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Then join the Hawke's Bay Chamber today!  

 

Welcome
to the website of the
Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce

To take a look around our site, simply click on the menu or explore the dropdown menus above.  We'd like to hear what you think of our website so please click here to send us your feedback.

The Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce is providing support for businesses in the Hawke’s Bay region since 1883.

We offer opportunities, products and services to improve the success and vitality of your business and aim to positively influence the environment in which you operate.

Click here to find out how to become a member.

 

 


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We promote business vitality using 5 platforms to increase business effectiveness:

  • Speak with the volume of a collective voice
  • Be part of the ultimate business success network
  • Exercise your ability to be the best in your field
  • Tap into the world's largest international business network
  • Be ahead in the dollar game, using our Promotional Partners


Hawke's Bay Economic Studies and Reports

Go to Economic Studies and Reports

Business Awards 2009 - Metalform (Dannevirke) the big winner  Read more...

Would you like information about the Awards 2010?Click here.

Business Hall of Fame

Read more...

Hawke's Bay Maori Business Network

Click here to go to the HBMBN the web pages.

Featured Member:
The Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce has a wide variety of members that encompass all business sectors.
One such member is:

Azzurro Recruitment - Creative Recruitment at work
We are a dynamic recruitment agency delivering the very best candidates. At Azzurro Recruitment we have turned the old fashioned recruitment model upside down and designed more creative recruitment packages that suits every employer. Forget about the days where the placement fee cost you an arm and a leg.
Call us for more info: 06 824 3229 or click here

 

Murray's Blog

CEO Murray Douglas shares his thoughts for the week.

Hawke’s Bay News/Views:

Dwelling Consents, HB bucks the trend - again!

Statistics New Zealand’s recently released report Building Consents Issued: January 2010 shows that in HB for January residential building consent numbers increased by 21% over Dec 09. Read more...


Hawke’s Bay quarterly Economic Trends Report

The latest quarterly economic trends report
is now available.Read more....

Local Government Amalgamation

The Chamber recently wrote to all councils asking them to ‘get on ‘with researching the options and issues local government reorganisation.
Read more ...

HB Local Government Amalgamation

The Chamber has consistently favoured local government amalgamation as a more efficient and effective structural form for HB. Read more... 

Media Release: Household Labour Force Survey -  Good news for the Bay!

The latest Household Labour Force Survey (Dec 09) is actually good news for HB. While unemployment nationwide has increased to 7.3%, in Hawke’s Bay/Gisborne the number and percentage has come down by 1.4%. Read more...


Media Release: Public Sector wages still rising

The just released Labour Cost Index (Salary and Wages) for the Dec 2009 quarter shows NZ had the lowest annual increase since one of 1.8 percent in the year to the June 2001 quarter. Read more...


Hawke's Bay Amalgamation

In August last year, at the request of the councils, the Chamber board met with the 4 mayors and regional council chair to discuss plans for local government amalgamation in Hawke’s Bay. Read more...