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2021 Northland Business Hall of Fame Inductee
Raewyn Tipene is the 2021 inductee for the Northland Business Hall of Fame Raewyn has been recognised for her significant contributions to Te Taitokerau through her business and community activities since the early 1990s. NorthChamber Chief Executive Steve Smith says the Northern Advocate Business Hall of Fame is designed to […]

Northland Business Excellence Awards 2021 Trophies
Dave Taylor was commissioned by Creative Northland on behalf of NorthChamber to create 18 trophies for the 2021 Northland Business Excellence Awards. The theme for the trophies was perseverance, strength and resilience. From this, Dave came up with a beautiful design of a whale’s fluke rising above the waves. The […]

Northland Business Excellence Awards 2021 Category Winners
Congratulations to the 2021 Northland Business Excellence Awards Category Winners & Finalists! Download the full list here: 2021 Northland Business Excellence Awards Winners & Finalists. Keep an eye out over the coming days to find out who’s taking home the Ministry of Social Development He Poutama Taitamariki Award (Youth Employee […]

2021 Northland Business Excellence Awards Judges
2021 BUSINESS AWARDS TOOK TIME, ‘LIKE FINE WINE’. Greg Atkins is a Director at BDO Northland Limited, Chartered Accountants. He has been Convenor of Judges for the Northland Business Excellence Awards. for the past nine years. As a Chartered Accountant he is focused on helping businesses and their teams grow […]

Northland Business Excellence Awards 2021 Finalists
Congratulations to the Finalists of the 2021 Northland Business Excellence Awards! Click here to download the full list. Listen to More FM Northland 91.6 LIVE on the Breakfast show with John, Flash & Toast for the category winners’ announcements on Friday 4th February, after 8am. Awards Trophy Presentation and […]

More FM Northland Customer Choice Award Finalists
A huge congratulations to our More FM Northland Customer Choice Award Finalists! If you missed the announcement, listen to the audio below to hear John, Flash, and Toast announcing the finalists on the More FM Northland 91.6 Breakfast show. The remainder of the Business Awards Category Finalists will […]

Postponement for NorthChamber Business Awards
Northland businesses are being reassured that the NorthChamber Northland Business Excellence Awards will go ahead, despite having to postpone the event until the New Year. The planned October 29 Awards ceremony will now be held on February 18 due to Covid lockdown and to ensure the judging panel is able […]

Northland Waste Kaitaia support mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
Media Release – 25 August, 2021 Northland Waste is working together with Northland DHB and Te Mana Oranga to support people with mental health challenges into work. Two newly employed staff, James Firth and Scott Foster, are eight weeks into their new roles with Northland Waste. Northland Waste Manager, […]

The Northern Advocate Business Hall of Fame Inductees sought
Nominations are now open for 2021 The Northern Advocate Business Hall of Fame Inductee. Rachel Ward, Editor of the Northern Advocate says The Northern Advocate Business Hall of Fame is designed to recognise those who have, during their business career, demonstrated service to their industry and to the greater Northland […]

Final call to boost business vitality with Business Excellence Awards
Entries to the main body of this year’s Northland Business Excellence Awards closes July 30 2021. NorthChamber is putting out a final call to local businesses from across the region to get involved and boost their business vitality by taking part.” Our mission at NorthChamber is to ‘inspire and influence […]

New Category in Business Excellence Awards recognises support for mental health and addictions in the workplace
2021 is proving to be the year of new awards for the Northland Business Excellence Awards with an important additional specialist category for local businesses to enter launching July 1st. Created and sponsored by Far North trust Te Mana Oranga, the Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Award celebrates Northland businesses who […]

Local businesses urged to ‘Innovate Northland’
With the countdown on to the NorthChamber Northland Business Excellence Awards, local entrepreneurs are being encouraged to enter the innovation category. The call comes from Sophie Wiltshier, Northland Inc’s Business Innovation Growth Team Leader. Northland’s Regional Economic Development agency is sponsoring the Innovate Northland category in the awards and Ms […]