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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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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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O’Connor Richmond
Avenal Park Funeral Home
KNL Travel Ltd
The Plant Store
Kennedy Building
NZ Red Cross Invercargill
Primary People
Blackwood Building Ltd
ANZ Bank Ltd – Business
NZ Aluminium Smelter
Institute of Directors – Otago Southland Branch
Premium Marine Technology Limited
Euna Limited
NJ Crisp Ltd
Progressive Engineering Southland Ltd
Sanford Ltd
Blue Duck Early Learning Centre
Re:Woven Therapy Charitable Trust
Blue River Dairy LP
Wyndham Four Square
Southwood Export Ltd
GAP Contracting Ltd
TBI Health
Fiordland Frontier Supplies & Inspire
Air New Zealand
PGG Wrightson – Te Anau
Cruickshank Pryde
HR South
Ethan Flack Limited
Presbyterian Support Southland
Craigs Design & Print
Clare Ngakai
Cycling Southland
Bannerman Cruickshank Pryde
ComplEat Wellness
Sixteen Nine
Immigration Law Advice NZ Ltd
FinnsCon Ltd
Fonterra
Accelerate Physiotherapy
Forklifts NZ LTD
South Stays
Helloworld Travel Gore
Stuart Timber Co Ltd
Flowers 23
Sandfly Cafe
Avanda Accounting Services
SES Direct Ltd
Unique Minds
Good Tech Team
Stacey Thompson Advent Consultancy
Talk Visual
Prodigi Technology Services Ltd
Kaye’s Bakery
Fortuna Group
J Fraser & Sons Ltd
Insurance Brokers Alliance Ltd
Ocean Shell Ltd
Melvin Masonry Ltd
Fiordland Cinema & Bar
Advocate Communications Ltd
Wallacetown Motors 2012 Ltd
NZ Facilitators Ltd
Selman & Associates
Inspire Media Works Limited
X Travel Invercargill
W. E. Investments Ltd
Drivetech
Agricentre South Ltd
Bayleys Southland Real Estate
PRLaw
Backlanz Limited
Invest South GP Ltd
Donaldson Construction Services Ltd
Crunchy
Windsor Stationery & Lotto 2022
Southland Community College
Hōnetana Productions
Wapiti Cafe & Bakery
Greenlight Innovations Ltd
AWS Legal
Mee & Henry Law Ltd
Te Puni Kōkiri – Ministry of Māori Development Murihiku
The Fat Duck
Dynamic Maintenance 2023 Ltd
Koha Kai
4S Consulting Limited
Robbies by Mrs Pickles
Calvary Hospital Southland
Steve Oliver Financial Services
Barnardos
Copeland Ashcroft Law Limited
Phoenix Services Ltd
Workbridge
Jennian Homes Southland Ltd
Indian at The Crescent
Eagles Eagles & Redpath
E-Type Engineering Ltd
Lewis Windows Ltd
Windsor New World
Russell Cunningham Properties Ltd
WB & MM Hunter
Transcare 2021 Ltd
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Wreys Bush Concrete
Tanzin Rika Electrical
Dunedin Community Care Trust
Country & Co
Parent to Parent Southand
Bluff Engineering and Welding
Platfoot Consultancy Ltd
Southland Multicultural Trust
Strategic Software
Calder Stewart Construction Ltd
Quest Invercargill Hotel
Propertyscouts Invercargill
MPE Limited
Global Bite Cafe
Ministry for Pacific Peoples

Indian at The Crescent is a locally owned and operated restaurant, serving Indian food cooked fresh in our traditional charcoal fired…

Corporate and commercial legal services including project management, drafting and reviewing agreements, structuring, reviewing areas of risk, assisting with compliance matters,…

HR South is a boutique human resources consultancy. People matter and are the key to business success - so ensuring you've…

AML/CFT Consultancy business (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Financing of Terrorism) Audit-Advisory-Training for FIs (financial institutions) & DNFBPs (designated non-financial services businesses/professions…

We operate a 14 unit Qualmark rated 5 Star property on the lakefront in Te Anau, along with a Farm and…

Invercargill’s only locally owned & operated B2B office products outlet. Local service with national buying power! Competitive trade discounts and exclusive…

Greenlight Innovations is an Invercargill charity. We run community events, support not for profits and work to promote inclusivity, strengthen families…

Marketelements are a local digital marketing and social media marketing agency that understands and works with small businesses.

RMHSI is an independent charitable trust that was established in 1999 and operates in Invercargill and Christchurch. RMHSI's mission – ‘create,…

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

Family Restaurant & Bar, located in Te Anau, Town Centre. Providing hearty meals, great hospitality and atmosphere. Operating for over 25…

Your business, our experience. Tap into more than 30 years of business experience, in senior management - exporting, manufacturing, food, aquaculture,…

A NFP providing free social & health services to NZ youth/rangatahi aged 10-24 years. Number 10 is committed to ensuring youth…

I am the owner/principal clinician at this orthodontic practice based in Invercargill. We serve Invercargill and surrounding Southland region.

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

Fiordland Lakeview is situated on the lakefront with spectacular views of the lake and mountains. We offer a selection of one…

Our goal is to improve the renewal, profitability and sustainability of complex farming operations through collaborative practice.

At Te Rourou, we have a vision of an Aotearoa New Zealand where all young people have access to the resources…

We are a charitable trust that supports people of all ages who have intellectual disabilities to succeed in their chosen sport.

We are a multi-disciplinary team providing holistic, leading edge environmental, civil and geotechnical solutions to improve the interaction of enterprise with…

Licensed Building Practitioner based in Western Southland.

A locally owned and operated property management company, offering a unique, proven and cost effective residential property management service. Our core…

Our reach is nationwide and our unique combination of social services and early childhood education means we provide the broadest range…

Te Anau Events assists in the organisation, promotion, hosting, sourcing funding, support or be involved in recreational activities and events in…

Fulton Hogan delivers high-quality infrastructure to improve the lives of people in Australia and New Zealand, every day. The Southland Team…

20 motel units available. Ideally placed overlooking the Te Anau Memorial Gardens. You can walk through the Gardens to the town…

Just two minutes to Lake Te Anau but sheltered from the lake breezes, The Arran Motel has spacious one and two…

Established in 2004. Big, small, alterations, commercial and also new builds. ArchDraught uses AutoCAD Architectural software to produce documents and has…

Our purpose is to bring the finest mural street artists together to enhance and beautify towns and cities of Aotearoa. .…

Homestyle Hazelnut Products which are grown and produced on site.

Trips & Tramps is a family owned business, with over 30 years experience guiding small group to Milford Sound and on…

WM Environmental Ltd is a specialist environmental management consultancy who provides expert advice and support to ensure your compliance requirements are…

We offer a variety of classes and times to fit with your schedule, all of our classes are suitable for beginners…

Based in Invercargill Fortuna Group is involved in the purchase, establishment and operation of dairy farming businesses in the greater Southland…

Fiordland Furs handcraft a collection of exquisite Possum products, with the pelts sourced by our own Possum hunter, Dean.

We are newly established trust in the Creative Art Therapy Space creating accessibility without barriers - We care about the health…

Full service law firm.

Hyperscale Datacenter.

Breaking down brain science into practical solutions. We offer a range of workshops based on brain science to support individuals, parents/caregivers,…

We aim to reduce stress of having work completed and provide the following services - plumbing, carpentry, electrical, painting, ground maintenance…

A well respected general law firm serving local families and businesses for over 100 years. Commercial law, conveyancing, employment, family law,…

Health and Safety coaching and coordination

Bayleys Southland Real Estate is the unification of two leading real estate brands - Bayleys which is New Zealand's largest full…

A marketing agency specialising in engagement, branding and strategy. We do this by speaking with customers, by developing brands, by developing…

Our boutique and dedicated team have a vast range of experience in appearance and beauty treatments, giving you the confidence to…

Providing a range of corporate services including: - Financial reporting - Performance reporting - Procurement management - Risk policy and management…

Accounting Services

Kiwi Country is a retail/cafe complex situated in the centre of Te Anau. We look after the coach traffic travelling between…

We offer more than 3 million connections to consumer and business customers, and our existing mobile network covers 98.5% of where…

House of Travel Lakers Invercargill, locally owned & operated, and voted the New Zealand Retail Travel Agency of the Year. For…

Prodigi is a Southland based IT services business, working with clients throughout NZ and beyond. We provide a range of services…

Segard Masurel is one of New Zealand’s major wool exporters and a wool broker/direct selling operation, harnessing all the advantages of…

We provide quality Conveyancing, Property law, Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Trusts, Estates, Relationship Property, Estate Planning and Commercial matters.

Indian Community Southland Inc. (ICS) is a not-for-profit-registered charitable society to help migrants settle and integrate into the Southland community. All…

Social Service Provider.

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

We offer a broad range of professional, innovative and tailored solutions for businesses, ranging from advice on IT, software, network infrastructure…

At Brenda Nom, we have the experience to simplify home loan options as well as Risk Insurance and KiwiSaver. If you…

Steve offers engaging, evidence-based workshops that empower organisations to build a positive workplace culture. Focusing on positive mental health, enhancing resilience,…

Service Station with parts sales, convenience store and general repair

Fast, nourishing freeze dried food for adventurers – it’s what we do. We’ve made it our mission to produce fast nourishing…

Offering legal services in areas of law including criminal, family, employment, conveyancing, trusts, ACC, civil and immigration.

Subway restaurant based in Te Anau

We are fun and friendly experienced accountants who take time to listen to you before we recommend practicable business solutions.

Recycle South endeavour to enrich the lives of people with disabilities through employment by structuring our roles and responsibilities around the…

With local offices across Southland and Otago, we've been providing insurance solutions with outstanding customer service for over thirty years. Our…

Insurance, investment, KiwiSaver, mortgages and lending, financial adviser, broker. General, personal, life, trauma, business, health, life, total & permanent disability Insurance,…

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

We are your local experts in laser hair removal, skin rejuvenation treatments, and cosmetic injectables. Our amazing team are all highly…

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