WHK Chamber Luncheon, Guest Speaker, Hamish Bell, ANZ Privately Owned Business Barometer – Key insights13/06/2012

Hamish is a Partner with Catalyst Advisory Partners, a commercial advisory firm specialising owners of privately owned businesses on governance, [...]

WHK Chamber Luncheon, Guest Speaker David Shearer19/04/2012

 This will be the first opportunity for Nelson Tasman Businesses to hear from the leader of the opposition and “David Shearer’s [...]

WHK Chamber Luncheon, Guest Speaker Dr Alan Bollard15/05/2012

Over 90 members attended the WHK Chamber Luncheon with guest speaker Dr Alan Bollard, Governor of the Reserve Bank spoke [...]

WHK Chamber Luncheon, Guest Speaker Garry Moore23/02/2012

Garry Moore, former Mayor of Christchurch discussed the topic of Amalgamation. It was a great opportunity to hear about his [...]

WHK Chamber Luncehon, Guest Speakers Hon Dr Nick Smith & Hon Maryan Street08/11/2011

This was a chance to hear Hon Dr Nick Smith and Hon Maryan Street outline their party’s policies for economic growth [...]

Jared Pedersen Guest Speaker19/10/2011

Jared Pederson of Microsoft spoke to over 100 of our members on how small businesses can take advantage of future [...]

Palmer wants more facts on amalgamation17/10/2011

Council amalgamation makes sense but more work needs to be done to check the cost benefits, says Nelson businessman John Palmer.

The chairman of Air New Zealand and Solid Energy said the Local Government Commission’s report proposing a merger of Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council was “sensible and logical”, but it needed to do more to justify its savings figures. He also had doubts around the administration cost estimates of a merged council.

David Pearce inspires Chamber members17/10/2011

The CEO of CanTeen might at first seem to be a change in tack for the WHK Chamber Luncheon speaker – but David has had extensive international business experience –with heavy weight Unilever and then with NZ’s largest company, Fonterra. That experience and his passion for his current role inspired members and guests at the WHK Chamber luncheon on 25 August 2011.

Warning on dire state of industry17/10/2011

Nelson’s apple growers are in such a dire state the region risks not having a viable export industry in five years, leading local businessman John Palmer warns. Speaking at a Nelson-Tasman Chamber of Commerce luncheon yesterday, he said it had got to the stage where many orchards were more valuable without their trees and would be “less of a cash drain growing grass than growing apples”. It was a “sad reflection” on the state of what was one of Nelson’s most important export industries which last year contributed about $100 million to the local economy and employed about 4000 people at the height of the season.

WHK Luncheon with Vito Lo lacono17/10/2011

To view the slides from Vito’s presentation click here.

Launch of the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards18/10/2011

In his address Sir Eion (awarded the inaugural 2010 Senior New Zealander of the Year and chair of Forsyth Barr) shared his tips on appointing and supporting business leaders and being successful in business

Chamber Luncheon 200916/10/2011

Hon Gerry Brownlee, Minister of Economic Development, pictured with Trina Zimmermann. Supporting BIZ Info initiatives at a Chamber Luncheon on [...]