reach out if you'd like a steer on how packaging design can improve your customer experience!

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(pictured - kudos goes to Lightingplus NZ - thanks for the feeling that came with the ceiling fan!)

22/12/2025

Merry Christmas all! We're off for a reset, and back on deck on the 12th Jan.

This year we were lucky enough to score a few fabulous reusable gift bags made by the lovely volunteers at Re-Source. Looking forward to spreading them around for a lovely low-waste Christmas! We were grateful to have a modest sum in our kitty to donate to this charity as a koha also.

Thanks to everyone who has worked with us this year and supported our small business, and enabled us to give back.

💡Re-Source do an amazing job of repurposing and redistributing items which would otherwise get tossed "away", and turning them into wonderful things for our community, including refurbishing and reclothing those most in need, and restoring mana in the process. Look them up, and keep an eye out on their socials for the donations they're in need of from week to week. Both homes & businesses can contribute.

From our hearts and homes to yours, we wish our clients, friends and community a VERY Merry Christmas, and a positive and rewarding 2026.

We love working with you.

Jodi, Marise, Megan & the InHouse team

22/11/2025

Very proud of our long-standing clients at Douglas - Outdoor & Textile Innovation, who keep going from strength to strength!

The last couple of weeks we have been working hard helping them with this media release and we are delighted with the result - awesome exposure for both Douglas and their clients Mix'd Cocktail Bar, Ahuriri.

Lovely people to boot.

We can't wait to see what they do next.

12/12/2024

Hey hey, happy holidays! 🎄🎉
A massive shoutout to everyone who's had our backs this year—your collaboration, encouragement, and trust mean the world to us. It’s been a treat helping so many cool organizations—we love seeing how it all ticks and helping make the magic happen. You guys are awesome and you keep us inspired every day. 🙌
Heads up: The InHouse gals are clocking off for a well-earned break at midday on Friday 20 December. We’ll be back, bright-eyed and ready to roll, on Monday, 13 January. But if anything urgent pops up over the break, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Wishing you all a chilled out, joy-filled holiday. Make time for the good stuff, laugh a lot with whanau and friends, and soak up the moments that matter most.
Catch you in the New Year! ✨
Megan, Marise and Jodi

06/11/2024

Tree planting time!

Finally got around to posting these pics from the planting day that InHouse was invited to up at recently.

This was part of a native regeneration project on the property and an opportunity for local businesses like us to take a day off and donate some mahi towards a project in our backyard.

A day off you say? Planting trees outside you say? Let's just say our rubber arm was twisted!

The 700 trees are funded by other businesses paying to off-set their emissions, with the project providing transparency that they get planted.

We were joined by several other keen teams including Halcyon Project Management, , & Hawkes Bay Technologies. The project was supported by the nice folks at and .

How many did we plant? No idea! But it felt like heaps (and heaps of hole digging!), it was an awesome team effort and great to meet like minded people.

Thanks for having us and we hope the trees are going strong! We'd love to be invited back for the next one.

😉

26/09/2024

We always knew she was wonderful, and now it's been confirmed!

Huge congratulations to our Megan Harris for being the inaugural recipient of the Hawke's Bay Tourism Industry Association Di Snee Spirit of Hawke's Bay Award.

For those who knew her, Di Snee was an incredible, positive force within the local tourism and business community. She left an inspiring legacy that no shoes could fill.

To say Megan was humbled to receive this award would be an understatement. But knowing how hard she works and advocates for the tourism industry (for the last 19 years, including 10 years on the TIA board!), we know this recognition is 100% deserved.

Megan is now kaitiaki of this beautiful Te Matau a Māui taonga until next year, when the next recipient will be honoured in Di's name.

We are so proud of you Megan!!

30/07/2024

How great to see the next generation of marketers coming through! Here's Jodi with one dedicated young professional, Paige Archer.

Paige had plenty of initiative and drive to ask for an internship with us, following her Diploma at EIT Hawke's Bay. While we didn't have an internship programme as such, we put our heads together and devised a mini programme to help give Paige some of the real-world experience she was craving.

Fast-forward a year and she's offering freelance social media management services from her new base in Taupo, and continuing to learn and build.

Congrats on your marketing adventure Paige, it is lovely to work with you. 🌻
Even if it makes us feel old!!! 🙃

p.s. thank you to for our cafe meetup spot - your quiche is incredible!

23/07/2024

Congratulations to Tara and the team at Legal Matters on your complete brand refresh!

It was a pleasure to help this dedicated women-led team of Hawke's Bay legal professionals to help land on a new name, brand story and roll-out their new identity.

Featuring a paua-inspired colour palette from Electric Turtle Design and clean website from 543 Web Design, it is always great to bring local collaborators together to support small businesses in achieving the big marketing moments.

Hilden Law & Your Property Centre is now Legal Matters! 🌊

Same people, same ownership, but we felt it was time for us to better reflect our values.

Legal Matters is a representation of how we intend to serve you now and into the future. It is about helping with life's legal matters as you move through what are often major moments.

Inspired by the pāua and our native flora and fauna, our new brand is about simplicity as much as it is about the care we provide through our service. We love how it ties in with our sister brand Employment Matters too.

We hope you will remember us for all of your Legal Matters!

- Tara, Genevieve, Nigel and Fran
Legal Matters (previously Hilden Law & Your Property Centre), Hawke’s Bay

p.s. Thank you 543 Web Design for our new website (https://legalmatters.nz/), Electric Turtle Design for the lovely new logo, and InHouse Marketing + Sustainability. We are so pleased to have a new name and look to take us into the future.