Business Paihia Incrprated Infrmatin Pack Empwering Better Business Business Paihia is an incrpratin f businesses frm Paihia, Waitangi, Opua, Haruru Falls, Kerikeri and Whangarei. We aim t build a dynamic business envirnment and t be influential in decisin making in ur cmmunity. Infrmatin sharing Crime Preventtin Representatin Advcacy Business Paihia Netwrking Events Business Develpment and Supprt What we d Open lines f cmmunicatin with lcal bdies, natinal turism peratrs, gvernment bdies, reginal partners and reginal business assciatins thus prmting the views f ur lcal business cmmunity. Business Paihia wrks clsely with businesses, cmmunity grups and the NZ plice t address security and safety issues in Paihia. Meetings with guest speakers, training wrkshps and business seminars are rganised frm time t time, ften in cnjunctin with ther rganizatins r businesses such as Nrthland Inc r a specialist cmpany. These are either free r at reduced rates fr members. A mnthly newsletter is prduced t prvide up-t-date infrmatin n what is happening in the regin, wrkshps, events and business pprtunities.
Events Organise and run events Christmas Parade, Paihia Summer Festival, New Year s Eve Firewrks, utdr entertainment in central Paihia ver Summer, the it Bay f Islands Fd & Wine Festival Supprt lcal events such as the new Tastes f the Nrth Festival Bring new events t the regin The Weetbix Tryathln was ne f these. Friday Breakfasts a mnthly breakfast catch up and great netwrking pprtunity last Friday f each mnth. Business Paihia wrks clsely with Fcus Paihia. There are Business Paihia Representatives n the Fcus Paihia Trust. Business Paihia Executive has representatives n many grups including the Bay f Islands Marketing Grup, The Mtel Assciatin and Fcus Paihia. Business Paihia is a member f the Bay f Islands Marketing Grup which is extremely beneficial t the regin as a whle. Business Paihia is cntinuusly lking at ways t imprve Paihia, whether it is thrugh infrastructure, cmmunicatins with lcal bdies, r festival and events. Scial Media Business Paihia facebk page https://www.facebk.cm/businesspaihia/ it! Bay f Islands Fd & Wine Festival https://www.facebk.cm/itbayfislandsfestival/ The Paihia website www.paihianz.c.nz. A directry f businesses, cmmunity grups and events. As a Business Paihia member yu can list yur business fr free n the website. There is als a cmmunity sectin n the website where cmmunity rganisatins, sprts grups, churches etc can list fr at n charge Events sectin Cruise Ships administer and supprt the Cruise Ship Ambassadr Scheme, which has been successful in pushing the Bay f Islands up in the ratings and increasing the number f cruise ships visiting. Waste Minimisatin Business Paihia supplies a cardbard recycling crate fr businesses which is lcated in the FNHL carpark behind library. Business Paihia als created a zer waste event at the 2018 it! Bay f Islands Festival. Which included recycling, pig buckets and rented glasses s n dispsable glasses. https://www.nzherald.c.nz/nrthernadvcate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&bjectid=12131233&fbclid=iwar1m3kne39dbraatq GLWRIsIY-piDxtx5Yvgh30aNeY9pPjiW5RiBitf2w
Our Events and Festivals Paihia Christmas Parade every twn needs a Christmas Parade many years ag fr a while it lked like Paihia wasn t ging t in stepped Business Paihia. This ges hand in hand with the Business and Residential Christmas Decrating Cmpetitins. New Year s Eve Firewrks Extravaganza, a magical night, when firewrks light up the harbur, enjyed by families and friends - creating a fantastic safe atmsphere n New Year s Eve. Street Perfrmers fr the past few years we have funded Fuse Circus Campgrund Chas and The Biggest Little Circus t have street perfrmances fr 10 days frm New Year s Eve int January a great draw card t get peple int twn. Paihia Summer Festival - ver a week f free summer fun fr children and families, and has a prven track recrd f drawing plenty f visitrs t twn The it! Bay f Islands Fd and Wine Festival An icnic NZ Headline Act, all day entertainment, quality lcal fd and wine. The festival is int its 9 th year and has been getting bigger and better. This festival was n Labur Weekend fr several years and then in 2016 we mved it t a quieter weekend which still prved t be a success and had twn humming and accmmdatin full! Twn has an amazing vibe arund it and peple that came especially fr the festival all stayed fr the weekend. The publicity Paihia gt frm this festival the 6 mnths leading up t the festival was fantastic! We have als cntinue t supprt lcal events like the Cuntry Rck Festival and The Jazz and Blues Festival. In 2016 we wrked hard t bring the Sanitarium Weetbix Tryathln event t the Bay f Islands, it was a sellut in 2017 and 2018 and they will be returning in 2019. We are cntinuusly lking at events t have in Paihia that will prmte Paihia and drive business t the twn. We have develped an Events Calendar fr the regin s peple knw what is n and can plan their events, and use this as a marketing tl within their wn business t attract visitrs t Paihia. All f this culd nt be achieved withut the enthusiastic supprt f Business Paihia and lcal businesses! it Bay f Islands Festival The Feelers Paihia Summer Festival
it Bay f Islands Festival 2014 Business Paihia Executive Cmmittee 2018-2019 Business Paihia is very frtunate that we have cmmittee members wh like dealing with all the different issues that cme ur way. The Cmmittee meets mnthly s if yu have anything yu want t put t the cmmittee yu can d s mnthly, by calling a cmmittee member r emailing them. The Executive cmmittee d many things behind the scenes such as submissins fr Cuncil plans, representatin n grups and cmmittees arund twn and als wrking n the events. They attend a plethra f meetings in their wn time t achieve the right utcmes fr the benefit f ur members and the cmmunity at large. We als have ur administratrs, Blah Blah Marketing wh d the newsletters, update the website and rganize the varius Business Paihia events. Chairpersn TBC Treasurer Rachel Patersn Cnduit Bkkeeping rachel@cnduitbkkeeping.c.nz 0274 787 988 Secretary Tania Burt Waitangi Natinal Trust taniaburt@waitangi.rg.nz 09 402 7437 Executive Cmmittee Rbyn Stent The Cabbage Tree rbyn.stent@gmail.cm 09-402 7318 Charles Parker Fullers GreatSights Charlesp@intercitygrup.c.nz 09 402 7421 Jackie Lavell Nrthfreeze nrthfreeze@ihug.c.nz 09 402 7094 Craig Jhnstn Paihia Dive inf@divenz.cm 09 402 7551 Merle Tipene Waitangi Glf Club waitangiglf@xtra.c.nz 09 4027378 Tiny Dawsn Nrthland Security nrthlandsecurity@vdafne.c.nz 021 468 287 Richard Hlt Cellinis hltindustries@gmail.cm 09 402 5198 Andrew Whittaker Cpthrne BOI andrew.whittaker@millenniumhtels.cm 09 402 7411 Andy Larsen YHA Bay f Islands Paihia atlarsen@xtra.c.nz 021 560 306 Irwin Wilsn Far Nrth Hldings Ltd irwin@fnhl.c.nz 09 402 5659 Jnny Martin Paihia Muntain Bike Rentals paihiamtbrentals@utlk.cm 021 187 8192 Sctt Jacksn Paihia Fur Square Sctt.Jacksn@fdstuffs.c.nz 09 402 8002 Administratrs Steph Gdsiff Blah Blah Marketing steph@blahblahmarketing.c.nz 021 122 9307 Anika Whapshtt Blah Blah Marketing anika@blahblahmarketing.c.nz 021 124 0382 As a member yu are nt required t be a cmmittee member but thse wh wish t be mre invlved can be vted n t the cmmittee.
We welcme yur membership With a large, active membership we can have mre influence n key decisin makers in prmting the interests f the Paihia area business cmmunity. Becming a member f Business Paihia fr the very reasnable fee per year f $160 (inclusive f gst), will be f great benefit t yu in yur business. Becme a member 2018 Membership runs frm 01/01/2018 t 31/12/2018 The membership fee is $160.00 (incl GST) If yu are a first time member and jin midway thrugh the year we nly invice yu fr the mnths remaining in the year. If yu wuld like t becme a member r please email Rachel Patersn the Treasurer and Business Paihia will send ut a tax invice. rachel@cnduitbkkeeping.c.nz The Paihia Christmas Parade