Array ( [post_type] => events [post_status] => publish [posts_per_page] => 60 [ignore_sticky_posts] => 1 [orderby] => ID [order] => DESC [tax_query] => Array ( ) ) Governance for Growth
Essentials of Leadership
Where do we start? Climate governance workshop for directors
Leadership and Strategic Communication
Leading Through Crisis
Leadership and High Pressure Decision Making
Building a Culture of Trust and High Performing Teams
Success Cafe with Dr David Keane – LIVE
Success Cafe with Dr David Keane – LIVE
SOLD OUT- Empower Her
One-Day Taster Decarbonisation Workshop
Decarbonisation Workshop Series
Decarbonisation Workshop Series
Hubdoc Training
Mentoring is for Everyone
Mayors Taskforce For Jobs – Supporting youth into work
Decent Work workshop for Southland Employers & Workers
Southland Business Chamber AGM 2024
Understand your Intellectual Property and use it Effectively
Lion Foundation YES Kickstart & Design Sprint 2024, 9:00am.
Lion Foundation YES Kickstart & Design Sprint 2024, 12pm
BA5 Excellence- The Plant Store
Westpac Smarts- An Afternoon with Sir John Kirwan – FULLY BOOKED
Legacy Leadership
Summer Off the Clock
The Write Way
Presentation and Communication Skills
Delivering Exceptional Customer Service
Persuading & Influencing Others
Negotiating with Integrity
Performance Management
Time & Self Management
Legacy Leadership
Leadership Academy
Financial Skills for Non-Financial Managers
Financial Skills for Non-Financial Managers – Te Anau
The Art of Minute Taking
Project Coordination Skills for Administrators
Smart Factory Showcase
New to Business Coaching Programme
Westpac Smarts: Social Media for Small Business
Retain Your Talent
Findex – Tradie Academy
Not-for-profit Governance Essentials
The Cluster Muster
Meet the Candidate evening
TradeQual Southland 2023
Navigating Your Business Through a Recession
Business Communication Skills
BDO – Cyber Safety with John Parsons
Financial Skills for Non-Financial Managers
Leadership Academy
Leadership Academy – Te Anau
Leadership Academy – Gore
Leadership Academy
Project Management – PRINCE2® Practitioner Course
Project Management – PRINCE2® Foundation Course
St John Mental Health First Aid
New Member Mixer
Grand Opening of 25 on Don
8 April 2024
10:00am - 12:00pm

8 April 2024
2:00pm - 4:00pm

10 April 2024
9:00am - 5:00pm

11 April 2024
10:30am - 11:30am

3 May 2024
9:00am - 11:00am

6 May 2024
9:00am - 5:00pm

14 May 2024
9:00am - 4:30pm

17 May 2024
9:00am - 11:00am

Helicopter Golf Ball Drop 2023 Fundraiser

Click below to buy your golf ball to support this cause. Supporting Young Enterprise programme for 2024

Office Closed for Waitangi Weekend

The Southland Business Chamber office will be closed on Monday 5 February, and Tuesday 6 February. We will be back in the office on Wednesday 7 February 2024.

Office Closed for Easter Weekend and Southland Anniversary day

The Southland Business Chamber office will be closed Friday 29 March, Monday 1 April and Tuesday 2 April. We will be back in the office on Wednesday 3 April 2024.

Connecting the Southland business community

We will inform, entertain, and inspire you!

A rich history of business leadership and advocacy combined with the power of people, the Chamber continues to foster a dynamic economy, deliver value to members, and make Southland the greatest region to live and work. 

We’re here to inspire and influence business, and promote, support and encourage sustainable, profitable business growth. Whether you’re a large established organisation or a small developing business, the Chamber is known among its members for it’s ability to work alongside businesses, create opportunities and innovative solutions, and speak loudly for Southland business.

Connecting the Southland
business community.

We will inform, entertain and inspire you!

A rich history of business leadership and advocacy combined with the power of people, the Chamber is dedicated to your success. 

We are here to inspire and influence business, foster innovation, and promote, support and encourage sustainable, profitable business growth. 

Whether you are a large established organisation or a small developing business, the Chamber is known among its members for it’s ability to work alongside businesses, create opportunities and innovative solutions, and speak loudly for Southland business.

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Array ( [post_type] => post [post_status] => publish [posts_per_page] => 10 [ignore_sticky_posts] => 1 [orderby] => date [order] => DESC [tax_query] => Array ( ) ) Southland businesses hit as farmers slow spending
Life’s challenges spur Southland students’ Mexico business trip
Crucial insights for Southland’s business and workforce from the Decent Work Survey
Southland contingent investigates hydrogen opportunities
‘No idea is a bad idea’: Fixing Te Anau’s housing crisis
Engineering and Manufacturing Cluster identifies key themes: Collaboration and innovation at the forefront
Community Development Fund seeks more applications
Housing Crisis Threatens Fiordland Economy
2024 Annual General Meeting
Tiwai smelter closure would ‘bloody hurt’: Business Chamber

Southland Chamber of Commerce president Neil McAra said there'd been a considerable drop in farmers spending over the last year - which means surrounding…

Maddix Pettigrew and Kobi Harpur will be part of a team of eight students from New Zealand travelling on a ten-day, all-expenses-paid Young Enterprise…

The survey design, delivery, and data analysis were overseen by independent experts at Massey University. CEO of the Southland Business Chamber, Sheree Carey, says…

“We have a real opportunity here. There is a large body of work already being done, and collectively, we can make some real impact…

Innovation and action from authorities and local landowners is needed urgently to tackle Te Anau’s critical housing shortage and protect Fiordland’s economy, its business…

Brendan Gray, Southland Engineering Cluster Manager, expressed his enthusiasm for supporting the engineering community, saying, “It has been enlightening working with industry, understanding the…

The Murihiku Rūnaka and Rio Tinto / NZAS Community Development Fund, established by Murihiku Rūnaka and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, NZAS and Rio…

Business Association reveals urgent need for action.Nathan Benfell, Chair of the Fiordland Business Association, today shared the results of a recent survey conducted with…

Noticed is given that the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Southland Business Chamber will be held 10.30am, Thursday 11 April 2024.

No decision had been made on the smelter’s future, and chamber chief executive Sheree Carey said she hoped it would remain open for many…

Locally the support is amazing. They are incredibility inclusive and they have opened their hearts, door and mind to me.

We're really lucky to have the Southland Business Chamber for their advocacy and business support.

The Southland Business Chamber has provided us great resources and networking events which are invaluable.

The Southland Chamber provides a network of like-minded businesses people who share passion in what they do.
Benji Baswi
Crunchy
We're really lucky to have the Southland Chamber for their advocacy and business support.
Warrick Low
Vet South
The Southland Chamber has provided us great resources and networking events which are invaluable for our business.
Michelle Findlater
GWD Toyota
The Chamber have supported us really well in connecting the airport to the business community in Southland.
Nigel Finnerty
Invercargill Airport
Locally the support is amazing. The ladies in the office are incredibility inclusive and they have opened their hearts, door and mind to me.
Christina McColgan
Careerforce
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Mortgage & Insurance Supply Southland
Habitat for Humanity Invercargill
Rabobank
Marketelements
Brenda Nom Ltd
Re:Woven Therapy Charitable Trust
Event Bus Charters and Tours
Fortuna Group
Moreish Kitchen (2016) Limited
Calder Stewart Construction Ltd
Mitre 10 Te Anau
Croydon Lodge
Malloch McClean
Landpro Ltd
Copeland Ashcroft Law Limited
Cabot Lodge
Prime Golf Invercargill
happyplankton
Real NZ
Network Electrical Servicing Ltd
Jackson Crooks Building Ltd
SES Direct Ltd
Nurturing Relationships
Thwaites Aluminium Ltd
Te Anau Community Events Charitable Trust
Wallace Murray Electrical
Birchwood Manor Motels
Elles Road Veterinary Centre
Fiordland Lobster Co
YMCA
Taylor Engineering & Contract Services
Subway Te Anau
Go2NewZealand
VetNZ
Southtech Ltd
Invest South GP Ltd
Professionals
Digital Stock
Southern Rental Properties Ltd
RDA Consulting
Windsor New World
Barnardos
NJ Crisp Ltd
Easy Bins Southland Ltd
Russell Cunningham Properties Ltd
The Little Green Fairy Ltd
Fiordland Historic Cruises
Lifetime Group Ltd
Keri Mihi Consulting
Gem Solutions Ltd
WM Environmental Ltd
SOUTHBUILD ITM
Latitude 46 Consultants Ltd
Promo South Limited
Parent to Parent Southand
McLeay Jewellers Ltd
Premium Marine Technology Ltd
Occ Health South
Fiordland Outdoors Co
Yunca Group
CCS Disability Action Southland
Southern Cross Hospital Invercargill
Youthline Southland
Flowers 23
Alpine Centre Cafe and Bar
Young Reflections
Ngā Kete Mātauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust
Brian Redding Ltd
T & T Property Management
Good Tech Team
Balanced Accountancy Services Ltd
Penny Simmonds – Member of Parliament for Invercargill
Bragg Building & Design Ltd
Ernslaw One Ltd
Te Anau Paper Plus
Real Estate South Limited
Southern Farmers Market
Stabicraft Marine
FinnsCon Ltd
Strategic Software
Immigration Law Advice NZ Ltd
Ann Milne Education
Safety1stNZ
Transcare 2021 Ltd
Simpsons Chartered Accountants
Noel Leeming
WSP New Zealand Limited
csdesignz
Southland Community College
Computer Concepts Limited
Custom Guns Ltd
Bannerman Cruickshank Pryde
Dunedin Community Care Trust
Jarra Architectural Homes
Adaptive Health and Safety Ltd
Bowmont Wholesale Meats
Ralph Moir Limited
Gore District Council
Advocate Communications Ltd
Careerforce
Bill Sheddan Plumbing
E-Type Engineering Ltd
CH Faul Division of Aquaheat Facility Services Ltd
First Security
Macaulay Motors
Trev Terry Marine Limited
Davis Downs Ltd
Waipounamu Contracting Ltd
Helloworld Travel Gore
Hilton Haulage Limited Partnership
Dunluce Boutique Accommodation
Workbridge
Inspire Media Works Limited
Propertyscouts Invercargill
Ajax Building Contractors Ltd
Macdonald Perniskie Ltd
Rent South Ltd
H G Morsink Ltd
Air New Zealand

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Leadership and business transformation consultancy.

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Cycling Southland is a regional sporting organisation which administers all road and track cycling within Southland. Cycling Southland is based at…

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TPK is the Governments principal policy advisor on Māori wellbeing and development. Our three strategic priorities are Māori Economic Resilience, Te…

Mr Green Home Services is a nationwide franchise-based company that was established in 1992, and is 100% Kiwi owned and developed.

Supply & installation of suspended ceilings & wall systems, along with acoustic solutions. Large & small projects - commercial, retail, education,…

Provide emergency health care and assistance plus multiple health care services.

Owned by a local Te Anau family. See stunning views of our gorgeous lake and mountains. Our Holiday Park facilities include…

A perfect spot to stop for a coffee, beer and wine, takeaways. A warm and spacious environment with beautiful surrounding views.

The purpose of the Fiordland Business Association is to connect, support and advocate for the Fiordland business community.

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100% locally owned and operated we have been supplying skips & bins in Invercargill and throughout Southland for over 10 years.…

Kiwi Saffron supplies the highest grade 100 New Zealand grown Sargol saffron & saffron products to both the retail and wholesale…

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Principal Objective To reduce the incidence of unwanted fires and the associated risk to life and property. Protecting and preserving life,…

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GWD Motor Group is your one stop shop for all things automotive with; service, sales, parts and collision repair. We have…

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Locally owned retail store that specializes in books, toys, stationery, gifts and cards - also offering postal and some Kiwibank services.

Community Legal Services from East to West Coast from Rakiura up to above Tapanui. These services are free to the majority…

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