The SME Stream

Eva Nash and Kate Rogan are the founders and directors of Rogan Nash, an award-winning residential architecture and interiors practice based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Eva and Kate met while studying architecture at the University of Auckland and founded Rogan Nash together in 2012. Fourteen years later, they have built a practice designing new homes, renovations, extensions and interiors throughout New Zealand.
In this episode, Eva and Kate take us through what it means to build a creative business with another person, from those early days of starting out together through to the practice they have built today.
We talk about:
🤝 Building a creative partnership that lasts 14 years
🏡 Deliberately keeping the practice small and hands-on
👂 Listening to clients and the value of working collaboratively
💡 Their creative process, including how they reset and trust their instincts
📐 Bringing architecture and interiors together as one process
❤️ Building long-term client relationships and staying connected to the wider design community
Eva and Kate are clever, thoughtful and very passionate about both design and the business they have built together. I really enjoyed this conversation and there are so many good insights here for anyone running a creative business.

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Think all the good business ideas are already taken? They’re not - you just need to choose the right business model for where you’re starting from.
In this episode, Producer Holli and I break down five business models I think have some of the biggest opportunities in 2026: digital products, service-based subscriptions, events and communities, consulting and coaching, and e-commerce.
We get into how to turn knowledge you already have into something you can sell, why subscriptions can be so powerful for service businesses and how niching down can make you the obvious choice in coaching or consulting.
I also share how Girls In Business grew from a 20-person lunch into an event with more than 900 attendees, what I’ve learned from building e-commerce businesses and how much money you realistically need to get started.
Most importantly, we break down which model could actually make sense for YOU - whether you’ve got $500 and no audience, 50,000 followers you’ve never monetised or you’re an exhausted freelancer looking for a way to scale beyond selling your time.
You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. You need to choose a model that fits your skills, resources and goals - then focus on executing it properly.
Ready to scale your business? Get in touch with the Make It Happen team and we’ll help you figure out where your business is now, where you want to take it and what needs to happen next.
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The NZ First leader and former Deputy PM comments on two big issues facing farming: the Paris Accord and the pricing of agricultural emissions. He also denies that his proposed nationalisation of BNZ is a “hair-brained” policy and reflects on 9/11, 25 years on.
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Concentrix’s Dhiraj Kumar explains why NZ businesses are struggling to scale AI, with 98% facing barriers and two-thirds still stuck in the pilot phase.
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Kiwi brewers have voiced frustration with Australia's excise tax break for their brewers - and claimed it gives them benefits that New Zealand companies can't get.
This means New Zealand-produced beer is taxed more than its Australian counterpart, and this dispute between the trans-Tasman partners has been a point of contention for over a decade.
Garage Project co-founder Jos Ruffell says their brewery has had to pay $2.5 million worth of tax in Australia because of this, and this should have been resolved earlier.
"MFAT's looked into this, it's a clear breach of CER and we've had some really encouraging news in the last week where Minister McClay has actually now raised this openly with his Australian counterpart, and he's acknowledged that there is a precedent with wine."
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