The Tauranga Business Chamber hosted its final Business After 5 for the year with a vibrant Christmas themed event at Oscar & Otto. It was supported by the Chamber’s Alliance Partners: 2degrees, Noel Leeming, Air New Zealand, Z Energy, Bunnings and Office Max and featured a lively Santa Stocking gift draw. More than one hundred attendees enjoyed relaxed networking over canapés and drinks by Oscar and Otto, celebrating and closing out another successful season of BA5 events. Photographer: Salina Galvan Photography.
Ted Ebbing: BTG
Dan Howard: YRW
Chad Wallace: Cooney Lees Morgan
Lance Adolph: Jigsaw Architects
Courtney Smith-Frank: Jigsaw Architects
Simon Litten: Brosnan
Dexter Schelin: Elite
Todd Martelli: NZ Blood Service
Richard Harbourne: Elite
Jamie Rule: Elite
Ali Gilcrist: One Paperclip
Jade Maddox: BloomCo
Matt Cowley:Tauranga Business Chamber
Jessica Townsend: HumanSync
Mignon Aucamp: Digital Workplace Results
Debbie Ireland: Digital Workplace Results
Ryan McMaster: Sharp Tudhope
Monique O’Meeghan: Holland Beckett
Emily Merrill: Holland Beckett
Ben Alexandar: Sharp Tudhope
Carrie Brown: Tauranga Business Chamber
Bridget Jenkins: Tauranga Business Chamber
Rachael Plunket: Stellar Mortgages
Kyra Ormsby: Eves Real Estate
Tony Stack: Classic Group
Richard Crabb: All Things Accounting
Michael Dewhirst: Surveying Services
Harina Marks: First Credit Union
Nirvana Kumar: First Credit Union
Peggy Turua: First Credit Union
Wanita Wood: First Credit Union
Sophie Hawkins: Kex Catering
Paul Brljevich: Tabak Business Sales
Kerri Watson-Poole: Tauranga Business Chamber
Asta England- Emerald Business Advisors
Tony Jones: 2degrees
Khanyisa Lukwe: 2degrees
Nadene McClay: Ministry of Social Development
Ned Burke: Access NZ
Mike Rawlings: Noel Leeming
Christel Milne: Kex Catering
Doris Schoeller: Access NZ
Khanyisa Lukwe: 2degrees
Roz Irwin: Tauranga Business Chamber
Angela Hale : Sign Creations
Shane Hale: Sign Creations
Ali Gilchrist: One Paperclip
Jill Maddow: BloomCo
Giselle Brosnahan: Giselle B Photography
Rose Gilmore: BTG
Ned Burke- Access NZ
Jenna Lurajud – Personnel Resources
Raewyn Peck – Personnel Resources
Kelly O’Hara: Kelly O’Hara Photography
Mark Weber: Redco NZ
Events strategy unveiled
Tourism Bay of Plenty unveiled its new business events strategy – Out of the Boardroom and Into the Blue at The Balcony Room in the Historic Village. The strategy intends to draw together the region’s high-performing people and spectacular landscapes to create business events that inspire and connect.
It champions work-life balance and individual wellbeing as essential factors to support team building, productivity, and effective decision-making. Photography: Tourism Bay of Plenty (all captions show people from left to right).
Eliza Murray (Twelve Tables), Amy Bourke (Blank Canvas Catering), and Stephanie Mardon (Pāpāmoa Surf Life Saving Club)
Nicky Tilsley (guest speaker: Business Events Industry Aotearoa), Mary Tolley (event host – Tourism Bay of Plenty), and Michael Stokoe (guest speaker – Tourism New Zealand)
Nikki Hansen (University of Waikato – Tauranga), Genevieve Whitson (Downtown Tauranga), Kathryn Scholes (Priority One), and Jessica Townsend (Human Sync)
Lynley Baker and Heide Thompson (Tasman Holiday Parks – Papamoa Beach)
Ron Scott (Autombile Association Bay of Plenty), Terina McRae-Hape (Tauranga Māori Business Association), and Jay Banner (Mount Mainstreet)
Angela Heyward (Tauranga City Council) and Andrea Zwezerynen (Leveret Mills Reef)
Jill Beedie (Priority One), Kelly Taylor & Jasmine Cooke (Trinity Wharf Tauranga), and Gail Elliot (Priority One)
Nicole Hoeata (Growth Hungry) and Marie Roberts (The Timegifter)
