New Zealand Entrepreneur Events

Milton-born-and-raised, of Ngapuhi and Scottish descent, Heidi Renata is a Dunedin-based ‘wāhinepreneur’ and co-founder of Innov8HQ, one of New Zealand’s first whanau owned Māori co-working and event space. Based on the principles of kaupapa Māori, Innov8HQ operates as a ‘Business Marae’, a place to support and nurture Dunedin start-up companies and small to medium enterprises. […]

In a Government announcement made last week, Dunedin has been confirmed as New Zealand’s new Centre of Digital Excellence, a national hub that will support the development of a $1 billion video game industry over the next ten years. The New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) will be backed by $10 million from the […]

Northland Inc’s Joseph Stuart has achieved a first for Northland after receiving the gold standard in professional accreditation at the Economic Development New Zealand 2019 Best Practice Awards. Stuart, who was presented with an Accredited Economic Developers (AcED) certificate at the gala awards dinner at Blenheim’s Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre over the weekend, is the […]

Northland Inc is offering a golden opportunity to the business owners of tomorrow to catch the wave of optimism spreading through the region. The free Te Tai Tokerau Innovation Event – sponsored and facilitated by Northland’s economic development agency – will take place on Thursday, 24 October, opening its doors for a 6pm start at […]

Who: Manawatu Chamber of Commerce What: Entrepreneur Groups & Networking HQ: Palmerston North Established: 1886 INTRODUCTION The Manawatu Chamber of Commerce helps businesses in our region to start up, develop and grow to create economic growth and employment opportunities. WHO DO YOU WORK WITH AND WHAT KEY CHALLENGES DO YOU HELP THEM SOLVE? Manawatu Chamber […]

Northland Inc has announced the appointment of Murray Reade as its new Chief Executive Officer. Kawakawa-born Reade, who was most recently CEO of the Lion Foundation in Auckland, will take up his new role at the Regional Economic Development Agency in mid-October. Following a successful career in the New Zealand Defence Force, Reade was also […]

Christchurch will become the hub for social entrepreneurs over the next three days, with two events taking place to help create tomorrow’s changemakers. The two day Social Enterprise Challenge 2019 starts today, and on Saturday, a sold out audience at the annual Impact Summit will be treated to inspiring talks from speakers including Crusaders player […]

Today, successful local internship programme JobDUN celebrates 10 years of assisting businesses to find talent, save time and create employment in Dunedin. Since 2009, 131 businesses across a wide range of sectors have been involved with the programme. There have been 388 internships resulting in 270 employment positions. While the programme started with an information […]

Who: Enterprise Dunedin What: Economic Development Agency HQ: Dunedin INTRODUCTION Enterprise Dunedin’s Economic Development team facilitates economic growth and well-being in Dunedin that reflects business community needs and supports the city’s strategic objectives. The team connects and supports local businesses, growing the economy and fostering opportunities for employment. As Dunedin City Council’s in-house economic development […]

Kiwi companies can now compete in world’s largest early-stage ISV (Independent Software Vendors) competition. Ingram Micro, New Zealand’s largest distributor of technology solutions, is providing a unique opportunity for local early stage ISVs to enter the company’s global Comet Competition. The international Comet Competition is aimed at identifying revolutionary business-to-business (B2B) software innovators whose products […]