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ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK APRIL 2015
05 Jun, 2015
Issues around conflicting demands for Auckland’s waterfront and comments made in the media by Northland MP Winston Peters in regards to the role Northport should play in New Zealand’s marine transport network have once again put the spotlight on how sea freight should arrive or leave our shores. A 2013 […]
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK APRIL 2015
05 Jun, 2015
NZ Chambers of Commerce Northland has been organising and coordinating the Northland Business Excellence Awards for at least 30 years. For the last 13 years Westpac has been the event’s major sponsor. The awards provide an opportunity to celebrate business excellence and the role it plays in our community. Through […]
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK MARCH 2015
05 Jun, 2015
Recent reports of the Whangarei District Council’s intentions to introduce a substantial increase in rates will no doubt be met with considerable discussion on whether rates should or should not go up and if so by how much. I imagine we all have our own views on this and they […]
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK MARCH 2015
05 Jun, 2015
Here at NZ Chambers of Commerce Northland we are often approached by incredibly passionate, innovative people wishing to start a business. This business is often the fruition of years of thinking about a particular problem that they believe they can solve to meet an unmet need of the market. As […]
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK FEBRUARY 2015
05 Jun, 2015
The 2013-14 cruise season saw 202,700 passengers on 33 separate ships which made 119 voyages and spent 699 days at ports around the country. Of the season’s total $365.3m spend, passengers accounted for $273m, vessel-related spending was $63.6m and crew-related spend was $28.7m. It is estimated that the cruise sector […]
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK FEBRUARY 2015
05 Jun, 2015
Towards the end of last year I attended a conference in Nelson where one of the keynote speakers was a representative of the upper South Island Maori food and beverage company Kono. This organisation represents 3500 Maori shareholders and has an asset base of about $260 million. Recently this business […]
Northland gears up for bid to extend high-speed broadband, cellphone coverage
21 May, 2015
Northland Inc media release 21 May 2015 Northland gears up for bid to extend high-speed broadband, cellphone coverage Northlanders are being asked to provide their ideas and insights to assist the region’s bid for a share of up to $360 million in Government funding to extend high-speed broadband and improve […]
Colourful businesses celebrate FIFA U-20!
20 May, 2015
Colourful businesses celebrate FIFA U-20! Getting in the colourful FIFA U-20 groove at the Ticketek office at the Forum North Performance Conference & Expo Centre are (from left) Venues Administrator Pat Amson, Venues and events coordinator Elly Girbin and Booking Assistant Dena Fisher. Whangarei’s businesses are competing colouring up […]
Westpac Business Excellence Awards 2015 Now Open For Entires
21 Apr, 2015
For release: Monday 20 April 2015 Media Release: 2015 Westpac Northland Business Excellence Awards Strive for Success, achieve it through the Awards entry process and inspire others to do the same The New Zealand Chambers of Commerce Northland is calling for entrants for the 2015 Westpac Northland Business Excellence Awards. […]
New Zealand-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
24 Mar, 2015
The New Zealand-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed in Seoul yesterday by the New Zealand and Korean Trade Ministers, in the presence of the New Zealand Prime Minister and Korean President. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) is keen to help New Zealand exporters take full advantage of this Free Trade […]
Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Statement
18 Mar, 2015
Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Statement The Reserve Bank publishes its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) quarterly. Each Monetary Policy Statement must set out: how the Reserve Bank proposes to achieve its targets; how it proposes to formulate and implement monetary policy during the next five years; and how monetary policy has […]
1st Quarter Business Confidence Survey
26 Feb, 2015
25 February 2015 Media Release: For immediate release BUSINESS OUTLOOK: A STORY OF MAINTAINED CONFIDENCE The latest Chamber survey of business confidence in the Northern region tells a story of maintained confidence for business and a positive outlook for the next 3 months. The general outlook for New Zealand was […]
