Figures from Venture Taranaki, the region's economic development agency, show 17.50 per cent of Taranaki's workforce was self-employed in 2018. ANDY JACKSON/STUFF Self-employed photographer & surf coach Daisy Day knows Fitzroy Beach like the back of her hand. After 18 years being self-employed Day sometimes misses the structure of working for someone else. ANDY JACKSON/STUFF Day said it was scary going out on her own but ultimately she is much happier. ANDY JACKSON/STUFF Day went out on her own after deciding to leave the Taranaki Daily News in 2002.

Source: Stuff February 14, 2020 18:56 UTC