Advocate Article
06 Jun, 2014
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK MAY 2014 If creativity is a good idea then innovation is putting that good idea to use. Within the business world this will generally relate to renewing, changing or creating more effective processes, products or ways of doing things. While there are many other aspects […]
Advocate Article
06 Jun, 2014
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK MAY 2014 Northland is blessed with its fair share of successful businesses. Many of these are well established and have operated for many years in what have often been difficult economic times. The fact that they are still here and operating is testament to the owner’s […]
Advocate Article
29 Apr, 2014
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK APRIL 2014 Every day of the week thousands of motorists are stopped throughout the country and tested for excess breath alcohol. This is despite the fact that a vast number of the drivers stopped will not have consumed alcohol, do not pose a risk to public […]
Advocate Article
29 Apr, 2014
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK APRIL 2014 Our town’s reputation is not so much about what we think of the place, but rather what people outside think. Why does it matter what others think? It matters because our community’s social wellbeing needs to be underpinned by growth and a vibrant economic […]
Media Release Not The Holiday Highway
09 Apr, 2014
9 April, 2014 Media Release: For Immediate release SH1 is not a Holiday Highway but a Road of National Significance In response to recent media comment that the planned improvements to SH1 is a Holiday Highway to enable affluent Aucklanders to travel faster to their holiday homes north of […]
Advocate Article
09 Apr, 2014
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK MARCH 2014 I was recently asked to submit some comments on how local businesses benefit the communities in which they are located. While this is a conversation in itself it also raised a couple of interesting side issues. The first of which is how is a […]
Advocate Article
09 Apr, 2014
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK MARCH 2014 Many commentators believe that innovation will be the key to New Zealand business success. It is about developing the new idea; the new product, the new approach, the new system, the new technology that allows something to be done that couldn’t be done before, […]
Advocate Article
19 Mar, 2014
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK MARCH 2014 Many commentators believe that innovation will be the key to New Zealand business success. It is about developing the new idea; the new product, the new approach, the new system, the new technology that allows something to be done that couldn’t be done before, […]
Advocate Article
19 Mar, 2014
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK FEBRUARY 2014 In May and June 2015 Whangarei will be privileged to be one of the host venues for the FIFA Under 20 World Cup. Whangarei will host four matches including three pool matches and one match from the knock-out round. This FIFA’s second-biggest men’s tournament […]
Business Confidence Survey 1st Quarter 2014
26 Feb, 2014
26th February, 2014 Media Release: For Immediate release PROBLEMS OF GROWTH HIGHLIGHTED BY BUSINESS SURVEY A survey of almost 300 businesses last week in the Northland and Central North Island regions reveals some extraordinary results. 72% of survey respondents believe that the general business situation in New Zealand will continue […]
NZCoCN Submission Local Government Commission Nortland Reorganisation
25 Feb, 2014
Submission regarding: Draft Proposal for Reorganisation of Local Government in Northland Submission by: The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Northland Inc. INTRODUCTION NZ Chambers of Commerce Northland (NZCCN) is part of the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce (Inc), NZCCI, is an umbrella organisation serving the interests of 29 […]
Advocate Article
13 Feb, 2014
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK FEBRUARY 2014 Manufacturing and export need to be the key drivers to our region’s economic growth. It is about creating more value, enhancing profitable performance and where possible developing export potential. It is critical to the region’s wealth growth and employment. Our national business profile with […]
