Business Canterbury

19/11/2025

Curious about Fonterra’s next move? 🌏

With all the recent media buzz, there’s a lot of curiosity around their strategy, global partnerships, and how this could impact New Zealand’s economy. If you could ask CEO Miles Hurrell one question, what would it be?

Join us for an exclusive fireside chat on 9 December to hear directly from him about Fonterra’s transformation, the Lactalis divestment, and their renewed focus on Ingredients and Foodservice. Insightful, timely, and a rare opportunity to get a window into big-picture strategy.

Drop your question in the comments — and check there for the event link to secure your spot!

17/11/2025

Whether it’s advocating for what matters, opening doors to new opportunities, or providing you with hands-on support we’re here to help Canterbury businesses succeed 🚀

Discover more at: https://hubs.li/Q03SKdJM0

12/11/2025

Last chance this year to have your say! Our quarterly business survey closes soon, share your thoughts in just five minutes 👉 https://hubs.li/Q03SLh4-0

10/11/2025

Orion NZ Ltd is planning for the future - renewing ageing assets, expanding capacity, and strengthening resilience. Before finalising their plans, Orion wants to hear from you. Their consultation is open until 15 December.

Find out more and complete a short online questionnaire below 👇

We’re planning the future of your electricity network – and we’d love to hear from you.

To continue providing the safe, reliable and resilient power supply that you depend on, we must invest more. This includes renewing ageing assets, expanding capacity and strengthening resilience.

Electricity use is changing, so we’re also making the network smarter to support two-way energy flows and technologies like solar and batteries – giving you more choice and us more flexibility to meet demand. While this means a small increase in electricity distribution charges, you’ll benefit from a reliable and future-ready network.

Share your thoughts at www.haveyoursay.oriongroup.co.nz/cpp Our consultation is open until 15 December 2025.

09/11/2025

We're excited to share the latest recipients of the Canterbury Trusted certification, after a thorough and careful assessment process. Let’s give a big congratulations to these outstanding businesses 👏

🎉 World Travellers Rolleston, World Travellers Merivale
🎉 Generation Homes Canterbury
🎉 Custom-Pak
🎉 In Your Corner
🎉 Jolly Billboards
🎉 Clearhead

Backed by our trusted brand, this award provides local industry leaders with an even greater competitive edge. Discover more: https://hubs.li/Q03SkBNZ0

07/11/2025

We’re so proud of our very own John Hamilton from Business Canterbury, who has been awarded a Business Mentors New Zealand Pin of Recognition for his outstanding support over the years. Well done, John 👏🏻⭐️

At our recent Christchurch Mentor Function, we celebrated the strength and impact of our mentoring community.

Three of the prestigious BMNZ Pins of Recognition were presented to acknowledge outstanding contributions. Glen Rutherford and Keith Alexander for their long-standing service as Mentors, and John Hamilton, for his exceptional support of BMNZ. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this special evening.

05/11/2025

📢 Our last quarterly business survey of the year opens today! Please take five minutes to share your thoughts on the economy – and priorities ahead of the 2026 General Election. Every completed survey will go in the draw to win a $100 New World gift card (just in time for Christmas!). T's and C's can be found on our website.

https://hubs.li/Q03RW8wx0

We will be using the insights to start forming our election issues document which will be the centrepiece of our advocacy next year – this is an important one, so thank you in advance for taking the time to share your views!

28/10/2025

Big news: The Bold Company Podcast is back for Season 3! 🎙️We’re recording now and can’t wait to share what’s next.

Our amazing hosts Hannah and Tim are back behind the mics, joined by our season sponsors University of Canterbury and Christchurch Airport. A huge shoutout to our incredible producers Ruffells, who’ve been with us since day one.

Bold conversations with some incredible businesses and leaders from our Canterbury community are coming your way soon. Stay tuned!

23/10/2025

⚠️ Difficult day for many businesses today, who have had to weigh up Civil Defence advice and the Canterbury-wide state of emergency with their ability to operate. Many are unable to have their teams working from home, so we’ve put together some high-level advice on dealing with this situation for employers (🔗 link in the comments).

📞 Business Canterbury members can contact our HR adviceline for more information and tailored advice: 0800 50 50 96 or hradvice@cecc.org.nz

20/10/2025

✨ Congratulations to Clearhead on receiving their Canterbury Trusted certificate at our recent Women in Business forum. It was great to see their CEO & Co-Founder, Dr Angela Lim, on the panel sharing her journey from paediatrics to tech entrepreneurship, founding Clearhead to make mental health support accessible to everyone.

The Canterbury Trusted certification recognises and celebrates businesses committed to leading with trust, integrity, and responsibility in our region, learn more here: https://www.cecc.org.nz/canterburytrustedoverview

📸 Photography by Victoria Ellison Photography

15/10/2025

Our team is looking forward to this upcoming session with the talented Amy Jones of Human Impact Leadership. If you're not already on the list, we'd love to see you there... 😎

10/10/2025

✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Women in Business forum yesterday! ✨

A huge thank you to our incredible speakers, Dr Angela Lim (Clearhead), Megan Welch (Kathmandu), and Brooke Roberts (Sharesies ), for sharing their insights and stories, to Leeann Watson for guiding the discussion, and to Janine Tindall-Morice from New Zealand Media & Entertainment for speaking at the event.

We are also very grateful to our event supporters, Cambridge Partners and New Zealand Media & Entertainment, as well as our strategic partners, 2degrees, Orion NZ Ltd, Softsource vBridge, University of Canterbury, and Westpac NZ. Your support makes events like this possible.

What is one insight or idea from the forum that has stuck with you? We would love to hear your thoughts.

📸 Photography by Victoria Ellison